Homeaglow $19 Ads Database

WOW Vegas

Allegations: Misleadingly advertising the website as a “social casino” where users can play games for free when the games are actually illegal gambling games

Best Reader Tips of 2025

Consumer complaints worth remembering.

2026 Deceptive Ad Trends

A closer look at what we’ll be monitoring in the new year.

Amazon Basics Hypoallergenic Body Wash for Sensitive Skin

Allegations: Falsely marketing products as hypoallergenic

Social Media Influencers

TINA.org found social media influencers ignored FTC warnings and continued promoting brands without proper disclosures.

DSL Extreme’s trueSTREAM

Allegations: Falsely marketing that internet service provides a fiber optic connection when it provides a copper line connection

What You Should Know about USANA

Supplement MLM takes down dozens of deceptive claims following TINA.org investigation.

Amplifei

A misleading income disclosure statement is just the tip of the iceberg with this supplement MLM.

Carote Granite-Coated Nonstick Cookware

On the menu tonight? Deceptive FDA claims.

Insurance Technologies and Zywave

Allegations: Misleadingly representing that the company safeguards consumers’ personal information when it failed to adequately do so and there was a data breach

Heartland Payment Systems

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that its fees are fair and its billing practices are transparent when the company began charging extra fees without properly notifying merchants and buried the fees in…

TINA’s Take: Will Pinterest Enforce Its Ban on ALL Weight-Loss Ads?

Despite the splashy announcement, weight-loss ads persist on social media platform.

TINA.org Urges FTC to Initiate Penalty-Offense Program Targeting MLM Industry

MADISON, CONN. June 30, 2021 – Ad watchdog truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) sent a letter today to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging it to initiate a penalty-offense program targeting the direct…

TINA.org Refers Publisher Agora to FTC for Enforcement Action; Investigation Reveals Deception & Dark Patterns

MADISON, CONN. June 21, 2021 – Despite a $2 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission in February 2021, publishing giant Monument & Cathedral Holdings, better known as Agora, and…

Agora Still Using Deception and Dark Patterns to Ensnare Seniors

TINA.org refers publishing giant to FTC for enforcement action.

Collectible Coins from Govmint.com

Allegations: Misrepresenting the investment value and other characteristics of collectible coins

Balance Protect for Home Depot Credit Cards

Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of the Balance Protect add-on to Home Depot credit cards

It’s Now Legal for Scammers to Keep Your Money

Tell your member of Congress to #MakeScammersPay

J.G. Wentworth

If you have a structured settlement but you need ‘cash now,’ you may want to call someone else.