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FTC Settlements Crack Down on Payment Processing Operation that Enabled ‘Google Money Tree’ Scammers to Charge Consumers $15 Million in Hidden Fees

Date

November 18, 2013

The Federal Trade Commission is continuing its crackdown on payment processing operations that enable scam artists to charge consumer accounts despite signs of ongoing fraud and unauthorized...

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FTC Settlements Ban Defendants from Selling Work-at-Home Businesses

Date

June 27, 2013

The operators of a scheme that allegedly defrauded consumers who were trying to start their own online businesses have been permanently banned from selling work-at-home business opportunities under...

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FTC and New York and Florida Attorneys General Amend Complaint Against The Tax Club, Charged with Bilking Consumers Trying to Launch Home-Based Businesses

Date

April 9, 2013

The Federal Trade Commission has amended a complaint against The Tax Club defendants, who in January 2013 were charged by the FTC and the New York and Florida Attorneys General with deceiving...

Press Release

FTC and New York and Florida Attorneys General Charge The Tax Club's Telemarketing Scheme with Bilking Consumers Who Were Trying to Launch Home-Based Businesses

Date

January 17, 2013

The Federal Trade Commission and the New York and Florida Attorneys General charged The Tax Club’s telemarketing operation with deceiving consumers who mistakenly believed its services would help...

Press Release

Business 'Coaching' Marketers Agree to Settle FTC Charges

Date

January 17, 2013

Most of the defendants in a massive business “coaching” scheme that allegedly took more than $100 million from consumers have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented...

Rules

Business Opportunity Rule

Rule Updated Date

December 8, 2012

The Business Opportunity Rule requires business opportunity sellers to give prospective buyers specific information to help them evaluate a business opportunity, thus ensuring that the prospective...

Text of Rule

Press Release

FTC Expands Fight Against Deceptive Business Opportunity Schemes

Date

November 15, 2012

The Federal Trade Commission today announced seven new law enforcement actions and developments in five other FTC cases involving scams that falsely promise jobs and opportunities to be your own boss...

Staff Letters

Cases and Proceedings

Resolution of Referrals from BBB National Programs

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP printer cartridges)

Date

April 28, 2011

Mary K. Engle, Associate Director

Text of the Letter (38.12 KB)

Press Release

FTC Settles with Defendants that Claimed Bogus Ties to Google and Unlawfully Charged Consumers Hidden Fees

Date

October 18, 2010

An online marketer that falsely claimed ties to Google Inc. has been forced to stop operations as part of a Federal Trade Commission action that charged the defendants with marketing an allegedly...

Staff Letters

Cases and Proceedings

Resolution of Referrals from BBB National Programs

Comcast Corporation (fiber-optic content of consumer broadband network)

Date

July 27, 2010

Mary K. Engle, Associate Director

Letter from Mary K. Engle, Associate Director, Division of Advertising Practices, to Thomas P. Jirgal, Esq., Counsel for Comcast Corporation (34.63 KB)

Press Release

FTC Cracks Down on Scammers Trying to Take Advantage of the Economic Downturn

Date

July 1, 2009

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a law enforcement crackdown on scammers trying to take advantage of the economic downturn to bilk vulnerable consumers through a variety of schemes, such...

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Event

Business Opportunity Rule Workshop

June 1, 2009 | 12:00AM

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a day-long public workshop on June 1, 2009 in Washington, DC, to explore proposed changes to the FTC’s Business Opportunity Rule. The workshop, which is free and...

Business Blog

FTC staff report analyzes 70 MLM income disclosure statements

Date

September 4, 2024

Think your MLM income disclosure statement is a model of clarity? Think again. Think your disclosure supports claims that participants can earn lots of extra money if they join? Think again (again)...

Business Blog

Facts about fraud from the FTC – and what it means for your business

Date

February 9, 2024

The FTC just issued its 2023 Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book jam-packed with facts about the kind of scams consumers have reported to us. Has the reported dollar amount lost to fraud gone up or...

Business Blog

Influence peddling? Bogus “brand ambassador managers” scam prospective influencers

Date

October 17, 2023

We’ve warned professionals about online job scams involving phony “recruiters” who falsely claim to represent big-name businesses. Employment impersonators are still at it, but this time they’re...

Business Blog

Bad ads on social media: FTC asks platforms about their screening policies

Date

March 22, 2023

Spend time on social media and video streaming platforms and what will you find? Photos from friends’ vacations, aspirational kale salads, the latest dance fads – and ads for bogus health products...

Business Blog

Looking for a new job or considering a business opportunity? Spot signs of a possible scam.

Date

May 9, 2022

Scammers often target job seekers and prospective entrepreneurs with bogus employment and money-making offers. We know that because the FTC has investigated and stopped many of them. But scammers are...

Business Blog

One for the money: Latest Notice of Penalty Offenses takes on deceptive money-making claims

Date

October 26, 2021

Money-making claims have been around for as long as there’s been money. They show up in promotions for gig work, multilevel marketing, “be your own boss” seminars, and work-from-home offers. But when...

Business Blog

Back to business #4: Back-to-work basics for job seekers

Date

June 17, 2021

We’ll leave it to the economists to crunch the employment numbers. We’re just happy to see more Help Wanted signs in the windows of Main Street retailers. That’s good news for Americans affected by...

Business Blog

Community Advocate Center: Listening to what consumers have to say

Date

March 3, 2021

Wondering what you can do to help protect consumers in your area? The FTC just launched an initiative aimed at partnering with legal aid organizations to expand outreach to lower-income members of the...

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