Scams
Staff river for this beat. Empty forums do not rank. These pages do.
DARK
PATTERN
PATTERN
Scams
Amazon called the cancel maze Iliad. The FTC called it a dark pattern.
A Prime checkbox is easy. Getting out took a flow named after a 24-book epic.
50%
FEE
FEE
Scams
The Creative Cloud plan that charged you to leave.
Annual billed monthly sounded flexible. The early-termination fee did not.
PLUS
FEES
FEES
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$89 until it is $127: the ticket and the resort fee.
The number on the poster is not the number at the register. The FTC finally wrote a rule about that.
NOT
AS SHOWN
AS SHOWN
ScamsComposite
The listing was a kitchen set. The box was a ladle.
A composite of a pattern shops keep running: hero photo, fine-print contents, surprise on the porch.
FAKE
5★
5★
Scams
Five stars from the break room.
A skincare brand's staff, the FTC said, wrote the raves and hid who they were.