The Federal Trade Commission reports a surge in scams impersonating the Social Security Administration, with complaints rising 25% and costing Americans hundreds of millions each year.

In a task scam, the FTC explains, fraudsters assign their victims simple, repetitive activities such as leaving reviews. After each task, they claim you’ll earn commissions for each action through an ...

Any business, advocacy group or consumer, ranging from pharmaceutical companies to trade associations, may initiate a challenge before NAD as a “challenger” against an advertiser.

Debt collection complaints in North Texas have paralleled a nationwide surge. Experts and data attribute the spike to higher ...

Instead, the calls kept coming, day after day, each one a reminder that something had gone sideways with his plan to get ahead of his credit card balances. Like many Americans trying to take control ...

Rent usually only goes one way: up. This time, some tenants are getting money back.

The agency said the company — which sells franchises for Club Pilates, Pure Barre, YogaSix, StretchLab and BFT — ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is informing residents in Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon and ...

An Orange County company that sells franchises for popular boutique fitness studios has reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission to settle allegations of rule and practice violations, ...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson has warned that wedding planning site The Knot Worldwide could be violating federal law as it faces allegations of defrauding small business ...

NewsGuard says the FTC’s probe and a merger restriction are censorious; the company has sued in D.C. federal court.

Federal Trade Commissioner Mark Meador shares his candid thoughts on cookie opt-outs, self-regulation and age verification.