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Category: FTC

MORE Scam Shutdown Ponies Up $Millions

March 8, 2020 Bankcenter Staff 24 Comments

A group of affiliate marketers who lured consumers into a business coaching and investment scheme known as My Online Business…

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Posted in: CONSUMER, Education, Financial Education, Fraud, FTC, Investing, Scams

Fake Check Scams Target Naive Young Adults

March 2, 2020 Bankcenter Staff 83 Comments

Fake check scams take advantage of what we don’t know about how banks handle check deposits. Scammers do know, and they trick…

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Posted in: CONSUMER, Fraud, FTC, Scams

Office Depot PC Virus Scan Scam Refunds Mailed

February 21, 2020 Bankcenter Staff

The Federal Trade Commission is sending refund checks totaling more than $34 million to consumers who allegedly were tricked by…

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Posted in: CONSUMER, FTC, Scams, Security, Technology

Asking for Money While Kissing – a Big Red Flag

February 19, 2020 Bankcenter Staff

Romance scammers prey on consumers who are looking for love, converting what feels like a budding relationship into an ask…

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Posted in: CONSUMER, Fraud, FTC, Scams, Seniors

Paid for Ranking Placement in Financial Products Grows

February 3, 2020 Bankcenter Staff

The operators of a website that compares student loans and other financial products have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission…

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Posted in: Fraud, FTC, Marketing, Student Loans

Punishing Negative YELPS w/Personal Info – Costly

January 8, 2020 Bankcenter Staff

Writing fraudulent reviews about businesses on services like Yelp can land you in big legal trouble. But suppose a financial…

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Posted in: CONSUMER, Credit Reports, FTC, Privacy

Debt Collector Scamsters Get Bank Accounts Emptied

December 21, 2019 Bankcenter Staff

The operators of a scheme that conned consumers into paying non-existent debts will be permanently banned from the debt collection…

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Posted in: CONSUMER, Debt Collection, Fraud, FTC, Scams

VoIP Provider Nailed for Credit Card Scam via Robocalls

December 9, 2019 Bankcenter Staff

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission and the State of Ohio, a federal court has halted the operations…

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Posted in: CONSUMER, Fraud, FTC, Marketing, Scams

Refunds Coming to Skin Care Credit Card Victims

December 4, 2019 Bankcenter Staff

The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 79,771 refund checks totaling over $1.8 million to consumers who signed up for “risk-free”…

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Posted in: CONSUMER, Credit Cards, Fraud, FTC

40 Million Consumers Ripped-Off Last Year

November 3, 2019 Bankcenter Staff

The Federal Trade Commission has released the results of a comprehensive survey conducted in 2017 that examined the prevalence of mass-market…

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Posted in: CONSUMER, Fraud, FTC, Scams, Seniors

Phony Diabetes Cure Publisher Hauled to Court

Bankcenter Staff

Continuing its work to protect older Americans from fraud, the Federal Trade Commission sued a publisher called Agora Financial, LLC, alleging…

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Posted in: CONSUMER, Fraud, FTC, Scams

Military Service Members Get Free Credit Monitoring

October 31, 2019 Bankcenter Staff

Starting October 31, many members of the military will have access to free electronic credit monitoring, which can help them spot…

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Posted in: CONSUMER, Credit Reports, Credit Scores, FTC

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