Category: deceptive advertising

Are the Cash Call radio ads advertising a “no fee” loan deceptive?

mf | June 24, 2011 | 6 Comments

I listen to 97.3FM and am a longtime listener of Dave, Luke, Dori (accidentally listening since 1995), Ron, Don, John, @thenewschick and @joshkerns38. I am so sick and tired of hearing the Cash Call radio ads that everytime one of the ads run, I feel the need to switch the dial over to satellite radio and I’ve been meaning [...]

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Mortgage Lead Generation Firms Continue to Violate Federal and State Laws

mf | April 15, 2010 | 16 Comments

So here we go again.  Now that mortgage rates are headed up, the deceptive lead generation ads are crawling back onto the web.  Here’s a great example from a Google ad: FHA Refinance 4.0% Fixed $160,000 FHA mortgage for $633/mo. No SSN req. Calculate payments now! MortgageRefinance.LendGo.com When clicking through, the lendgo.com lead generation site asks [...]

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