Jeff Deal

Would-be homebuyers looking to get a great deal claim an online auction site is collecting large deposits then holding the money for months even after the company promised a refund.“A lot of people are very frustrated,” said Brij Gakhar of Winter Springs.The website Federa claims to handle online auctions, many of them on foreclosure properties. To bid you have put deposits down. Often the required deposits are $10,000 or more.

Early this year, the Better Business Bureau started to see an uptick in complaints against them.

At the time Knight Fence was ‘F’ rated by the Better Business Bureau with other complaints about him taking money

A local man claims he felt pressured into spending thousands of dollars for an extended warranty on his truck, then ran into all kinds of problems when he tried to cancel it. Even though he believes h...

Beware of 4th of July scams! Scammers exploit the holiday. Learn to avoid these shady actors and protect yourself from ripoffs.

An Orlando man turned to Action 9 after getting a what he thought was a suspicious letter in the mail letting him know he owes money for an accidental death and dismemberment insurance policy. The problem is he didn’t remember ever signing up for that kind of insurance and he wasn’t about to send the company any money. In fact, he initially thought someone was trying to trick him into handing over banking and credit card information. Action 9 Consumer Investigator looked into it and found the letter is from a real company

It takes only seconds on an iPad for a contractor or medical provider to sign you up to pay the bill using a finance company called Momnt.

“I’m shaking my head, I’m going, this doesn’t sound right, but I gotta have this fixed,” said Orlando homeowner Scott Berry. A broken garage door spring at his home led to a charge of more than $12,000 by the repair company. Berry needed to get his car out of the garage the next morning, so he paid what other experts consider an outrageous price for the garage door repairs that were made.

A FedEx delivery truck rolled through a Clermont parking lot and appeared to strike two cars. Tiffany McGhee, the owner of one of the cars said, “I called and they said, ‘Oh, we closed the claim, we d...

Parents and grandparents need to beware of the latest toy trend. Doctors are issuing warnings about a popular kids toy that is likely in your home. We’re talking about the gel-filled squishies that ar...