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NY AG James Sues SiriusXM For 'Trapping' Customers In Subscriptions, Making Cancellation Hard NY AG James Sues SiriusXM For 'Trapping' Customers In Subscriptions, Making Cancellation Hard
NY AG James Sues SiriusXM For 'Trapping' Customers In Subscriptions, Making Cancellation Hard New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing SiriusXM Radio for deliberately making it hard for customers to cancel subscriptions by dragging out the interactions required to do so, her office announced.  James announced her lawsuit against the New York City-headquartered company on Wednesday, Dec. 20 following an investigation conducted by her office that found SiriusXM makes it "extremely difficult and frustrating" for customers to cancel their subscriptions, officials said.  "Having to endure a lengthy and frustrating process to cancel a subscription is a stressfu…
Hudson Valley Company Accused Of Illegally Towing Cars, Overcharging, Creating Fake Tickets Hudson Valley Company Accused Of Illegally Towing Cars, Overcharging, Creating Fake Tickets
Hudson Valley Company Accused Of Illegally Towing Cars, Overcharging, Creating Fake Tickets Towing companies tend to get a bad rap, but one in the Hudson Valley is more than worthy of public scorn, according to a new lawsuit from the New York Attorney General’s Office. The suit, filed Tuesday, June 7, in Dutchess County State Supreme Court, accuses Bobby’s Towing in Poughkeepsie of a host of wrongdoings, including illegally towing cars, overcharging for fees, and falsifying tow tickets. It also alleges that owner and operator Robert Scores has a history of harassing customers with racist and derogatory comments. “Mr. Scores repeatedly violated the City of Poughkeepsie’s Towing Or…
Pet Store Sued By NY AG For Selling Sick Puppies From Mills To Customers Pet Store Sued By NY AG For Selling Sick Puppies From Mills To Customers
Pet Store Sued By NY AG For Selling Sick Puppies From Mills To Customers New York Attorney General Letitia James is pulling no punches in going after a Long Island pet shop that allegedly unlawfully and deceptively sold sick puppies to customers. James announced that she has filed a lawsuit against pet store Shake A Paw for unlawfully selling multiple sick or injured dogs at its Long Island locations in Hicksville and Lynbrook, both in Nassau County. According to investigators, Shake A Paw: Falsely advertised sick pets as healthy; Fabricated health certificates; Failed to disclose the animals’ legitimate medical conditions; Misrepresented puppies’ breeds; Re…
Don't Fall For Them: These Are Top Consumer Scams, NY AG Says Don't Fall For Them: These Are Top Consumer Scams, NY AG Says
Don't Fall For Them: These Are Top Consumer Scams, NY AG Says Attorney General Letitia James highlighted some of the top scams New Yorkers are facing to kick off National Consumer Protection Week. Citing the COVID-19 pandemic, James said that Internet-related and price gouging scams were the greatest threat to consumers, with thousands of complaints levied to her office during 2020. The top 10 consumer complaints in 2020, according to James’ office: Internet-Related (internet services and service providers, data privacy and security, digital media, data breaches, frauds through internet manipulation): 9,832 complaints; COVID-19 Price Gouging (…
Scam Alert: College Students Targeted By Fake Job Offers Scam Alert: College Students Targeted By Fake Job Offers
Scam Alert: College Students Targeted By Fake Job Offers A new scam is targeting college students with job offers from phony professors. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission for Consumer Information is warning college and university students about a new twist on the fake check scam that defrauds its victims, on average, of about $2,000. People in their 20s are more than twice as likely as people over age 30 to report losing money to fake check scams, the FTC said. About half of the forged check scams in the U.S. revolve around phony job offers. Common fake job offers include car wrapping, mystery shopper, and personal assistant.  “Never use mo…
Here Are Top 10 Scams To Avoid, NY Attorney General Says Here Are Top 10 Scams To Avoid, NY Attorney General Says
Here Are Top 10 Scams To Avoid, NY Attorney General Says Fraudsters were busy in 2019, going through drastic efforts in an attempt to scam New Yorkers, according to the Attorney General’s Office. New York Attorney Letitia James released a new report of the top 10 consumer fraud complaints that her office received last year, topped by Internet-related schemes. It was the 14th year in a row that Internet-related complaints topped the list. According to James’ office, the top 10 consumer complaints were: Internet-related (4,436 complaints in 2019); Consumer-related (2,659); Automobile (2,510); Landlord/Tenant disputes (1,910); Utilities (1,811)…
Alert Issued For Driveway Paving Scam Alert Issued For Driveway Paving Scam
Alert Issued For Driveway Paving Scam Area residents are being warned of a driveway paving scam. Several incidents had been reported in the Rochester area last summer, resulting in the arrests of several persons on charges of “Scheme to Defraud.” Late last week, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint from a resident in Garrison reporting an incident. On Tuesday, April 2, two white men approached the homeowner at his residence and identified themselves as being from a paving company, Putnam County Sheriff Robert L. Langley Jr. said.  The men told the homeowner that they had extra asphalt that was alleged…
State Announces Record $174M Settlement With Spectrum: Free HBO Or Showtime, Too State Announces Record $174M Settlement With Spectrum: Free HBO Or Showtime, Too
State Announces Record $174M Settlement With Spectrum: Free HBO Or Showtime, Too "The Wire," "Game of Thrones," "Billions," and "Ray Donovan" may be coming to your television, free of charge. Charter Communications and Spectrum Management has agreed to a record-setting $174 million consumer fraud settlement with New York State Attorney General Barbara Underwood for defrauding Internet subscribers. The settlement comes following a lawsuit that was filed last year alleging that Charter Communications and its predecessor, Time Warner Cable, “denied customers the reliable and fast internet service it had promised.” Underwood said that the record $174.2 million consumer fra…