United Wholesalers, Inc.
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Following a preliminary hearing, the Federal Trade Commission has won a federal court order prohibiting four Florida companies and four individuals, pending a trial, from using a variety of deceptive...
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Apr21
Conference on Preventing Fraudulent Advertising
The FTC, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Association of Attorneys General, and the American Association of Advertising Agencies sponsored a national media seminar to focus on the media...
May23
Open Commission Meeting- May 23, 2024
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Business before the Commission: Presentation on Final Rule on Government and Businesses Impersonation, Staff Presentation on Roll-Up RFI, Voice Cloning Challenge Winners Presentation.
May07
Older Adults and Fraud: What You Need To Know
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Celebrate Older Americans Month and join us to learn about current scams affecting older adults and how to help protect yourself and your community. Speakers from the Federal Trade Commission...
Data Spotlight
Impersonation scams: not what they used to be
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Scams that impersonate well-known businesses and government agencies are consistently among the top frauds reported to the FTC’s Consumer Sentinel Network. [1] In 2023, data from the FTC alone show...
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Business Blog
Identity Theft Awareness Week starts today
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Among the challenges that COVID-19 has brought, add a higher risk of identity theft to the mix. In the past year, we had about 1.4 million reports of identity theft, double the number from 2019...
Business Blog
Green lights, red flags, blue lobster: FTC Rules of the Road for Business heads to Cleveland
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Ohioans know how to handle the virtually impossible. Take Clawde, a rare blue lobster that was destined for a dinner plate this July when a sharp-eyed worker in a Cuyahoga Falls Red Lobster restaurant...
Business Blog
Green Lights & Red Flags: FTC Rules of the Road for Business rocks on in Cleveland
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Natives and fans heartily agree that “Cleveland Rocks!” That’s why the Federal Trade Commission and its Ohio partners are ready to roll with the next installment of Green Lights & Red Flags: FTC Rules...
Business Blog
Whose life?! MyLife charged with creating misleading background reports
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As adage-writers go, whoever penned, “Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me,” should have looked for another line of work. And, the writer should have hoped that...
Business Blog
FTC alleges Neora, formerly known as Nerium, operates an illegal pyramid scheme
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In tribute to the baseball season that’s just ended, we’ll start this blog post about an alleged pyramid scheme and supposed miraculous dietary supplements with the words of the great Yogi Berra: “ It...
Data Spotlight
Scammers increasingly demand payment by gift card
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Through Consumer Sentinel we hear from people across the country about frauds they encounter in the marketplace. One thing we learn from these reports is how scammers want to be paid. People are...
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