19 September 2018 Chad Tackett claimed his weight loss program was so good that it was part of a university-sponsored study. That the study never existed was the least shady part of the tale.
28 May 2018 An insidious scam ends not with free gift cards, but with Facebook users involuntarily spamming the groups to which they belong.
28 February 2018 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid are not calling senior citizens and asking for personal information ahead of the launch of a new Medicare card.
12 September 2017 Police in Florida are warning of scams post-Irma, and that two men posing as power company workers stole nearly $13,000 in jewelry from a 95-year-old woman.
30 August 2017 The Federal Emergency Management Agency confirmed that a flyer advertising high-paid jobs available through 31 August 2017 is real.
8 February 2016 Airlines are not giving away free tickets or spending money to Facebook users who share and like a page. Those offers are a form of online scam.
26 May 2017 Dubious web sites hawking anti-aging face creams and supplements lure consumers with fake celebrity endorsements.
22 November 2016 We called "EDU Loan Servicing" after it was featured on a "consumer watchdog" page; it appears to be one of many scams.
30 September 2016 We could find no proof that the supposed brain supplement InteliGEN enhances brain function or is even safe to use.
19 September 2016 An organization claiming to have invented a vaccine against diabetes that also reverses the effects of the disease was swiftly shut down by the Mexican government for making fraudulent health claims.
6 September 2016 Multiple like-farming Facebook pages have lured users with the false promise of a tiny house giveaway.
15 July 2016 A Facebook post offering a free $100 Kroger's coupon is just another version of an online sweepstakes scam.
