It's small wonder that the payday loan industry thrives across the country.Lenders make loans that are generally targeted toward America's most cash-strapped individuals and families. Reportedly, about 70 percent of all borrowers desperately need the quick cash...
You're really not shocked to your core by the above blog headline, are you? In fact, and as a seasoned Pennsylvania consumer used to being a bit skeptical regarding major purchases, you might have even stifled a yawn while reading it. Still, you have a right to be...
Taxes are a subject that most people in Philadelphia would likely prefer to avoid, but ignoring paying taxes can lead to big problems. The Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities are powerful collectors. Liens, levies, garnishment, high interest and...
Here's a hypothetical -- and a sure reality that often plays out routinely in American workplaces, as well -- underscoring adverse worker-related outcomes.You've had your eye on that new position, which is attractive because of the challenges and higher pay it offers....
Caveat emptor.Perhaps some legislator on Capitol Hill should offer those words up as an official slogan adopted in the United States, given the sheer proliferation of fraudulent schemes aimed at consumers across the country. Buyer beware, indeed.A snapshot look at...
You certainly can't deny that thieves are predatory and unscrupulous characters who will often do just about anything it takes to deprive an honest person of his or her property.You also can't deny that many of them are creative, responding in novel -- and often quite...
Did you perchance buy a car from Penn Avenue Auto Sales Inc. in Wilkinsburg, a Pittsburgh-area borough?If so, was it summarily towed away to an impound lot? In what must certainly qualify as one of the stranger stories related to auto dealer fraud and resulting...
We recently chronicled the integrated investigative efforts of several federal agencies in identifying the widespread abusive debt collection practices of one company acting nationally.That company reportedly pursued debt repayment encompassing both some legitimate...
Here is perhaps the ultimate scam dreamed up by an individual or company on the prowl for easy money from unwary consumers: commiserating with a consumer who has been ripped off by a previous con artist and posing as a recovery agent empowered to get money back that...
The potential for vehicle-related fraud is very real in any given case, and not something for any consumer to simply dismiss as a remote or nonexistent possibility.We pointed out one particular type of auto dealer fraud in our immediately preceding blog post (please...