Category: Scams & Your Rights
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Land Rover and Jaguar will fix 23,677 SUVs free, including Defenders and Range Rovers that can lose drive power
Jaguar Land Rover North America is recalling 23,677 SUVs, including Land Rover Defenders and Range Rovers, because an electrical part can fail and cut drive power while the vehicle is moving. Dealers will install a software update at no charge. Owner letters are not expected until Nov. 13, so the notice in the mailbox is…
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A Texas couple were convicted of taking at least $9.5 million from 700-plus investors
A federal jury in Texas found Marina Brooks, 70, and Charles Brooks, 74, of Irving guilty on Sept. 28 of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Prosecutors say the couple took at least $9.5 million from more than 700 investors, many of them drawn in by radio ads. The Brookses have been convicted but not sentenced,…
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LiveHealth Online users can claim from a $2.04 million privacy settlement until Oct. 30
People who used the appointment booking tool on LiveHealth Online have until Oct. 30 to file a claim in a $2.04 million privacy settlement. The case accuses the telehealth company behind the service of sharing customers’ medical information with outside companies without permission. Each valid claim gets a share of the fund, and the size…
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Levoit air purifier buyers can claim a $10 digital payment from a $15 million ‘True HEPA’ settlement by Nov. 3
Buyers of Levoit Core and EverestAir air purifiers and replacement filters can file for a $10 digital payment from a $15 million settlement over “True HEPA” labeling. The claim window closes Nov. 3. The settlement website warns that the payment may shrink if the number of valid claims grows too large for the fund. Claim…
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Thirty-five states have passed crypto ATM laws since 2023, including 18 this year, AARP’s tracker shows
Thirty-five states have enacted some form of crypto ATM regulation since 2023, and 18 of those laws passed this year alone, according to a tracker AARP updated Sept. 14. The wave follows growing recognition among state lawmakers that cryptocurrency kiosks, machines that convert cash into digital currency, have become a common final step in scams…
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Fake license-renewal scams drew 496 FBI complaints and more than $348,000 in losses
The FBI’s Sept. 17 alert on government-impersonation fraud names four separate scripts, and the smallest of them by dollar loss is a fake license-renewal notice: 496 complaints and more than $348,000 lost. Unlike the alert’s medical-license and jury-duty categories, this script does not require a target to hold a specific job or have a pending…
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The FTC is sending Zelle payments to former AT&T unlimited-data customers who never cashed checks from its $5.6 million throttling refunds
Former AT&T customers who never cashed a refund check mailed to them back in 2024 are starting to see that money arrive a different way. The Federal Trade Commission says it is now sending Zelle transfers to close out its $5.6 million throttling refund program, reaching people who were eligible for the original payment but…
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Government impostors targeting medical license holders drew 3,322 complaints and more than $37 million in losses, the FBI says
Doctors, nurses and other license holders are being targeted by callers posing as medical board investigators or state licensing officials, and the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center says that scheme drew 3,322 complaints and more than $37 million in losses. The bureau counted the pattern inside the same Sept. 17 alert on law-enforcement and government…
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Amway distributors would have to resell at least 70% of what they buy, and first-year training would be free, under the FTC’s proposed court order
The Federal Trade Commission and the state of Washington have accused Amway, the multilevel marketing company, of luring independent business owners with income promises the agency says most recruits could never come close to reaching. Under a proposed court order the two sides filed together on September 17, 2026, Amway would have to resell at…
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Fake jury duty and missed-court-date scams drew 6,833 FBI complaints and nearly $36 million in losses, the FBI says
A caller who claims a missed jury summons or a missed court date is impersonating a court officer or a sheriff’s deputy, and the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center says that exact script drew 6,833 complaints and nearly $36 million in losses. The bureau logged the pattern inside a Sept. 17 alert on government-impersonation fraud…