by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 5, 2021 | Scam of the day
Business coaches are people that advise and guide business owners in the operating and growing of their businesses. They can be quite helpful, particularly to entrepreneurs. However, scammers posing as business coaches take advantage of trusting business owners by...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 31, 2021 | Scam of the day
As regular readers of Scamicide are aware, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which is the primary federal agency which protects consumers from scams, is sometimes able to obtain payments from scammers convicted in court following FTC lawsuits or, more commonly,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 28, 2021 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently reported about a phony website that is popping up on people’s computers as a YouTube link with several different URL names that appears to be from the US Trading Commission. The website even uses the FTC’s seal...
by admin | Jul 2, 2018 | Scam of the day
Weight loss scams are among the most common scams and with good reason. Many people want to lose weight and most of the scam products promise to do that for you easily without diet or exercise. The unfortunate truth is that there is no magic formula for quick and easy...
by admin | Oct 13, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is mailing 227,000 refund checks to victims of phony weight loss products and supplements sold by Health Formulas LLC and a number of other related companies. According to the FTC, Health Formulas LLC lured victims with “free...
