Beginning weight: 172 lbs

Goal weight: 145 lbs

Ultimate weight: 125 lbs


Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Beware of Weightloss Scams

I try to look for the easy way out of loosing weight. I even fell for a scam- I didn't get ripped off, thankfully. But it was fake none-the-less. I got the "free trial" of Acai Berry and Colon Cleanse pills so I could lose weight faster (this was many months ago). I tried the pills for a little bit and I saw NO results- I'm guessing the pills are fake- nothing in them but maybe sugar or something. But I felt desperate so I wanted to try it. The woman's "blog" seemed legitimate at the time. There were comments on it and everything.



So today I came across the same blog and it said in January she had used the pills and lost weight- but I got the pills MANY months before that and it said she had lost the weight then. Her name is Becky Edwards... so I Googled her. I clicked on a link with her name on it and it was a different looking blog with the same picture as the other.




So they were saying it was the same girl but her name was Becky Adam this time. I went back to the Google results and clicked on a link just above it and it was a site listing all the scam weight loss websites- 224 found so far.



The most OBVIOUS scam site I found was this:




In the before and after pics she is in the same dress (different color) same background, same flowers and same position. Now if I would have seen this site the first time I probably wouldn't have fallen for it.

YEP call me silly but I was deperate to lose weight and I wanted an easy way out so it seemed ok to me.

1 comment:

Steve said...

Hi Amanda,

Thanks for checking out my site. Sorry that you didn't have a chance to see it sooner.

These sites have scammed thousands of people with the acai berry free trials.

I wish you all the luck with your weight loss goals. I'm still working on mine as well. Let me know if you have any questions.

Steve from
weightlossweapons.com/blog