Tag "FTC"
People Are Still Getting Money Back For A Credit Card Scam In The 1990s
The Federal Trade Commission is still sending out checks to victims of a credit card fraud in the 1990s. On Tuesday, the FTC said it is mailing some 322,000 checks totaling nearly $9.7 million to people who were victims of an illegal credit card billing
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Tech Support Operation Tricks Consumers Into Paying Millions for Bogus Services
Reports from FTC and the State of Florida have taken action against defendants who ran an international tech support operation and allegedly misrepresented to consumers that malware or hackers had compromised their computers and that the operation was associated with or
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Phony OSHA Scam Halts Target of New Small Businesses
The Federal Trade Commission has charged a Florida man and his company with bilking at least $1.3 million from newly-opened small businesses by pretending to be a federal government agency, and threatening that the business will be shut down or
Read MoreFuneral Home Settles FTC Charges That Violated the Funeral Rule
FTC – The Federal Trade Commission issued this press release late last week: An Ohio funeral home operator has agreed to pay a civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges for violating the agency’s Funeral Rule, which requires funeral providers
Read MoreFTC Cracks Down on $20 Million Telemarketing Scam
The Federal Trade Commission alleges that a network of scammers in the United States and Canada targeted seniors with pitches for phony fraud protection, legal protection and pharmaceutical services in an effort to get their financial information. In some cases,
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