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The Federal Trade Commission has amended its complaint against the operators of an invention-promotion scheme, World Patent Marketing (WPM), that allegedly deceived consumers and suppressed complaints about the company, including by threatening dissatisfied customers with criminal prosecution
Understand the key differences between two types of
credit card financing promotions, and how to tell them apart
Fraudsters used pop-up ads to trick consumers into buying unnecessary tech support services
As part of its ongoing crackdown against tech support scams, the Federal Trade Commission has obtained settlements with a group of St
Building on the success of its two previous PrivacyCon events, the Federal Trade Commission is announcing a call for presentations for its third PrivacyCon, which will take place on February 28, 2018
As the result of Do Not Call (DNC) litigation brought by the U
If you have an old debt with the IRS, you might
receive a letter informing you that your account is being transferred to a
private debt collector
All defendants banned from telemarketing and debt relief services
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission and the Florida Office of the Attorney General, a federal district court judge has entered eight orders against an intertwined web of Orlando-based individuals and companies that bombarded consumers with illegal robocalls from “Card Member Services,” pitching worthless credit card interest rate reduction programs
Aaron Michael Jones permanently banned from all telemarketing
A federal district court judge in California has approved default judgments against Aaron Michael Jones and nine companies whom the Federal Trade Commission charged earlier this year with running an operation that blasted consumers with billions of illegal telemarketing robocalls
The CFPB works to create a level playing field in
financial markets and to help ensure fairness for consumers
