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FTC Settlements Bar Deceptive Online Marketing
Posted on November 19, 2009Image via WikipediaFrom the FTC Press Release on Commerce Planet's deceptive negative option plan.An online marketer of purportedly "free" Internet auction kits, which automatically charged...
Schoemaker and Yu Make Up
Posted on November 19, 2009Image via WikipediaMr. Schoemaker and Mr. Dennis Yu have been making up stories about each other. Mr. Schoemaker accuses Mr. Yu of being a confidence criminal."A...
What is the Con Here?
Posted on November 17, 2009Image by Getty Images via DaylifeI will walk you through how these online scams work on Facebook and other social networks - the mechanics of how the...
The Con and the Professor
Posted on November 08, 2009"In a new series of blog posts over the next few months, [Sam Antar] will document why Sarbanes-Oxley should be strengthened with added reforms to...
MoneyGram Scam and Gate Keeper Liability
Posted on November 03, 2009MoneyGram International, Inc., the second-largest money transfer service in the United States, will pay $18 million in consumer redress to settle FTC charges that...
Avoid Responsibility and Live Better
Posted on November 02, 2009"When you can blame someone else (or the gods of spite, chance and bad luck) it's emotionally safer than it is to acknowledge you made...
The Franchise Wars: Apple v Windows
Posted on October 22, 2009Image via WikipediaIn the franchise war between Apple and Windows, I am a Mac fan. I wasn't always a Mac guy, I used a PC...
Be Your Own Boss
Posted on October 20, 2009I had posted this before, but I wanted to included some testimony from Jim Vitale, the swarthy looking con criminal in this FTC video....
BlogMasterMind, Testimonials and Seller Assisted Marketing Plans
Posted on October 19, 2009Image via WikipediaThis is a post designed to show the interactions between a) an internet marketing program, b) the FTC new rule on testimonials, and...
The Russian Criminal System
Posted on October 12, 2009I know very little about the Russian version of capitalism. But I am willing to bet that Robert Amsterdam does. Here is a decent overview...
Testimonials and Disclaimers
Posted on October 09, 2009Megan McArdle clearly doesn't understand the FTC's position on testimonials. She is not alone, neither does Jack Shafer writing for Slate, who thinks that the FTC...
OPINION OF ADVOCATE GENERAL POIARES MADURO delivered on 22 September 2009 (1)
Posted on October 02, 2009I have put this very important ruling abut Google Adwords and bidding on trademarks up in full, since the commentary that I have seen does...
The MX Factors - 100 Years of Jail Time
Posted on October 01, 2009Image via WikipediaFrom the FBI Press Release about MX FactorsIn what is believed to be the longest sentence ever handed down in a white-collar case...
Renting Reputational Authority
Posted on September 30, 2009Image via WikipediaIn the Yellow Kid's biography, Conman : A Master Swindler's Own Story (Library of Larceny) he describes a letter of credit scam that...
Bluestein Ponzi
Posted on September 28, 2009Image via WikipediaThe Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Detroit-area stock broker Frank Bluestein with fraud, alleging that he lured elderly investors into refinancing the...
How Bizop.Ca Out Ranks the US Government
Posted on September 25, 2009United StatesPostal Inspection ServiceFederal Bureau of InvestigationInternet Crime Complaint CenterNational White Collar Crime CenterMonster Worldwide, Inc.Microsoft CorporationNational Cyber-Forensicsand Training AllianceTarget CorporationThe Spamhaus ProjectMerchant Risk CouncilCareer...
Special - Dragon Dictate
Posted on September 23, 2009This is terrific software, and for some attorneys it is a godsend. I just got an email from Tiger Direct saying they have discounted...
Court to Con Artist: Give Up Your House or Face Jail Time
Posted on September 22, 2009Image via WikipediaFrom the FTC Press Release on Neiswonger, convicted biz op criminal.At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, the operator of a business...
Absence of Evidence Is Evidence of Absence.
Posted on September 22, 2009Image via WikipediaYou are probably familiar with the claim that absence of proof is not proof of absence. Logically, this is correct. If P implies...
Are Franchisees Happier than Everyone?
Posted on September 21, 2009Image via WikipediaDonald Cranford, writing at a franchise portal, claims:As if you need another reason to purchase a franchising, how about this very simple one:...
ATM Ponzi Scheme
Posted on September 21, 2009Image via WikipediaMANHATTAN U.S. ATTORNEY CHARGES TWO DEFENDANTS IN $80 MILLION PONZI SCHEME:PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for theSouthern District of New York, and JOSEPH...
$1.1 Billion Dollar Judgments Against Affiliate Marketers - More To Come
Posted on September 17, 2009Image via WikipediaDennis Yu, writing at Zac Johnson's blog talks about affiliate marketing and the FTC."You may have been reading how the Attorney Generals of...
The Money Tree Scam
Posted on September 17, 2009Seldom have I seen a graph the more clearly delineates a fraud than this one: the graph between Kevins Money Tree and the FTC, in...
Mass hysteria, crazes and panics
Posted on September 17, 2009Image via WikipediaDr Vaughan Bell writes one of the more interesting blogs, Mind Hacks: Tips & Tricks for Using Your Brain - which is also the...
Why Can't We have Better Reporting about Ponzi Schemes?
Posted on September 16, 2009Here is the lead to the CBC news story about the Calgary ponzi scheme:A Calgary couple who lost a "good portion" of their life savings...
The Regulator Fallacy
Posted on September 16, 2009Image via WikipediaI am critical of regulators who blame victims of fraud, by cautioning them that "if it sounds too good to be true, then...
Mounties charge man in $100M alleged Ponzi scheme
Posted on September 15, 2009Image via WikipediaFrom Toronto Star, the regulator is puzzled as to why people do not do easy due diligence, which would helped avoid this ponzi...
ACFN Franchise - Scam or No Scam?
Posted on September 15, 2009Image via WikipediaI cringe whenever I read things about how when the economy is down, it is good time to buy a franchise.A down economy...
The Family that Cons together
Posted on September 14, 2009Image via WikipediaFrom the Hall of Infamy blog:"When a con artist builds and tends a Ponzi scheme, he must sometimes long for a partner in...
Gut Feelings, Deception and Action
Posted on September 12, 2009Image by Andres Rueda via FlickrThe Baltimore News reports on a foreclosure scam:A Baltimore woman who tried to save her home from foreclosure by answering...
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