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Have you seen the online ads for scandal stories supposedly examining the weight-loss benefits of acai berry supplements and like products? Wondering whether they were true or not? Wonder no more.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has disallow down the online marketing groups behind these ads, claiming they are meant to appear as if they associated to legitimate news-gathering organizations, but in reality the sites are just advertisements aimed at deceptively enticing consumers to buy the featured acai berry force-loss products.
The fake news sites had titles such as “Intelligence 6 News Alerts,” “Health News Salubrity Alerts,” or “Health 5 Beat Health Advice,” and falsely represented that the reports had been seen on major media outlets, such as ABC, Fox Expos, CBS, CNN, USA Today, and Consumer Reports.
An investigative-sounding headline on one such instal proclaims “Acai Berry Diet Exposed: Miracle Diet or Scam?” The sub-headline reads, “As part of a new series: ‘Regime Trends: A look at America’s Top Diets’ we enquire into consumer tips for dieting during a recession.” The article that follows purports to corroborate a reporter’s first-hand experience with acai berry supplements – typically claiming to have cursed 25 pounds in four weeks.
Source: Techlicious (blog)