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Does Cold Stone Churning Locations?
Team Minkow Winning Streak Continues
Neulan Midkiff Found Guilty
Are You a Virgin?
Brown Sues To Topple Online Pyramid Scheme; Your Travel Biz
Why is Sam Antar Right about USANA? Part I
Lord Simcoe Day Franchise News
More Money needed for Franchise
New Franchise Disclosure Rule
Swindled Businessman Fights Back
Killer Pre Investment Due Diligence
Success Vending Salesmen Sentenced For Fraud
Usana Health Sciences Pays Off
Tasti D-Lite Franchise
Judging Reputation
Direct Selling Association's Position Against Truth in Advertising
What can You Learn at Franchise Exhibitions?
Mortgage Fraud News
How We Drive
Mea Culpa - Thanks to My UK Readers
Canadian Class Action Law: A Flawed Model
USANA Health Sciences Winners?
Coordination Problems for Lobster Fishermen
Legal Aid used to fund Franchise Lawsuits
Friday Morning Fraud News
Screwed Again
Is That Business Legitimate or a Scam?
Unfair Conduct
Baker's Delight Franchisee Forces National Investigation
When is a Mary Kay IB Consultant a Franchisee?
Subway Continues to Expand
Bad Advice about If Your Identity Is Stolen
Is ACN a Pyramid Scam?
Fraud News for Tuesday
Stop the Franchisor Madness
Judge Roy Bean - Hang'em High
From a Veteran Dunking Donuts
Piracy and Silver Bars
Sneaky Franchise Lawyer Tricks Part III
Unhappy Subway Franchisee
Sunday Counterfeit News
Saturday Morning Fraud News
Google committed Fraud?
The Value of Franchisee Associations
How Lies Spread
Safedivert New Telemarketing Scam?
Why Limiting Auditor Liability is Wrong
Who Should Help Prevent Fraud?
Franchises: The biggest risk of your life?
Shop To Earn
Fairness In Franchising
The inventory "investment" con in Mary Kay
Blood in the water?
The Gray Blog: eBay wins against Tiffany's
The End of a Franchise
New Federal inquiry into Australian Franchising
Phoenix Boiler Room Banned from Telemarketing, The Results Group
New FTC Online Resource for U.S. Antitrust Laws
Unique Yogurt Mixes
How We Drive, Tom Vanderbilt's Traffic Blog
Protest Against Pigeon King Ponzi
Can Pigeon King Investors Recover some of their Money?
Are You a FranWad?
eBay denied stay in LVMH case
Avoid the Scams. What Does John Chow Advise?
Bankruptcy filing says Pigeon King owed $23 million
Can the State can put scammers out of business?
Starbucks' Lessons for the Luxury Brand
Can eBay reverse Court loss to LVMH?
FTC On Behavioral Advertising
Successful Vending Machine Business Advice
Fallacy Files Reviews Nudge on Temptation
Rogue Bank
Taking a Hint or Coordinating Expectations
Papa Murphy's and Fair Franchise Relations
Franchising Stories
Show Me a Hero?
Dan Gilbert on the importance of Social Psychology
Red Bull Franchise Fraud
Sparkplug CEO and Biz Ops
Happy July 4th
Michael Kapoustin, Ponzi Scammer wants to Come Home to Canada
Why You Over Spend - For Everything
Googles "Allowed Sites" Feature
More XL Results Foundation Complaints
Can you make money with Mary Kay?
How Much of the Future will turn out to be Like the Past?
What will the Franchisor Do for You?
Fraud New You Can Use
Bayou Blues Brother in Custody
Fighting Investment Fraud: The One Thing that You Need to Know
Canada Day Fraud Links
What is the Sunk Cost Fallacy?
BurnLounge is a Pyramid Scheme
Using Industry Statistics To Sell Business Opportunities
Cold Stone Case Study
eBay Liable for Auction of Fakes
CRM publishes 50 ways to protect your Privacy
License to Lie, Cheat and Steal
Interesting Decision Rule
Charlie Munger on Human Misjudgment
Neat Ponzi Scheme Executed in Buffalo
Internet Scams by Terry Dean
Should the States Franchise Out Their Registration Processes?
Wed Fraud Stories
TRUTH ON THE MARKET » Chairman Kovacic Announces the "FTC at 100″ Self-Assessement Exercise
How You Can Solve Your Work Life Balance Problem
All Freight Logistics Ponzi Guilty Plea
Learning Skepticism From George Carlin
Crooks con woman using 'magic' bracelet- Police just as Stupid
Is Identity Theft Service a Good Service?
Why You fell Hard for Mary Kay - Compliance Tricks
Does the SEC Invite Corporations To Lie?
Australian Franchising code Flawed?
Franchisee Giving Franchisor Notice
Ponzi Pigeon King Officially Dead
Friday Night Fraud
Astonishing Scam
Bears Attack
RCMP and White Collar Crime
Is the Jani-King (GB) Franchise UK a Great Opportunity?
Dave Thomas's Nine Tips for Investigating a Franchise : Tip #1
The Bear Defence
Is Mary Kay Dishonest?
Fake Jobs Scam
How Thinking Costs You
Quebec Government Introduces Anti-SLAPP Legislation
Imagine Essential Services Limited? Not
Do Sleeping Judges Make Good Law?
Suicide is Still Painless
FTC Warns Consumers About Potential Charity Scams
W Financial Group, LLC et al: SEC Press Release
Work 'Opportunities' to Good to Be True?
Coldstone Creamery Franchise Troubles
Proof of that We are all Dumb Investors
The Meanings of Spitzer's Apology
Which Industry Makes the Most Misleading Ads?
Hiring a Franchise Lawyer
More Bayou Blues
FTC Extends Rebuttal Period
Quiznos Owed Money from Failed Class Action in Ontario
Is LifeLock a Good Way to Protect Your Identity?
Reliance and RICO Fraud - Hope for Franchisees
What Happened?
Surviving Franchisor Bankruptcy
Googling isn't Making us Stoopider - Something Else Is.
More Adsense Fraud
Australian Allphones Cheats Franchisees
Suicide of Former Bayou Management Hedge Fund CEO?
Barry Schwartz: The Paradox of Choice
Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Ten Must Have Books Part 1
Business Opportunity Scammer's $100,000 Performance Bond
Why Do White Collar Criminals Do It?
Herbalife "Rebuts" lead claims, But Provides no Proof
What Happens When the Franchisor is Bankrupt?
Telling the Truth Slowly
Is ACN Really That Lame?
Restitution in Polish Fraud Case
Ontario, Feversham man facing 39 counts of fraud
Google Sued for Running Fraudulent Ads
How Irrational are You? - Take The Cosmo Test
Franchise Disclosure Laws
Sneaky Lawyer Tricks Part II
Is XL Results Foundation a Scam?
Sparta Chem, Inc. and Compu-Kleen Inc Agree to Settle FTC Contempt Charges
How good are you at finding what's best?
How Can Your Research Your Franchisor? Sneaky Lawyer Trick to Follow
Value Menu provides no Value for McD's Franchisees
From the Law and Magic Blog: Is Poker a Game of Skill or a Game of Chance?
Redemption for Barry Minkow?
Who is a Franchisor - Part II
What is Social Media? And Why Does It Matter to Franchise Systems?
Sunday Fraud From Around the Web
Self Reflective Sentences and Persuasion
The Wisdom of Sam E. Antar
Are You a Stupid Lawyer?
Who is a Franchisor?
Barry Minkow on the Dangers of Herbalife
10 Things I Know About Buying a Franchise
Kirk Wright Commits suicide in jail after Fraud Conviction
How to Cheat Your Partners and Make it Stick
Why Hoaxes Work
What is New in Submarine Sandwiches?
Hungry Jacks Franchisor Supports Franchisee Rights
How to Rob a Store and Get Away with It.
Why Your Franchisor's Ad Campaigns Matter to You
FTC, Partners to Announce 'Operation Tele-Phoney' Law Enforcement Sweep
$250 Realistic Income Potential
DVD Vending Machine Fraud
The Mary Kay Reseller Lawsuit
We're more likely to listen to expensive advice
"Free Trial" Weren't Free, Patches Didn't Work As Claimed, FTC Alleges
How to Make Better Choices - Demand for Real Laws
Scam Classic: The Enron Implosion
Gold-Quest International Ponzi
Is PrePaid Legal a Scam?
The Danger of a Promissory Note in the Purchase of Franchise
Tracy and I need Your Help
Canadian House of Cards Continues to Fall
Fooling Some of the People All of the Time
How to Find Quality Information about Franchise Systems
Bakers Delight franchise off the ACCC hook -
Google's AdSense Program Sparks Lawsuit
Fraud Link Tuesday
Are You Smarter than a Monkey?
How to Help Yourself
Logic and Inference: How to avoid some Attractive but Bad Inferences
How will the Pigeon King Scheme End?
Pigeon King and Testimonials
Tempted by Sweet-Sounding Claims for Candy Machine Venture?
Why Being A Sucker Seems So Right.
How Online Coupon Companies Can Save You Money
What is New in Family Farming?
W Financial Group, LLC, and others Scam Elderly Investors
Final Defendant Settles with FTC in Cross-Border Telemarketing Fraud Case
Why do people fall for these scams?
Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur
What is Wrong with Interlake Chemicals?
Click Fraud - What is it, Really?
How To Spot Fraudulent Business Opportunities And Money Making Schemes?
How to Legally "Cheat" the IRS
How to Make an Earnings Claim - For Network Marketers
Want to Buy a Quiznos? Listen Up.
Interlake Chemicals Consents to Order re Business Opportunity Fraud Statute
Can God's Fraud Squad Make You Rich?
Why eBay Franchise Failed
Christian Fraud
Cooling the Mark Out
Romp and Roll Lies
Folsom Fraud - How it Worked
Ponzi Con Criminal - Stole From Seniors
The Hell with Heroes
Buying a Franchise - News You Can Use
Music Machine Scam!
Value Click Fraud
New York Ponzi Scheme
Why is Western Union Used in Frauds?
Pi Day
Why Churches are Targetted by Fraud Criminals
ACN is Not a Scam?
Pesky calls top consumer gripes
Fake business opportunities plague Arizona consumers
Are Men Programmed for Illicit Sex?
Business Opportunity Fraud Rising?
The Top 10 Canadian Law Blogs
How We Justify Foolish Acts and Bad Decisions
What is New with Free Offers?
Franchising or Chain?
What Can you Learn from Carl Icahn?
Are You a Pest Franchisee?
Quiznos's Class Action Fails
Why Did USANA get Slapped?
Have You Heard of this Miracle Cold Buster?
Why Do You Buy Crap that You Don't Want?
Due Diligence for Franchisees
False Hopes
How Much Does the Cold Stone Creamery Really Cost?
The Brown Terminator
Advertising that Makes You Rich
Russo Sentenced in Ponzi Scheme
Who Else Needs Financial Freedom?
How Much Can I Make with This Franchise?
Soya Delight Business Opportunity Fraud
What is New with Anti Aging Products?
Global Wealth Pyramid Scheme
Franchise Regulation Down Under
Franchise Tip from Michael Seid
Who Else Wants to be a Millionaire?
Sham Candy Vending
Good Advice from FBI
Can You Protect Your Parents?
Why BBB Promotes Fraud
DQ Franchise Lawsuits Multiply
Can You Beat this Market?
Lawyers Guilty in Ponzi Scheme
What Do You Know About White Collar Crime?
Do You Know How to Make Money with Coupons?
3 Sites To Help You Find Unbiased Information on Franchises.
The Truth about Franchisor Support and Training
Tips from The Cheesehead State about Franchising
Material Changes in UFOC
What is New with Fitness Franchises?
Are You Just Like Me?
Franchise Due Diligence from the Franchise Rep
To Terminate or Not to Terminate
Franchising Info From Trade Regulation
What is new with eMom? Bad Advice
How Do Invention Submission Scam Work?
Sale of Telephone Records to Third Parties is Illegal
New Zealand Franchise Association Calls For Regulation
Are Franchisors Unfair?
Who are the United Vendors of Canada? Loonie Vend? Vendgourmet?
More Bad Advice- The Low Risk Franchise Fallacy
Craig Slavin's Excellent Franchise Tip!
10 Best Food Chains?
Where Do Cons Advertise? Part 1
Franchise Reps' Advice for Buying
Franchise Beating
New Cheque Fraud Angle
How to Avoid Franchise Fraud
How to Get A Job with a Franchisor
Lawyers Behaving Badly 3
Islamic Con Job?
Inside a Fraud - The Stan Van Etten Story
Poker as an Ethical Model for Laywers
How to Make a $1 Billion Tax Free
USANA Recruiting Down
Do You Make This Mistake -Bad Advice from Police?
ATM Fraud
Is Arbitration Bad for Franchisees?
Three Steps To Avoiding Scams?
Odd Franchise.
Cell Phone List Brokers - Enablers of Fraud
Have Failed Franchisees Been Raped?
Are Australian Franchisors Bullies?
Will You Sue Me Because You Read My Blog?
New Vending Opportunity!
What is Misleading Advertising?
Are You a Con Criminal?
Are All Prospective Franchisees Idiots?
Marino Sentenced 20 Years for Defrauding Investors of Over $450 Million
Does Regulation Solve Behavorial Irrationality?
Just Say No to Fraud
The Truth about Goji Juice
Coadum Advisors Court Order
Is this a Game of Chance?
How to Defend Yourself Against a Con
Are We Programmed to be Stupid?
New Fuel Franchise Rules
Why the Meal Assembly Franchise is Dead
Harford on Games We Play
Good Buy Bonds
YTB a Card Mill?
Franchise Scam in New Zealand Continues
More on Rogue Trader
What Trial Lawyers can Learn from Poker Players?
Bayou Sentencing in Ponzi Scheme
Can Lawyers be Liars?
How Much is 46 million Unlawful Prerecorded Calls Worth
10 Winners and 10 Losers
Play and Trade Franchise Due Diligence Tip
Imergent Law Suit
What is New with Pure Weight for Consumers?
Is the IFA Good for Franchisee Due Diligence?
Coastal Publication Biz Op Fraud
Franchise Regulator in Ontario
The Fable of the Rogue Trader
Taleb's Ludic Fallacy
Are You a Perfect Target for a Scam?
Taken by the Cleaners - New Zealand Style Franchise Fraud
How Much is that Doggie in the Window?
Four Warning Signs of Franchise Fraud
Who is Your Independent Franchisee Rep?
Cross Border Fraud: Inefficient Work
Funny Fraud
Canada's Failure to Prevent Fraud
5 Myths About Franchising
5 Most Important Franchise Lawsuits
New Zealand Franchise Fraud
Interlake Chemicals Sued By State of Washington
Do You Believe Weird Things?
Bizop is Number One According to Google
Nebraska Ponzi Scam Alleged
Payment Processor Allegedly Took Millions from Consumers Sued by FTC and States
Reseller of Telephone Records fined by FTC
Mortgage Fraud in Ontario Updated
Privacy and ATM Scam
Is that all there is?
How to Misunderstand Earnings Claims
Consumer Credit Card Disclosure
Harry in the News Again
Strategic Responses to Disclosure Information
Does ACN run a Commissions Scam?
Does NAMA Fight Fraud?
Are You Passionate When You Are Wrong?
Fraud News for Monday Reading
FTC Announces Law Enforcement Crackdown on Do Not Call Violators
Dealing with Disbarred Laywers
FTC Releases Consumer Fraud Survey
Don’t Open Bogus Email that Claims to Come From the FTC
FTC Approves Affiliate Marketing Rule Regarding Use of Consumer Information
Calypso Financial and Other Caribbean Ponzi Schemes: Bad Spellling a Tip-Off?
Stop Being a Chump Once and For All
Bad Gossip Trumps Good Facts
FTC Stops Coffee Shop Franchisors
Do You Sincerely Want to be Rich?
Fraud News That You Can Use
Why Some [Even Very Bright] People will Always Get Conned
Alexander James Trabulse et al
FTC Launches “Pilot” International Fellows Program
FTC, Houston Better Business Bureau to Sponsor Advertising Workshop
How to Buy Influence
How Florida Regulators Deal with Telemarketing Fraud
Politicians Behaving Badly
Pinnancle Con Criminal Sentenced
Lawyers Behaving Badly
Why Business Opportunity Fraud is Flourishing in Arizona
Interlake Chemicals and Glen Stroud
FTC on the Demise of USANA
24 Signs that You are Dealing with a Con
What is New in Free Lunch Scams?
SEC Alleges Real Estate Partners, Inc. is a Ponzi
"They Can't Hang Up", So Why Pick Up, in the First Place?
Senior Resources Of Hawaii, Inc. and Mark K. Teruya: Securities Fraud
We are Number 7, for 08 07
Michael E. Kelly and $500 Million Fraud
Invention Promotion Swindlers Ordered to Pay $60 Million, Second Time Con Run
How to Lose $120,000 in 10 Months or Less with an eBay Store!
Advertising Claims on Insurance Referral Website Not Puffery...
Telemarketers Pay $505,000 & Forfeit $1,030,000 in Uncashed Checks and Unpaid Invoices
Fraud Aid Update Help for Advance Fee Victims
Why Isn't Harry in Jail?
How Much Money Can You Make?
James B. Roberts, FOMAC International, Inc., and Consultores Las Tres Americas S.A.
Taken to the Cleaners - Problems with the Ontario Wishart Act?
Countrywide and Thomas Morrissey - Part 2
Countrywide and Thomas Morrissey - Part 1
Update on Ponzi: Pittsford Capital Income Partners
Charles O. Morgan, Jr., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Frederick J. Kunen, et al.: Lit. Rel. No. 20253 / August 24, 2007
Life Insurance Ponzi Aimed at US Seniors Shut Down
Consumer Protection of Florida: Craftmatic Beds
FTC Stops Spammers Bogus Weight-Loss Products
Sentinel Management Group: The Ponzi Storm
Operators of Phoenix Boiler Room Banned from Telemarketing
What is New with Usana Health Sciences?
What You Must Know About the Sub-Prime Credit Fiasco.
How Should Canadians Deal with Franchise Fraud
How Safe are You Online?
Why Smart People Don't Deserve the Protection of Disclosure Law
Weight-Loss Patches and Pitches: What You Need to Know From the FTC
What is Hindsight Bias?
Are Smart People Entitled To Legal Protection?
Fred Brown and Franchise Brief Gives Very Bad Advice to Franchisees
What is New in Psychology?
AOB Commerce- Update- Receiver Appointed
Bribes, Encroachment and Ponzi Schemes in Franchising
Massive Affinity Fraud And Ponzi Scheme
Eric Turner and Kenneth May: Advance Payday Fraud Ponzi
How is Countrywide Financial Faring?
Absence of Evidence Is Evidence of Absence.
Seth's Blog: The 80:1 Freakonomics Paradox
How to Lie and Influence People
New Google Adwords Formula = Just Pay Us More
Gerald Leo Rodger - Ponzi Schemer
What is New with the Do Not Call Registry?
What the Credit Crash Means - Po as in Ponzi
How You can Avoid Frauds Like the AOB Asia Fund.
When is It All about Me?
Due Diligence-Don't take Money without It.
FTC Stops Prepaid Stored-Value Card Sellers From Improper Debiting
When is taking Pay Cut a Good Thing?
Nonrenewal for Franchisee’s Refusal to Serve P...
What Does the NBR Say About Usana?
Mannatech's Disclosure Policy
FTC Asks Court to Order Ab Belt Makers to Return Money to Consumers
Have You Been Bought?
Why Fraud is Rampant in Canada -Nobody goes to Jail
SEC Charges Global Asset Partners and Joseph C. Lavin For Defrauding Investors In $5 Million Ponzi Scheme
What is the difference between and a game theory model and reality?
Criminalizng Bad Business
The Number 1 Tip for Due Diligence - from Taleb
What Should We do to Prevent Pyramid Scams?
Canadians Cheat Americans - Yet Again
Deceptive Telemarketer Wins
International Fiduciary Corp Prime Bank Fraud
Why Envelope Stuffing Scams Continue To Exist
Fraud News from Around the Blogs
What is too good to be true? That frauds and scams self announce.
What Role did Investors play in Black's Downfall?
New York's Attorney Advertising Rules Held Unconstitutional
Fraud News from around the Blogs
Business Opportunity Marketers Pay Three Cents To Consumers to Settle FTC Charges
DVD Scammer Charged
Owner of Failed iSold It eBay Drop-off Franchise Leaves Apology
New School Network Marketing by Kim Klaver: "They don't want weasel words or fine print."
The UPS Store Due Diligence
Franchising Is Not Regulated
Click Fraud and Attorney and Law Firm Internet Marketing
Do Fraud Criminals believe that they are Entitled to Cheat?
When Your Auditor Resigns, It is a Good Thing.
Fraud News Fake - Only in China
New Brunswick Enacts Franchise Disclosure Act
Global Finance & Investments, Prime Bank Fraud Alleged
Why the FTC Cannot Fight Biz Op Fraud
Is iMergent a Biz Op?
Five Due Diligence Tips for Massage Business Owners
Fraud and Business Opportunities from around the Blog
Unique Vending Failure - No fraud
The Hockey Barn LLC and Jeffrey J. Coleman Update
Lawyer Convicted Alongside Conrad Black
The Anthem of the Nigerian 419 Spammer
Advance-Fee Credit Card Scammers Ordered to St...
Monday Fraud News
Ponzi Fraud: Colonendparenthesis.net
USANA Downunder
Dating Service Franchisor, New York Franchisee...
Google Investigated for Adsense Fraud
Latest from the Usana Insider
Reporting on Ponzi Schemes
Franchise Due Diligence Tip from Richard Solomon
Scams: Georgia Sues Infamous Bill Heard Dealership - Consumerist
Texas Sues Mannatech- Blog Reactions
The Modern Telephone Booth Indian - Botnets who leave Stock Tips
How Your Brain Makes Decisions
Global Online Direct, Inc., Bryant E. Behrmann, and Larry "Buck" E. Hunter: Lit. Rel. No. 20183 / July 6, 2007
Is College a Scam? Should you buy a franchise instead?
Friday Fraud News
Mannatech Charged as Illegal Marketing Scheme
The Hockey Barn LLC and Jeffrey J. Coleman: Lit. Rel. No. 20180 / July 3, 2007
What are the the Top 7 iPhone Scams?
Phishermen impersonate DOJ in spam e-mail
Eric E. Resteiner and Prime Bank Fraud
Nigerian attempts to Revive 12 Daily Pro
How The DS-MAX MLM Scam Operates
CEO Crime & Punishment
Due Diligence for Franchisees
Fraud News from the Web
Usana class action suit, AP News
Franchise Frauds, from around the Web
Rhode Island Enacts Dealership Law
International Fiduciary Corp, Update
How to Avoid ATM Distributorship Fraud
The Acquisition of Money
Winner of the Hubbard Award from ACFE
Bubbles on the Brain?
Fraud News from the Web
Who Needs Spam When You Can Advertise?
Is BurnLounge an Illegal Pyramid?
20 Secrets about Corporate Crime that You Must Know About.
EASI Distributorships and the BBB
The Real Story of Crazy Eddie's "Lowest Price" Guarantee
Why We Donate To Charity? Because It Feels Good!
What is New in Party StartUps?
What is AGLOCO? The MLM answer to Autosurfing.
Commentary on Usana Health Sciences - From Yahoo
UPS Store Franchise Dream Ends in a Florida Trailer Park
Usana digs deeper with this 8-K filed with the SEC
Mutual Benefits Corp., et al.: Lit. Rel. No. 20151 / June 13, 2007
Google Co-op Increase Search
SEC Investigation Continues
The UPS Store PLUS The eBay Drop-Off Store Equals?
Another credentials flap for Usana and it blames ... short sellers!
Court Finds Fraudsters Guilty of Civil Contempt, Liable for $2.37 Million
Why You cannot Trust and then Verify
USANA Revival
Rhodes Econometrics Fraud
Can You Prevent Affinity Fraud?
How much can you earn in Mary Kay
What is New in Greeting Cards?
Your Money's Worth
Fascinating Threads
The Secret to Free and Valuable Coupons
Why You Are an Idiot - When it Comes to Investing.
Bubbles in Asset Prices - Why Do People Speculate?
Cashlink Defendants Sentenced
Prime Bank Fraud Recovery
When are Delusions Useful in Network Marketing?
USANA Agent Complains about Losing

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