Before You Take that Call Beware of Telemarketing Scams Consumer News Before You Take that Call Beware of Telemarketing Scams Although legitimate companies may use the telephone to advertise their products or services, consumers should be wary of some who call trying to obtain your financial or personal information for…
What You Should Know about the Trivia App Givling Consumer News What You Should Know about the Trivia App Givling Odds are you being good at trivia is not enough if you want to pay off your student loan debt with this app.
Identity Theft Tops Consumer Complaints in 2013 Consumer News Identity Theft Tops Consumer Complaints in 2013 Consumers reported losses of more than $1.6 billion in fraud in 2013.
FTC Helping Military Consumers Avoid Scams Consumer News FTC Helping Military Consumers Avoid Scams Active servicemembers and veterans are frequent targets of scams and deceptive ads.
Record Number of Consumers Report Fraud Consumer News Record Number of Consumers Report Fraud Identify theft again leads the way with the most filed complaints in 2012.
CATrends: ‘Daily Fantasy Sports’ Consumer News CATrends: ‘Daily Fantasy Sports’ Lawsuits throw the red flag on a number of DFS platforms.
Ad or Not? USA Today and Primerica Consumer News Ad or Not? USA Today and Primerica Company tweet muddies sponsored content.
DealDash’d: A Losing Bet for Consumers Consumer News DealDash’d: A Losing Bet for Consumers Investigation finds company is using deceptive marketing to lure consumers to an illegal gambling site.
10 Companies that Get Coal in their 2016 Holiday Stockings Consumer News 10 Companies that Get Coal in their 2016 Holiday Stockings Find out which companies are on TINA.org’s 2016 naughty list.
The Winners from the 2014 Cannes Lions Consumer News The Winners from the 2014 Cannes Lions The 2014 Cannes Lion Ad Award Winners, it’s like the Oscars of advertising.
FTC Runs False Car Ads off Road Consumer News FTC Runs False Car Ads off Road Can you spot what’s wrong with these ads?
FTC Pursues First Cell Cramming Case Consumer News FTC Pursues First Cell Cramming Case The FTC filed its first complaint against a company for “mobile phone cramming.”
FTC Cracks Down on “Free Gift” Text Spam Consumer News FTC Cracks Down on “Free Gift” Text Spam Agency charges 29 with alleged scams.
Internet Scams: Avoiding Fraud on the World Wide Web Consumer News Internet Scams: Avoiding Fraud on the World Wide Web Over 200 million people in the U.S. are now Internet users. Many of our daily activities – reading the news, watching movies, paying bills, buying products, and even catching up…