by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 12, 2024 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently settled its lawsuit against Roman Cresto, John Cresto and Andrew Chapman whose companies Automators AI, Empire Ecommerce and Onyx Distribution scammed people it sold phony online stores supposedly powered by AI. As a result...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 7, 2023 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission recently settled its lawsuit against investment advice company WealthPress and its owners, Roger Scott and Conor Lynch for using deceptive and misleading claims to induce consumers to purchase their bogus investment advising services. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 11, 2021 | Scam of the day
In 2019, the Federal Trade Commission sued 8 Figure Dream Lifestyle LLC and nine co-defendants for using illegal robocalls, live telephone calls, text messages, internet ads, emails, social media and live events to sell bogus money making opportunities. The...
by admin | Aug 12, 2018 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Minnesota Attorney General have filed a lawsuit and obtained a temporary restraining order against Sellers Playbook and its principals in regard to a business opportunity scam in which they sold their “secret”...