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ADT Agrees to Reveal whether it Paid Experts to Boost Service

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ADT Agrees to Reveal whether it Paid Experts to Boost Service

FTC settles suit with company over charges of deceptive reviewers.

10 Most Common Frauds to Avoid

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10 Most Common Frauds to Avoid

Don’t fall for these top frauds. Arm yourself with info this National Consumer Protection Week.

Identity Theft Tops Consumer Complaints in 2013

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Identity Theft Tops Consumer Complaints in 2013

Consumers reported losses of more than $1.6 billion in fraud in 2013.

50 Ways to Get Rich Right Now

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50 Ways to Get Rich Right Now

Do you want to get rich right now? Well the Internet has some helpful suggestions.

FTC Slaps Sensa for Making Deceptive Weight-Loss Claims

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FTC Slaps Sensa for Making Deceptive Weight-Loss Claims

Sprinkle, eat and lose weight is just unproven, says FTC.

Say What?

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Say What?

The best (as in, most absurd or fascinating) ad quotes of 2013.

Advertisers Made Us Think We Needed These Products

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Advertisers Made Us Think We Needed These Products

But do they really make us healthier?

Probiotics: What You Need to Know

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Probiotics: What You Need to Know

Hype or miraculous cure-all?

Special Investigation: Vemma

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Special Investigation: Vemma

Opportunity for financial freedom or pyramid scheme?

Ads Hopscotching across Platforms

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Ads Hopscotching across Platforms

Consumers are gaining control over TV ads, but more are popping up in social media.

Fraudsters Finding New Ways to Target Immigrants

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Fraudsters Finding New Ways to Target Immigrants

Consumer advocates warn of new scams.

Record Number of Consumers Report Fraud

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Record Number of Consumers Report Fraud

Identify theft again leads the way with the most filed complaints in 2012.

Where the Super Bowl Ads Really Are

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Where the Super Bowl Ads Really Are

Super Bowl commercials appear in places you might not think of.

Travel Scams Can Ruin Your Super Bowl Trip

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Travel Scams Can Ruin Your Super Bowl Trip

Make sure your luxury Super Bowl hotel isn’t really an abandoned house.

Misleading Drug Marketing Might Just Kill You

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Misleading Drug Marketing Might Just Kill You

Amgen, the world’s largest biotechnology company that made billions marketing its anemia drug Aranesp for unapproved uses, agreed to pay $762 million to settle off-use marketing charges.

Drug Companies Pushing Prescription Pills in Ads

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Drug Companies Pushing Prescription Pills in Ads

The polio vaccine, penicillin, open-heart surgery, magnetic resonance imaging, chemotherapy, Zoloft, LASIK, statins, heck, even Viagra have all contributed to the advancement of modern medicine. We’ve come a long way…

Operation Lost Opportunity: Feds Go after Job Scams

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Operation Lost Opportunity: Feds Go after Job Scams

Under a continued crackdown on Too frequently, the term proves to be simply a euphemism for sending your money along to an unknown person or company and then watching your…

Can you trust an online review?

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Can you trust an online review?

In the fall of 2010, Todd Rutherford launched GettingBookReviews.com, a marketing service for self-published authors that provided book reviews for cash. Soon, he was making $28,000 a month writing reviews,…

Eat Your Way to Better Health: Food & Health Claims

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Eat Your Way to Better Health: Food & Health Claims

“Contains antioxidants” “Clinically Proven to Enhance Immune System” “Balances Digestive Health” Who wouldn’t want to eat their way to better health? Ads and labels for food and beverage products today…

Junk Mail is Costly

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Junk Mail is Costly

Ever wonder how much junk mail actually costs? In just one state – Massachusetts, the estimated cost to cities and towns to dispose of the catalogs, flyers, phone books, and…

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ADT Agrees to Reveal whether it Paid Experts to Boost Service

10 Most Common Frauds to Avoid

Identity Theft Tops Consumer Complaints in 2013

50 Ways to Get Rich Right Now

FTC Slaps Sensa for Making Deceptive Weight-Loss Claims

Say What?

Advertisers Made Us Think We Needed These Products

Probiotics: What You Need to Know

Special Investigation: Vemma

Ads Hopscotching across Platforms

Fraudsters Finding New Ways to Target Immigrants

Record Number of Consumers Report Fraud

Where the Super Bowl Ads Really Are

Travel Scams Can Ruin Your Super Bowl Trip

Misleading Drug Marketing Might Just Kill You

Drug Companies Pushing Prescription Pills in Ads

Operation Lost Opportunity: Feds Go after Job Scams

Can you trust an online review?

Eat Your Way to Better Health: Food & Health Claims

Junk Mail is Costly