Carnivore Club Groupon

Same amount of meat can be purchased for less on company’s own website.

Ad Watchdog Calls Out Broadcast Networks for Airing Deceptive Ads

TINA.org Urges Better Screening MADISON, CONN., January 19, 2016 – Consumer advocacy organization, truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org), has put major broadcast networks on notice regarding deceptive advertising. The ad watchdog alerted ABC,…

Christie Brinkley’s Recapture-360 Creams

One website’s “risk-free” trial offer carries hidden costs.

$50 Red Lobster Gift Card

Lobster lovers, beware: This gift card is no easy catch and the pursuit of it may cost you plenty.

Gillette Shave Club

Depending on how often you shave, this club may leave you razor burned.

DISH Network Satellite Television Packages

‘How We Trade Options’

This “free” book offer isn’t exactly free and one TINA.org reader said it almost cost her plenty.

Tinder

Class-action lawsuit takes a swipe at online dating app’s new policy to charge for unlimited likes.

The Honest Company

Company’s “free” trial for diapers and wipes could end up costing you big if you miss the terms.

CFPB Sues Sprint Over Phone ‘Cramming’

Wireless carrier joins AT&T and T-Mobile as companies accused of cramming this year.

These Companies Should Get Coal in their Holiday Stockings

Some notable companies facing deceptive advertising claims.

AT&T to Pay $105 Million to Settle Cramming Charges

Officials urge consumers to carefully check cellphone bills for unauthorized charges.

Online Shoppers Law Finally Called into Action

ROSCA’s no longer a virgin.

The Fine Print in T-Mobile’s Alleged Overbilling Scam

How the fine print factors into the FTC’s multimillion-dollar complaint against the mobile carrier.

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?

The McShane Letter

We received something called the McShane Letter via snail mail. Something about it seems off: There’s a lot going on here. Even in the first sentence: Donald B. McShane is…

The Franklin Prosperity Report

Newsmax Media, a website that claims to be a news site, sells newsletter subscriptions and is currently pitching the Franklin Prosperity Report as a way to get “Free Stuff and…

CCW Safe Comment on TINA.org

Advertisements are everywhere — sometimes they even appear in our own website’s comment section. On our original ad alert for CCW Safe — a self-defense, legal defense subscription service — a CCW…

CCW Safe

This service offers legal protection should you shoot someone, but they don’t give all the details.

Lumosity

Lumosity will pay $2 million back to customers to settle federal charges it deceived consumers with unfounded claims that its brain games could help improve mental performance.