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  2. The FTC finalizes its rules clamping down on fake online reviews

    www.engadget.com/general/the-ftc-finalizes-its...

    The formal ban also comes with stiff penalties for violators of the new rules. Fines could reach as high as $50,000 per violation. The FTC officially announced its intent to seek new rules for ...

  3. Clothing scam companies - Wikipedia

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    Clothing scam companies are companies or gangs that purport to be collecting used good clothes for charities or to be working for charitable causes, when they are in fact working for themselves, selling the clothes overseas and giving little if anything to charitable causes. [1] They are a particular problem in the United Kingdom, where they ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. False advertising - Wikipedia

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    False advertising is the act of publishing, transmitting, or otherwise publicly circulating an advertisement containing a false claim, or statement, made intentionally (or recklessly) to promote the sale of property, goods, or services. [ 3]

  6. Parcel mule scam - Wikipedia

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    The parcel mule scam, also known as the reshipping scam, involves scammers and unsuspecting victims handling goods [1] to other countries. In some ways it is similar to the money mule scam. Scammers use fake advertising [2] to hire mules. Items are bought with stolen cards, [2] and since the goods are typically re-sold once shipped, this scam ...

  7. Amazon needs to get a handle on its counterfeit problem

    www.engadget.com/2018-05-31-fulfilled-by-amazon...

    Chances are you wouldn't suspect that whatever you're buying from Amazon, whether it be clothing, sunglasses or a handbag, is fake. And, for the most part, that tends to true. But that doesn't ...

  8. A network of knockoff apparel stores exposed ... - TechCrunch

    techcrunch.com/2023/01/25/apparel-designer-goods...

    A network of knockoff apparel stores exposed 330,000 customer credit cards. If you recently made a purchase from an overseas online store selling knockoff clothes and goods, there’s a chance ...

  9. Gently’s shopping aggregator aims to remove friction of ...

    techcrunch.com/2022/09/26/gently-shopping...

    Today was Gently’s turn to announce its new capital infusion of $2 million in pre-seed money in a round that included over 20 investors like Jason Calacanis’s Launch, Bloom Tech’s Austen ...