Julia Miller and Other Acai Berry Scams Still Scamming Consumers
Acai Berry Scams and Fake Health News Sites continue to grow online. Consumers are once again warned to be very careful before buying any Acai supplements.
New York 7/28/2010 06:14 PM GMT (WooEB)
If you thought the summer would bring an end to Acai Berry Scams, you would be wrong. New season, higher temperatures – but the game of trying to trick people into buying inferior Acai Berry supplements, with offers of “free trials” has not changed. In fact, despite some legal victories by Attorney Generals in various states, it still appears that crime does pay when it come to acai scams.
The Acai Berry is a tiny purple berry that grows high in Acai Palm Trees of the Amazon Rainforest. The berry is packed with antioxidants, fiber, vitamins, healthy omega fats, vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals and anthocyanins. While it is true that the Acai berry itself has been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Today Show, CBS Early Show, Wall Street Jounal and the New York Times - it is very important to point out that specific brands of Acai were never endorsed by Oprah or Dr. Oz.
“The Acai berry itself is wonderful fruit, with off the chart antioxidants and an incredible nutritional profile. The Acai Berry is real and the health benefits of eating a diet rich in antioxidants are real. What is NOT real are the acai berry extracts that are being touted as the next great weight loss supplement” stated Bob Peteres, Director of Communications for PowerSupplements.Com . “If someone wants to try acai – great, go with a 100% freeze dried organic Acai product like Perfect Acai. However, signing up for a free trial acai berry product that claims you will lose a ton of weight – only makes sense if you like throwing away money.”
The acai berry scams take different forms, but the general premise is that the Acai berry product will help you lose a great deal of weight and you can try it for free. Of course, buried in the fine print is the fact that the free trial is really an autoship membership club where you will be billed about $90 each month and it is very hard to cancel. In addition, the acai berry supplement they sell is of very low quality and has almost none of the nutrients that are found in fresh or freeze dried organic acai berries.
One of the more disgusting acai scams that has been growing strong online is the Julia Miller fake news health sites. In this scam a health reporter – usually called “Julia Miller” talks about how she tried Acai and lost about 30 pounds in a month. The only problem is there is no real Julia Miller, there is no real Health News 7, Health News 6, Health News 9 and the review is a fake.
“Anyone who thinks these acai scams are not effecting real people just needs to read some of the hundreds of comments on the Julia Miller blog post that exposes the scam. You will see real people who have lost hundreds of dollars a piece to these acai berry news scams. This is a very real problem that needs to be dealt with with very strict penalities” states Peters.
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Power Supplements, LLC does research regarding food, health, supplements and diet. PowerSupplements reviews clinical studies and research to locate supplements and foods that are proven to be effective with real science.
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Bob Peters, Director of Communications
PowerSupplements, LLC
646-827-9222
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