Category: Scams & Your Rights
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Kia tells 462,869 Telluride owners to park outside until a second free fire fix
A safety repair is supposed to close the book on a recall. For nearly half a million Kia Telluride households, however, a power-seat fire problem has returned with a new remedy and an unusually urgent instruction: keep the SUV away from garages and other structures until the work is done. The repair is free, but…
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Victims of a romance ring drained retirement accounts and sold homes; its launderer got 70 months
A Maryland woman was sentenced to 70 months and ordered to pay $1,655,640.76 for laundering romance scam proceeds through a shell company.
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Labcorp patients have until September 3 to take $50 from a $35 million breach settlement
The Labcorp track of the AMCA data breach litigation offers a $50 alternative cash payment or up to $5,000 in documented losses. Claims close September 3, 2026.
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Prosecutors say a courier used a dollar bill as a password to collect $137,000 in gold from a Hawaii woman
A courier charged in a gold bar elder fraud scheme allegedly used a one-dollar bill as a password to collect nine gold bars worth more than $137,000 from an elderly Hawaii woman.
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Conair is refunding 1.7 million Cuisinart grill brushes after three people swallowed bristles
Conair recalled about 1,719,995 Cuisinart grill brushes after three people swallowed detached metal bristles. The refund can be taken as cash or as store credit worth 20 percent more.
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A $475 million settlement is taking claims from anyone who paid out of pocket for generic drugs between 2009 and 2019
Two generic drug price-fixing settlements totaling $475 million are accepting consumer claims through November 9, 2026. Here is who qualifies and what proof is required.
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Fanatics shoppers charged a handling fee can claim two $5 store vouchers, not cash, before the August 27 deadline
A class action settlement can pay in several different currencies, and the currency is the first thing worth checking. This one pays in store credit. Shoppers who were charged a handling fee on a Fanatics website and file a valid claim receive two vouchers worth $5 each, usable only at Fanatics.com, expiring twelve months after…
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A proposed FTC order would send $35 million back to Hopper travelers charged pre-selected tip and VIP fees
The charge did not appear as a surprise line on a credit card statement. It appeared on the final booking screen of a travel app, already selected, in a spot a customer would only find by scrolling down. By the time the traveler swiped to book, the total had grown by a “Tip” and a…
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Galanz recalled 121,680 retro refrigerators tied to 34 fires and one death, but the remedy is a free repair, not a refund
Nothing about the refrigerator itself changed on July 30. The unit humming in a kitchen or a garage is the same appliance it was the day before, running on the same wiring. What changed is the public record attached to it: federal regulators and the importer announced that a specific run of retro-styled Galanz refrigerators…
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OCTROT is refunding 178,000 heated blankets after cords detached and started 27 fires
The recalled product is the kind of thing that lives folded over the arm of a couch from October through March: a sherpa-lined electric throw, plugged into a wall outlet, with a small white controller and five heat settings. Households that keep the thermostat down and warm the person instead of the room buy them…
