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resveratrol
Oprah's Dr. Oz Sues Resveratrol Anti-Aging Scam Companies
Amazing pills that will make me look younger and lose weight? And it comes as a free trial, you say? Of course I'll try it! Here's my credit card number. What could possibly go wrong? More » -
hidden messages
MonaVie Hits Blogger Over 'Trademarks' In Metadata
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settlements
Acai Berry Drink Company Agrees To Give $350k Back To Bilked Customers
One of the acai berry's most miraculous powers is its ability to filch hundreds of dollars from consumers who are seeking new ways to lose weight and live forever. Now one company known for marketing an acai elixir has settled a lawsuit from the Arizona Attorney General over charges of deceptive practices. More » -
internet marketing
Easy Weight Loss And Free Cash: A Dubious Product Online Marketing Empire Revealed
I started out looking at the advertising and affiliate practices of one company, CreditReport America, and learned that the company that owns this site apparently produces a solid majority of the ads on the Web that annoy me.
Meet Just THINK Media of Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, and their online empire of dubious products. Magic weight loss tea, free government grants, acai and red wine pills, colon cleanser, free credit reports...if there are incessant ads for it everywhere on the Web, they probably sell it. More »
8:00 AM on Wed May 13 2009
By Laura Northrup
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scams
This Is Why You Don't Order From Fad Diet & Wellness Sites
Christina decided to give the famed acai berry a try. What the heck, she must have thought, it won't cost me that much ($10) and the site's refund policy clearly indicates when I can return the product, cancel the "subscription," and move on. She knew the cancel-by date and was prepared to follow the rules. AcaiBerryUltimate.com had other plans, which are best summed up by this email they sent to her: "You can get your refund in hell. haahah." More » -
snapple
Snapple's Acai Drink Just Pear Juice And Corn Syrup
Of all the ridiculous Acai schemes we've seen involving overpriced miracle elixirs, Snapple wins hands down—their Acai Blackberry drink is high fructose corn syrup, pear juice, and "natural flavors," which Consumerist reader LS points out could be "a spoonful of blackberry jam from Aunt Sally's root cellar and a puff of acai-laced breath from the health food girl in accounting." Or more likely, just some flavoring extracts from a company similar to this one. More » -
acai
Identical Fake Testimonial Diet Sites Spreading Like Herpes
On Monday, Meg alerted you to a BBB warning about Acai sellers doing scammy things to consumers. Now Donna has tipped us off to a slew of identical websites that have sprouted up online, featuring Everyday Women Like You And Me with names like Jenny, Sarah, Nancy, and Amy, and who all look like the same blonde model. They've all lost pounds, too! How? With "My 2 Step Formula," that's how!
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scams
Careful, Those Free Acai Products Might Come Attached To A Delicious Scam
The BBB is warning consumers about scams attached to the popular, yummy acai berry. Online ads claiming endorsements by Oprah and Rachel Ray are pitching acai-berry-themed weight loss products — and are generating thousands of complaints from angry consumers who say they've been scammed. More » -
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MonaVie
Just What The Heck Is MonaVie, And Should I Sell It?
An anonymous reader asks,
I've been approached by a friend to join up with MonaVie acai juice—it's a "superfood" juice that's sold through "network marketing." I actually do like the product, and this is a friend I trust, but my alarm bells are still going off. I don't want to get sucked into a scam, obviously. There's nothing about this company on your site, so I thought I'd drop you a line and see if you had any advice.
Here's our advice: don't do it! When you look at the business details and filter out the friend-of-a-friend stories, it's not worth the hassle. More »
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