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  2. FTC bans fake online reviews, inflated social media influence ...

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    “Fake reviews not only waste people’s time and money, but also pollute the marketplace and divert business away from honest competitors,” FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement.

  3. Yelp has a wall of shame for businesses caught paying for ...

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    The FTC recently proposed a formal ban on fake reviews with penalties of up to $50,000 for businesses caught buying, selling or manipulating online reviews. Yelp has said it supports such a rule ...

  4. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    The scam relies on the cashier placing small bills in the register where they will be mixed with existing bills, and the cashier's failure to notice that the nineteen dollars given by the con artist included ten dollars that belonged to the store in the first place (the money that should've been given back for the $10 that was handed over early).

  5. Don Lapre - Wikipedia

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    Don Lapre. Donald D. Lapre (May 19, 1964 – October 2, 2011) [ 1] was an American multi-level marketing and infomercial salesman. His work involved product packages such as "The Greatest Vitamin in the World" and "Making Money Secrets". Lapre was criticized as selling questionable business plans that often did not work for his clients.

  6. Empire Company - Wikipedia

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    Empire Company Limited is a Canadian conglomerate engaged mostly in food retail and corporate investments. Founded in 1963, the company is headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia and owns the Sobeys supermarket chain. [ 3] In total, the company owns, affiliates or franchises more than 1,500 stores; in addition to Sobeys, brands include Safeway ...

  7. FTC: US consumers lost $770 million in social media scams in ...

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    Excluding reports that didn’t indicate a contact method, social media scams accounted for 26% of the losses attributed to fraud in 2021 ($770 million), followed by websites and apps at 19% ($554 ...

  8. Scammers publish ads for hacking services on government ...

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    Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch. Scammers have published various advertisements for hacking services on the official websites of multiple U.S. state, county and local governments, a ...

  9. Top 15 financial scams targeting older Americans — and what ...

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    The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received more than 101,000 reports of scams and fraud against people ages 60 and older in 2023, causing seniors to lose over $3.4 billion. And those ...