You open your email and see a PayPal invoice for something you never bought. Panic sets in. Did someone hack your account? Is your bank info compromised? The invoice looks real, it’s from PayPal, and there’s a customer service number listed to dispute the charge. Stop right there—that’s exactly how scammers get you. This new …
The Federal Communications Commission has noticed an increase in scam debt relief calls, like the one I got. Here is the FCC statement, “The Federal Communications Commission is alerting consumers to be aware of callers falsely offering lower credit card payments or interest rates, credit card debt relief, and improved credit scores. These scams can …
The Federal Trade Commission just released the seal on actions it took to shut down a debt relief company that has appeared on this site before. – Source In an announcement made today, the FTC filed a complaint under seal against A to Z Marketing, Apex Members, Apex Solutions, Backend, Expert Processing Center, Smart Funding, …
Readers keep sending me information about Dave Burke. Burke is the discredited gent from Colorado who turned radio advertorial shows into selling advanced fee, no refund debt coaching to a lot of people. When people were unable to come up with the rest of the coaching fee, they were sent to collections. Under a settlement …
I was just sitting here enjoying my lunch and a commercial for IncomeAtHomeTC.com came on. These types of commercials always get my attention. Typically they make unreasonable claims and promote results most people won’t achieve. So let’s take a closer look at the commercial. It begins with a woman who is identified as Jill, a …
Remember those days in the good old USA when we had all those ads promoting debt reduction services using President Obama’s picture? Now that the advanced fee services have been exported across the border to Canada it looks like the marketing ploy to use leaders and bogus messages went with it. See the ad below. …
The operator of SkidEKids.com has settled charges from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after collecting children’s information without parental consent. The website, SkidEKids.com, has been marketed and advertised as a website similar to Facebook or Myspace but for children, providing for them a safe and educational place on the internet. According to the FTC, Skid-e-kids …
A week ago the BBB posted an article in the blog section of their website entitled “Penny Auctions: Unless You Win, You’re Probably Wasting Time and Money.” Personally, I found it hard to believe that penny auction sites were at all accredited by the BBB – this new blog post of theirs makes me feel …
I answered a reader question over on another site. The poster said: I have been contacted by Carter Financial LLC, and they have proposed that depending on my case, they can lower my credit card interest rates. I see on here there are two negative reviews, and one positive review. If I were to let …
It was only a matter of time before credit card companies entered the location-based, social media scene. It was announced today that American Express and Foursquare have officially teamed up. I remember when Foursquare hit the scene back in 2009. “This is stupid” I said. “Why would I want anyone to know where I am? …