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Money for Nothing. Every year, about 90% of consumers either fall for or encounter online scams. And while many consumers are sophisticated enough to avoid some of the most common scams, it doesn ...
Sweepstakes Scam Asks for Donations, Swindles Consumers. Dawn Fallik. Updated July 14, 2016 at 9:14 PM. sweepstakes junk mail consumer. Mailboxes nationwide are full of promises for cash prizes, ...
A new $25,000 giveaway by The Hershey Company is coming under scrutiny for possible violations of state and federal sweepstakes law. The contest is being promoted on packs of Reese's Peanut Butter...
Mass-marketing fraud (or mass market fraud) is a scheme that uses mass-communication media – including telephones, the Internet, mass mailings, television, radio, and personal contact – to contact, solicit, and obtain money, funds, or other items of value from multiple victims in one or more jurisdictions.
A sweepstakes scam that tricked consumers into paying a $20 fee to collect a fake multi-million-dollar prizes has been temporarily shut down by the Federal Trade Commission. The case is part of ...
Consumer Reports (CR), formerly Consumers Union (CU), is an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.
Arnold Theodore Diaz (June 16, 1949 – October 24, 2023) was an American television consumer watchdog journalist, last employed by WPIX-TV in New York. Diaz was known for his Shame on You series of consumer reports which aired on WCBS-TV for over twenty years.
Officials said the three New York residents told people to send money to claim prizes.