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Kmart Settles With FTC Over Gift Card Sales Practices
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Kmart Corporation has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it engaged in deceptive practices in advertising and selling its Kmart gift card. As part of the settlement, Kmart will...
Programmer Gives Up All The Money He Made Distributing Spyware
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An affiliate Webmaster who used the allure of “free” music downloads to spread malicious computer code is settling Federal Trade Commission charges he violated federal law. The defendant, who was paid...
FTC Issues Annual List of Top Consumer Complaints
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Identity Theft Complaints Again Top the List The Federal Trade Commission today issued its annual report, “Consumer Fraud and Identity Theft Complaint Data” on fraud complaints consumers have filed...
The Truth about Cell Phones and the Do Not Call Registry
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As the number of phone numbers on the National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry surpassed 139 million, the Federal Trade Commission today reiterated that despite the claims made in e-mails circulating on...
National Consumer Protection Week: A Time to Read Up and Reach Out
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The Federal Trade Commission has launched the ninth annual National Consumer Protection Week, February 4-10, 2007, in cooperation with federal, state, and local agencies and national advocacy...
Jan25
Negative Options: A Workshop Analyzing Negative Option Marketing
The FTC hosted a workshop to analyze the marketing of goods and services through offers with negative option features. The workshop, which brought together consumer representatives, academics, and...
FTC Halts Deceptive Free Software CD Internet Scam
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At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a United States Magistrate Judge has temporarily halted the marketing practices of an operation that deceptively advertised “free software CDs” but...
FTC To Hold Public Workshop on Negative Option Marketing
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop on January 25, 2007, in Washington, DC, to analyze the marketing of goods and services through offers with negative option features. The workshop...
Scammers Targeting Spanish-Speakers Will Turn Over Assets
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Operators who promised Spanish-speaking consumers “designer” merchandise but delivered knock-offs and outdated electronics will give up approximately $235,000 to settle FTC charges that their scam...
Federal, State Law Enforcers Complete Bogus Business Opportunity Sweep
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced Project FAL$E HOPE$, a federal and state law enforcement sweep targeting bogus business opportunities and work-at-home scams. The crackdown includes more...
FTC Launches Redress Program for ChoicePoint Identity Theft Victims
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Today, the Federal Trade Commission mailed claim forms for reimbursement to more than 1,400 consumers who may have been victims of identity theft due to alleged security lapses at data broker...
FTC Permanently Halts Unlawful Spyware Operations
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Defendants involved with operations that secretly downloaded spyware that changed settings on consumers’ computers, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their practices violated...
Court Shuts Down Media Motor Spyware Operation
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A U.S. district court has shut down an operation that secretly downloaded multiple malevolent software programs, including spyware, onto millions of computers without consumers’ consent, degrading...
Nov06
Protecting Consumers in the Next Tech-ade
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The FTC held public hearings to bring together experts from the business, government, and technology sectors, consumer advocates, academicians, and law enforcement officials to explore the ways in...
FTC: Three Pills and Special Soap Obesity Treatment Wont Wash Away the Pounds
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The Federal Trade Commission is charging the sellers of the “Centro Natural de Salud Obesity Treatment” with making false and unsubstantiated claims that their product causes rapid, substantial, and...
Sep27
New York Hispanic Fraud Prevention Forum
The FTC, the United States Postal Inspection Service, the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, and the Manhattan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce hosted a forum that gathered law...
FTC Announces New Successes in Campaign to Stop Fraud Targeting Hispanics
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced its latest law enforcement actions against scammers targeting Hispanics with their unlawful business practices. The cases, part of the FTC’s Hispanic...
FTC Warns Advertisers and Media That Ads May Be Deceptive
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The Federal Trade Commission has sent letters to 166 advertisers and 77 media outlets warning them that their advertisements targeting Hispanics are potentially deceptive. The ads were spotted during...
FTC, Partners Will Hold Hispanic Fraud Prevention Forum in New York City
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The Federal Trade Commission, United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, and Manhattan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce are hosting a...
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