Sentences with phrase «by unscrupulous operators»

We feel sorry for the home buyers that are victimized by these unscrupulous operators.

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To make matters worse, unscrupulous site operators sometimes stuff their databases with fake profiles maintained either by their own staff or by people they have paid.

Currency and commodity trading or speculating has a poor public image and conjures up images of investors losing all or most of their capital through ill - advised, highly leveraged trades that they perhaps did not understand and were talked into by unscrupulous market operators.

This would preempt unscrupulous operators from attempting to circumvent TSR requirements that cover only debt relief «services» by offering a debt relief product such as a kit or software program.

Attorney General McCollum and his colleagues have also urged the FTC to prohibit the charging of advance fees, as proposed, a prohibition the states believe will prevent substantial monetary losses suffered by consumers, discourage unscrupulous operators from flocking to this industry, and facilitate efficient and timely enforcement.

In urging the FTC to prohibit the charging of advance fees, the States submit that a prohibition on advance fees will prevent the substantial monetary losses suffered by consumers, level the playing field, discourage unscrupulous operators from flocking to this industry and facilitate efficient and timely enforcement.

Some unscrupulous operators attempt to deceive customers, by telling them that there are potentially dangerous problems with their furnace, and that it is unsafe to use.