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New Law Good News for Online Shoppers Bilked by Mystery Charges
12:00PM 1/07/2011
Online marketing firms that bilked millions of consumers out of more than $1 billion will find it far harder to pick the pockets of online shoppers thanks to a new law passed by Congress.
For years, millions of consumers have been opening their credit card statements and discovering small,...
Scam artists used Google brand to bilk victims, Feds say
3:00PM 10/18/2010
An online marketer who lured consumers into a bogus work-at-home scheme that charged them hidden fees by masquerading as a Google company has been shut down by the Federal Trade Commission.
Under a settlement agreement with the FTC, the defendants, which did business under names such as "Google...
Suntasia to reimburse $5.7 million from marketing scam
10:15AM 10/01/2010
Hundreds of thousands of consumers victimized by a nationwide telemarketing scam are receiving a second round of reimbursement checks, the Federal Trade Commission announced.
The telemarketing scheme was run by Suntasia Marketing of Largo, Fla., which deceived nearly one million consumers...
Have you ever placed an order with a company and then discovered a monthly charge was being made to your credit card? Or do you have such a long list of charges on your statement that you might not even notice you've been a victim of "negative option marketing?"
With this type of marketing, you...
Resveratrol sellers sued by Dr. Oz and Oprah
2:00PM 10/09/2009
There are a few things you just don't do and one of those is mess with someone who is close to Oprah. That's a lesson that the several sellers of Resveratrol, a supposed anti-aging product, found out after being sued by none other than Dr. Oz and the Oprah Winfrey Show for using his likeness to...
Florida investigating major publisher over sales tactics
10:00AM 6/11/2009
The Florida Attorney General's office is investigating the sales tactics of Rodale Inc., publisher of Men's Health and Prevention magazines, Walletpop.com has learned. To keep private some of what has been obtained by investigators under subpoena, Rodale went to court to block its release.
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