Students Targeted by Elixir ‘Pyramid Scheme’ Media Coverage Students Targeted by Elixir ‘Pyramid Scheme’ Robin Henry, The London Times
Platinum Funding Ad Alert Platinum Funding From the spam inbox: It’s easy to apply for a loan. It only takes a few minutes and your cash is deposited directly into your bank account. Something seems off…
Make Sure Mortgage Relief Programs Really Aren’t Taking Your Cash Consumer News Make Sure Mortgage Relief Programs Really Aren’t Taking Your Cash The 2008 sub-prime mortgage meltdown and resulting financial crisis means credit is not that easy to come by anymore. This forces some of us to have to look for alternatives…
Six Ways to Protect Yourself from a Mortgage Scam Consumer News Six Ways to Protect Yourself from a Mortgage Scam Mortgages are enough of a headache without unscrupulous lenders.
HARP Refinance Lender: Not what You May Think it Is Ad Alert HARP Refinance Lender: Not what You May Think it Is Website with name similar to government mortgage program is filling inboxes. What is it after?
Who Got Trumped? Consumer News Who Got Trumped? New York State Attorney General sues Trump University for making misleading claims.
Is ITT Tech screwing over students? Media Coverage Is ITT Tech screwing over students? Matt Stroud, The Verge
Bank of America Ad Alert Bank of America A direct mail advertisement by Bank of America promoting low refinancing rates for homeowners has some consumer advocates concerned the materials may be misleading. American Banker reported this week that…
Western Sky Financial Ad Alert Western Sky Financial New York State’s attorney general filed suit this week against Western Sky Financial, a payday lender claiming connections to American Indian tribes. According to the New York Times, the suit…
CFPB Proposes Paycheck Advance Rule Blog CFPB Proposes Paycheck Advance Rule TINA.org joins coalition of consumer organizations in support of the proposed rule
Cancer Care: The Deceptive Marketing of Hope Consumer News Cancer Care: The Deceptive Marketing of Hope TINA.org files complaint against CTCA and puts 42 cancer centers on notice for marketing atypical testimonials.
Payday Lender Ordered to Pay over $1 Billion for Deceiving Customers Consumer News Payday Lender Ordered to Pay over $1 Billion for Deceiving Customers For the latest on this case, click here. A federal court judge has ordered AMG Capital and its chief operator, race car driver Scott Tucker, to pay more than $1…
Navient’s Auto Pay Class Action Navient’s Auto Pay Allegations: Misrepresenting that the interest rates for student loan borrowers who pay using Auto Pay will be discounted by 0.25%
Deceptive Income Claims – How Not to Market Your MLM Business Blog Deceptive Income Claims – How Not to Market Your MLM Business How income claims, even truthful ones, can be deceptive when marketing the MLM business opportunity.
NYR Organic Income Claims Database Evidence NYR Organic Income Claims Database TINA.org investigation reveals misleading income claims used to market MLM opportunity.
FTC Sues Neora (formerly Nerium) Alleging It Was a Pyramid from the Start Consumer News FTC Sues Neora (formerly Nerium) Alleging It Was a Pyramid from the Start FTC complaint also features deceptive health and income claims.
Vemma Frenzy Ends: Judge Limits Vemma’s Operations Consumer News Vemma Frenzy Ends: Judge Limits Vemma’s Operations Court concludes Vemma likely operating a pyramid scheme.
FTC Bans Online High Schools from Diploma Business Consumer News FTC Bans Online High Schools from Diploma Business Agency alleged websites misled students into purchasing “worthless” diplomas.