Mary Kay Off-Roads into Deceptive Income Claims

The pink Cadillac is just one of many things top-selling distributors tout but few distributors achieve.

AppleCare and AppleCare+ Plans

Allegations: Misrepresenting that replacement devices under warranties will be new devices when they are actually refurbished, reconditioned, and secondhand

Medicare Benefit Update, aka Unified Health

Deceptive mailer targets Medicare recipients.

Cancer Care: The Deceptive Marketing of Hope

TINA.org files complaint against CTCA and puts 42 cancer centers on notice for marketing atypical testimonials.

Yes To Grapefruit Vitamin C Glow-Boosting Unicorn Paper Mask

Allegations: Misleadingly representing that face masks remediate “dull & uneven skin” without adequately disclosing that the masks cause harmful side effects

TGI Friday’s Potato Skins

NIVEA Skin Firming Hydration Body Lotion

SkinnyPop Popcorn, LLC

SkinnyPop Popcorn

Allegations: Products contain less popcorn than advertised

Jordan’s Skinny Mixes Flavored Syrups

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as healthy, sugar free and safe for diabetics when they contain the harmful sugar alternative sucralose, which increases the risk of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and mortality

Dove Retinol Skin Cleansers

Allegations: Deceptively advertising that products deliver the anti-aging benefits of retinol

Seal Skin Vehicle Covers

Allegations: Falsely advertising discounts off of artificially reference prices and as available for a limited time

2016 Nu Skin Health Claims Database

TINA.org investigation reveals illegal health claims used to market MLM supplements.

Moon Valley Organics

Illegal health claims for skin care products rub the FDA the wrong way.

‘Free’ or ‘Low Cost’ Back and Knee Braces

FTC alerts consumers to Medicare scam.

ADD-care Told to Subtract ‘Help’ Claims

Self-regulatory body says research supporting ADD and ADHD health claims is unreliable.

Multilevel Marketing: The Day Job that Doesn’t Pay

More than 97 percent of DSA member companies use or have used misleading income claims.

FTC Social Media Actions

See the FTC’s track record when it comes to social media influencer cases.

Bionic Anti-Aging Cream

Beautycounter

TINA.org investigated Beautycounter, a California-based multilevel marketing company that sells cosmetics and skincare products, and found that it used unsubstantiated, and therefore deceptive, income claims to market the company’s business…