by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 27, 2026 | Scam of the day
In 2025, the FTC and the state of Nevada filed a civil lawsuit against IM Mastery Academy and its principals in which they accused them of operating a deceptive investment training and multi-level marketing scheme that scammed consumers of more than $1.2 billion. IM...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 28, 2024 | 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 people by selling...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 16, 2024 | Scam of the day
In 2018 I first told you that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had sued a number of defendants including Preferred Law LLC, Consumer Defense LLC, American Home Loan Counselors and others for deceiving homeowners behind in their mortgages by falsely promising to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 8, 2023 | Scam of the day
Last April, I told you that the FTC filed lawsuit against American Vehicle Protection Corporation (AVP) accusing it of scamming people with phony, expensive extended car warranties. American Vehicle Protection Corporation (AVP) lied to consumers, telling them that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 21, 2022 | Scam of the day
In 2019 I told you about the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Utah Division of Consumer Protection sued Zurixx, LLC, a company that pus on real estate seminars in which attendees were supposedly told how to make large amounts of money buying houses, quickly...
