Category Archives: consumer alert

New Report: For-profit trade school misconduct

The Government Accounting Office released its report today,  GAO Report For Profit Colleges (pdf), highlighting a number of abuses by for-profit trade schools.  The GAO engaged in undercover testing to ferret out the fraud and abuse in for-profit admissions and … Continue reading

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Payday loans trap consumers

Thinking about a payday loan? Please check out this article on the hazards of on-line payday loans. The author, Herb Weisbaum, is one of my favorite consumer news resources. He writes the ConsumerMan column for MSNBC. The Weisbaum article focuses … Continue reading

Posted in consumer alert, predatory lending, Scam Alert | Tagged | 5 Comments