Thursday, February 27, 2025

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Binary Option Fraudsters & Affiliates Caught by US SEC

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hit affiliate marketers related to binary options schemes with record fines this year. Timothy Atkinson, his former...

How Does Predictive Advertising Work So Well?

Programmatic Advertising becomes predictive when marketers use real-time data and artificial intelligence to anticipate consumer needs. Predictive algorithms are everywhere. In an age when data are...

StubHub Accused of Massive Cheating of Affiliates

Secondary ticketing site StubHub has just been named in a lawsuit by Spotlight Ticket Management, which alleges that StubHub has violated federal and state...

Yes, Most of Influencer Marketing is Fraudulent

As an industry that has a history of settling for vanity metrics, influencer marketing is particularly susceptible to fraud. Recently, CBS reported that influencer marketing suffered...

VICE Claims CBD Lawsuits Might Kill Industry

Since the Food and Drug Administration can’t figure out whether supplements that contain cannabidiol, the marijuana-adjacent oil known as CBD, are legal, can a customer...

Why is Snoop Dog Promoting an Illegal Debt Relief Scam?

Facebook ads illegally promoting a debt relief scam seem to be all over the internet -- and feature celebrity rapper and marijuana aficionado Snoop...

FTC Cracking Down on CBD Cosmetic Marketing

The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) is cracking down on CBD. The government agency has confirmed that it sent new letters to 15 companies,...

Yes, CBD in Food Still Illegal In New York

If you look around the thousands of stores and shops across New York that sell CBD products, you’d probably answer “Yes, of course.” You...

Marketers Caught Bribing Facebook Contractor

A Facebook Inc. contractor has been fired for taking thousands of dollars in bribes from a shady marketing firm that had already been banned...

State Attorneys General Ask FTC to Increase Negative Option Marketing Enforcement

A coalition of twenty-three state attorneys general, led by New York AG Letitia James and Pennsylvania AG Josh Shapiro, recently submitted a letter to...

Risk Free Skin Offer Scam Forced to Refund

Nearly 80,000 consumers who signed up for “risk-free” trial offers for skin care products but were then enrolled in programs with recurring monthly charges...

FTC Issues Influencer Guidelines

Influencer marketing is now a multi-billion-dollar industry used by big brands and small businesses alike. The release of the new guideline which outlines the marketing...

Pace Lattin Fights The Scammer

Originally Published in USA Herald. In the Internet space there is one guy who has for almost two decades exposed scammers, and stood for...

Brands will Lose Billions in Fraud During Holidays

According to the Arkose data of the 30% increase is digital fraud, 70% were from bot-driven account registrations. Those fraudulent accounts are used, in...

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