Sentence examples for advertising deception from inspiring English sources

The ZeroAccess network is used to generate illegal cash through a type of advertising deception known as "click fraud".

It has spawned a culture of advertising deception and gouging, all in the pursuit of higher profits.

"There may be some good, legitimate offers," said Frank Dorman, a spokesman for the Federal Trade Commission, which monitors advertising for deception.

She is seeking unspecified damages on behalf of herself and all consumers nationwide, saying the company should give up its profits from the game for what amounted to false advertising, consumer deception and unfair business practices.

One key amendment, sponsored by Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, would ensure that states are allowed to pursue cases against fraud, misrepresentation, deception, false advertising and civil rights violations.

Evan Davis talks to advertising executive Steve Henry about deception.

"Ideally, it will provide a template through which the bulk sale of online deception and false advertising can be prosecuted," he said.

One section of the complaint charged deception because the advertising failed to disclose that part of the nutrients claimed for the product were in the milk mixed with it by its users.

Settings all the way from propaganda to advertising contain some measure of deception.

The poster advertises Philip Roth's new novel, "Deception". It has been chosen by Mr. Roth's new publisher, Simon & Schuster, to try to get the author of "Portnoy's Complaint" out of what Mr. Roth's agent says was a dull rut dug by his former publisher, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

The committee plans to continue its investigations of the Lipitor marketing campaign and of possible deception in other drug advertising aimed at consumers.