FTC influencer guidelines have been increasing in order to better regulate the influencer marketing industry. Here's what you need to know.
How phone scammers tricked Americans out of tens of billions of dollars each year Scams that started on social media resulted in people reporting losing $1.2 billion. Additionally, there were more than 1.1 million reports ofidentity theftin 2022. How to avoid falling victim to fraud Here are s...
If you log in to the spoofed site, scammers can steal any information you turn over. Other times, scanning the QR code itself automatically installs malware on your device, the FTC said. "Only scan QR codes from sources you trust," said Mike Scheumack, chief innovation officer at ...
Because the government has passed legislation offering various kinds of financial relief to consumers, some scammers are trying to take undue advantage of that, too. In one effort to combat this type of crime, the Small Business Administration is asking people to contact them directly, either by...
Represented individual and corporate defendants in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit alleging approximately $3M in consumer harm as a result of a purported products and services scam. The FTC was prosecuting what it alleged to be deceptive and abusive collection practices...
The scam artists lure would-be entrepreneurs with false promises of big earnings for little effort. They pitch their fraudulent offerings on the Web; in e-mail solicitations; through infomercials, classified ads and newspaper and magazine "advertorials"; and in flyers, telemarketing pitches, semina...
Tax refund fraud occurs when criminals use your personal information and file a tax refund request with the IRS in your name. Victims usually first learn of the crime after having their returns rejected because scammers beat them to it. As I wrote in my recent column,Don’t Be a Victim ...
"What we don’t need in this situation are companies preying on consumers by promoting products with fraudulent prevention and treatment claims. These warning letters are just the first step. We’re prepared to take enforcement actions against companies that continue to...
C) They don't care because they make more money from the scam than what they would lose in a court case D) They care but they are afraid of the mighty Aaron creating enough noise if they erase the video. By the way FTC will never have enough budget or manpower to hunt down enoug...
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