E-mail offer of $200 for driving your car with a BBB sticker is fake
12:30 PM 11/5/2010
Don't be fooled by an e-mail promising you can earn $200 a week by simply driving your car while displaying a Better Business Bureau decal on it.
The subject line in the e-mail reads "Now Hiring!!!" and appears to have been sent from the address Better.Business.Bureau@gala.net, not an e-mail...
HP's claims about capacity of its printers, cartridges, challenged
9:30 AM 11/5/2010
Hewlett-Packard's advertising claims on some of its inkjet printers and cartridges, including a TV commercial featuring a peacock, have prompted the Council of Better Business Bureaus' National Advertising Division to ask the Federal Trade Commission to investigate.
NAD, the ad industry's...
Smoking Everywhere, the largest distributor of electronic cigarettes in the U.S., has agreed not to market its product to minors or claim they're a safe alternative to smoking under a settlement with the California Attorney General.
The settlement comes two months after the state reached a similar...
Man sentenced to six months in jail for charity scam
3:00 PM 10/29/2010
A Michigan man who set up fake collection boxes for missing children programs has been sentenced to serve six months in jail.
According to the attorney general's office, Joseph Carr placed donation boxes at 88 retail locations across the Lansing area between February and June 2009 and collected...
Systemax to refund Florida $200,000 after complaints about rebates
5:15 PM 10/27/2010
Systemax, a computer retailer, and its subsidiaries, Tigerdirect and Onrebate, will pay the state of Florida $200,000 and donate $100,000 to the Florida Alliance of Boys and Girls Club as part of a deal to settle allegations the companies failed to issue rebates to consumers as advertised.
The...
Shred documents for free on Secure Your ID Day
5:00 PM 10/22/2010
If you're like many consumers, you probably have boxes or bags of personal documents you've been waiting to destroy before throwing in the trash. Not to worry. This Saturday, some 50 locations around the country will be shredding those documents for free as part of the Better Business Bureau's...
Rodale to pay $1.3 million over consumer complaints of billing practices
10:05 AM 10/21/2010
The publisher of Prevention, Men's Health, Women's Health and other magazines has agreed to settle a case brought by the Florida Attorney General that raised questions about the company's sales practices.
Under the agreement, Pennyslvania-based Rodale,Inc., which also publishes and sells books,...
Nine tips for consumers shopping for identity theft protection
8:00 AM 10/20/2010
Identity Theft, Biz Brief, Consumer Ally, Crime, Family Money
National Protect Your Identity Week is underway and numerous companies have wasted no time in letting consumers know that they offer the best service to combat fraud and theft.
But the Consumer Federation of America warns that many of these companies make false promises and exaggerated or...
Sprint to pay $800,000 over complaints of cell phone 'cramming'
5:00 PM 10/18/2010
Sprint is making it harder for unauthorized third-party charges, known as "cramming," to appear on cell phone bills.
Under a settlement with Florida's attorney general, the company says it will continue using the standards that office has set for advertisements on websites. This includes...
Sensitive and personal information of Payday Loan Store's customers ended up in the trash despite a company policy that promises to protect such data, according to a lawsuit filed by Illinois' attorney general.
The company, which sells high-interest, short-term loans, allegedly dumped the...
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