work-at-home scams

Fake check scams are nothing new. In fact, they remain one of the most common types of fraud, so two consumer advocacy groups have joined forces to help educate Americans on how to avoid being taken in by this old yet effective con. Scams that hoodwink consumers into accepting plausible but phony...

A fraudster who fleeced desperate consumers with work-at-home offers and other scams has been forced to hand over his luxury car, rental properties and precious metals to settle Federal Trade Commission charges. Wayne Verderber, II, and his company, Independent Marketing Exchange Inc., were...

The Federal Trade Commission today ratcheted up its continuing crusade against con artists who take advantage of struggling consumers with bogus work-at-home opportunities by announcing a major crackdown against nearly 100 of these scams. "Operation Empty Promises," a multi-agency law enforcement...

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...

Like I suspect just about anyone, I've always known that the "work at home" ads that you see on the Internet and through unsolicited emails looked shady, and that was enough for me.But with the economy the way it is, work-at-home scams are expected to go way up, which is why recently the New York...