by Dennis Beaver | business, employment, false advertising
August 19, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver The telephonic “SOS” was at 10 a.m. from “crew members” at “Captain Looney’s Seafood Restaurant,” a small chain of fast-casual restaurants specializing in sustainable seafood. On a speaker phone were the lovely voices of two servers,...
by Dennis Beaver | bioelectronic medicine, complaint, consumer, credit cards, doctor, false advertising, fraud, medical care, medicine, scam
May 27, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, I am the victim of a vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) scam.” Vagus nerve scam? Most of us know about vagus nerves from high school biology — that they are the longest in our bodies, but not much more. However, for the past few...
by Dennis Beaver | business, due diligence, false advertising, fraud
November 1, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver If you enjoy going online late at night, chances are that seemingly out of nowhere, flooding your screen, ads appear that discuss ways of buying a business with little or no money down. “Most of the people behind these ads are cons,...
by Dennis Beaver | false advertising, scam
September 13, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver Does this radio ad, late night TV and on-line infomercial sound familiar? “I will never forget the day my son Jeremy told me that he hated me and slammed the door in my face. I’m behavioral therapist Janet Lehman and I know...
by Dennis Beaver | false advertising, homeowner, Rooftop Solar Panels, tax scam, warranty
August 5, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver Solar-panel salespeople who rip off older people and families trying to make ends meet have joined dishonest timeshare salespeople in my book of some of the worst crooks on the planet. Let me be clear: Rooftop solar technology is...
by Dennis Beaver | advertising, consumer, false advertising, hospitality
December 14, 2018 • By Dennis Beaver March 14th, 2018 at 4:00 in the morning was a day and time “Denny” would love to forget. “I had the strangest nightmare. A tiny, evil character–something out of a horror movie–had poured gasoline on my right leg, set it on...
