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For the past decade, a few clever companies have been running an online scheme that tricked consumers into joining so-called membership clubs and charged their credit cards without their consent. But thanks to Sen. John Rockefeller, the era of this $1.4 billion con is coming to an end.

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,...

Webloyalty, a leading discount club marketer that partners with popular retail sites to offer memberships to consumers -- including Ticketmaster, Orbitz and Shutterfly -- agreed to refund $5.2 million to New Yorkers who the state's attorney general says were duped by its hidden fees. An...

We've looked at Webloyalty and Vertrue, two of the three companies under investigation by the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee after thousands of complaints about their billing and privacy practices. Now we take a look at the third, Affinion, of Norwalk, Conn. You may have encountered Affinion...

Last week we looked at Webloyalty's steps to address the flood of consumer complaints that helped trigger a Senate Commerce Committee investigation in May. This week we'll look at Vertrue, subpoenaed by the committee in late July when it didn't comply with Sen. Jay Rockefeller's (D-W. Va.) request...

Nobody wants to get nailed with unexpected credit card charges in this economy. Who's got money to waste? If you've ever been startled by tiny little charges appearing on your monthly statement that contain the words "rewards," or "club" you swear you didn't pay for, there's a fairly good chance...

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal told WalletPop his office has launched an investigation into controversial Webloyalty.com -- a company you might not have heard of, but might find charges for on your credit card statements. . The company operates Reservation Rewards and other...