We spend a great deal of time hear talking about all the ugly things that go on in the supplement industry.  We have spent years trying  to expose all the acai berry scams and resveratrol scams.   We have exposed supplement companies for making supplements with unsafe fillers and flow agents.   After reading this blog for a while you could easily come away with the feeling that all supplement companies are evil!  Well, we finally have a story to report that will restore your faith in the supplement industry.

Perfect Aquatic Greens Gets, Well, More Perfect!

We have always been impressed by Perfect Aquatic Greens, a 100% Organic and Fair Trade Certified Spirulina and Chlorella supplement.  As far as we know this is the only supplement on the market that combines 100% Organic and Fair Trade Certified Spirulina and Chlorella in one supplement and uses absolutely no fillers, flow agents or other ingredients.  However, after noticing their listing on Filanthropists.Com we are no longer impressed by Perfect Aquatic Greens – WE ARE IN LOVE WITH PERFECT AQUATIC GREENS

Wait, What in the World is Filanthropists.Com ?

Filanthropists.Com is an incredible online mall where you buy things and a percentage of the money goes to support great causes.  If you have not already done so, you should check out the site.  A quick scan under health shows that the Perfect Aquatic Greens is giving 25% of the purchase price to the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).   The EDF does some incredible and absolutely essential things – like making sure people have access to clear air and drinking water.

Yes, You Read That Right – 25% of The Purchase Price

I am about as cynical as you can get, so when I see supplement companies do things like “10% of the profits go to save the environment” I just roll my eyes.   Profits is very hard to define, they can claim their profit on a sale is only $5 and so then they just give 50 cents to the charity!

The way Perfect Aquatic Greens is giving money to the EDF is very real.  25% of the purchase price means if you buy 3 bottles (each bottle is $35.95 so total price on three is $107.85) they give $26.96 to the EDF on your purchase! Combine this with the fact that they already use Fair Trade Certified Spirulina and Chlorella and you see that Perfect Supplements is finally showing that supplement companies really can be incredibly positive!

Learn More:

Purchase the Perfect Aquatic Greens via Filanthropists.Com And Help a Great Charity

Well, it finally happened.  The FTC has finally taken action against Acai Berry companies that make bogus claims such as: endorsed by Oprah, lose 30 pounds in a month and receive a free trial!  In other news, pigs have started to fly!

FTC We Say Thank You and What Took You So Long?

For over 2 years we have been writing about Acai Berry Scams and begging the FTC to take action.  Everyday we hear from countless consumers who have fallen victim to these scams (take a look at all the comments on our Julia Milller Acai Berry Scam post).  Well, it took a while but the FTC has taken action.

“Too many ‘free’ offers come with strings attached,” said David Vladeck, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “In this case, the defendants promised buyers a ‘risk free’ trial and then illegally billed their credit cards again and again – and again. We estimate that about a million people have fallen victim to this scam. As if that weren’t enough, there were fake endorsements from celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Rachael Ray for a product that didn’t work in the first place.”

- Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Press Release 8/16/2010

AcaiPure – We Couldn’t Be Happier to See You Go

The FTC named Central Coast Nutraceuticals, Inc. (CCN) and their products AcaiPure and ColoPure in the complaint.  The FTC has frozen the assets of CCN and basically put the company into receivership as the court actions move forward.  This is great news as we have received numerous complaints about the AcaiPure brand and the FTC believes they scammed consumers out of $30 million in 2009 alone.

Consumers Still Need to Be Aware, Other Sharks Are in the Water

Clearly removing AcaiPure and CCN from the marketplace is a major step in the right direction, but consumers still need to be careful.  There are still plenty of companies out there that are pulling various acai berry scams and resveratrol scams.   Our advice remains the same, avoid any “free trial” supplement deals – as they are never free.  If you want to try Acai, go with a 100% Organic and Freeze Dried Acai berry product like the Perfect Acai.

For the last 2 years we have written about various Acai Berry Scams. Look in our Acai Scams category and we have over 25 posts on the various acai scams on the market.  Free Trial Offers, magic acai pills that let a 300 pound person lose 310 pounds overnight, fake news journalist like Julia Miller – we have covered it all.

What is the Point of Taking Acai Anyway?

At times it can seem like Acai is just an over hyped supplement that should be avoided.  However, if you get beyond the ridiculous weight loss claims and free trial offers you start to get to the real benefits of the Acai Berry – it is one of the highest antioxidant fruits in the world. Great you say, but who are we to say what fruits have the highest antioxidants?  Well, it is not us saying it – it is the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)!

The USDA List of ORAC Values – New and Improved!

In May 2010 the USDA released the “USDA Database for the Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) of Selected Foods, Release 2″.  Pretty sexy title huh?  Here is link to the whole report -

USDA 2010 ORAC List

ORAC is a way to measure the antioxidant capacity of foods.  If you want to learn more, you can read our ORAC Article, but what you really need to know is the higher the ORAC value the more antioxidants in the food.  When the USDA first released this report in November of 2007 they did not test Acai, but now with Release 2 – Acai is finally included.

No, that Acai ORAC Value is Not a Typo…

Let’s take a look at some well known fruits and their ORAC value…

• A nice Golden Delicious Apple comes in at 2,670 ORAC/100 grams
• Blueberries – a summertime favorite is at 4,669 ORAC/100 grams
• Cranberries, that healthy treat tests out at an impressive 9,090 ORAC/100 grams
• Wild Blueberries get a wildly high score of 9,621 ORAC/100 grams
• Acai Berry Freeze Dried Powder – Astronomical score of 102,700 ORAC/100 grams

There is no typo or misplaced decimal point – Acai Berry Freeze Dried Powder really has over 10x more antioxidants that wild blueberries (previous considered one of the highest antioxidant fruits in the world)!

Shop Carefully and Acai Berry Really Can Be a Tremendous Addition to Your Diet

The acai that is shown in the USDA report is freeze dried Acai made from the skin and pulp of Acai Berries.  If you want to enjoy the antioxidant benefits of Acai, you need to go with a supplement that only uses freeze dried Acai powder.  Forget the “free trial” deals and “magic weight loss acai pills” – they all use spray dried Acai which has less antioxidants than an apple.  You want to go with brands like the Perfect Acai, Sambazon and Amazon Thunder – all which state that they only use Organic Freeze Dried Acai Berry Powder.

Note: There is an email link embedded within this post, please visit this post to email it.

Sometimes I wonder if Acai scammers hang out together around a witches cauldron, torture kittens and try to dream up the most disgusting acai scams they can think of.  We thought the Julia  Miller Acai Health News Scam was about as low as they could go – but guess what – they went lower!

How To Turn Ann Curry into Denise Randall and Create a New Acai Scam

You know Ann Curry – the well respected anchor of the NBC Today Show – she has now been transformed into Denise Randall, nutritionist and weight loss consultant for US Medical Journal.  Amazingly, she used an Acai product and a colon cleanse and lost 17 pounds in 4 weeks!

Confused?  No Idea How Ann Curry Becomes Denise Randall and Works for US Medical Journal?  It is Bizarre…

The scammers have come up with a new dirty trick in their bag – create fake Medical Journals!  But wait, that is not low enough for them – so they also slapped Ann Curry’s picture up there, gave her a new name and claim she has lost a ton of weight.

Simply put, this is just one of those acai scams you really need to see to believe…

Video of the Denise Randal, US Medical Journal Acai Scam Exposed

Help Us Spread the Word Before Anyone Else Loses Their Money

Tweet this article, post to facebook, email your friends, yell it out the window… you get the idea.  Let’s make sure everyone knows about this acai scam so they do not waste their money.

Video of the Denise Randal, US Medical Journal Acai Scam Exposed

FTC, FDA, Ann Curry, The Today Show… Somebody Do Something!

These scam sites need to be shut down.  The FTC has clear policy against deceptive advertising – how can this not be seen as deceptive advertising?  By not taking action, this scammers are getting more bold because there are no consequences to their actions.  Maybe when they decide to slap the picture of the FTC Commissioner on one of their fake news site and talk about how he lost 20 pounds in a night, that will draw the FTC’s attention???

Additional Resources:

Julia Miller Health News 6 (7) Acai Berry Scam Exposed

Oprah and Illinois Attorney General File Suit Against Acai Scam Companies

Oprah Writes, then Throws Book At Acai Scammers

How I Lost $90 in 30 Days Using the Acai Berry

What Did Oprah and Dr Oz Really Say About Acai

Acai Berry Scams – How to Avoid Them

Acai Berry Maxx named Texas Lawsuit

Free Black Belt Course in Spotting Acai Berry Scams

How Do You Stop An Acai Berry Scammer From Scamming?

I wonder if Attorney Generals from all the different states ever get together and swap stories?  If so, they could have a great time debating who has the biggest acai berry scams going on in their state.  We have already reported on the Attorney Generals in Florida, Texas, Illinois and Arizona taking action against acai companies that were deceiving the public – well you can now add Colorado to that list.

Same Acai Scam – Different State

I think we all know the game by now – consumer signs up for “free trial of Acai”, but then finds out they will be sent products each month and billed $80 a month.  Consumer tries to cancel, but gets the run around.  Here is the quote from the Colorado Attorney General John Suthers…

“The Office of the Attorney General learned through its investigation that Bezoni’s Arvada-based company, which has operated under the names Golf Nutrition Sciences and GNS, used so-called “free-to-pay conversion” marketing since 2005, which resulted in consumers unknowingly incurring ongoing payments for products that they initially believed were free. Consumers, according to court filings, signed up for free trials of products, such as Acai Berry Edge, Acai Berry Elite and Slim Seduction, and believed at the time they placed their order that they were authorizing only the shipping and handling charges for the free trial. When the free trial arrived, however, consumers also received a two-month supply of the product and were given a limited amount of time to return the product or face a nearly $80 charge within 30 days.”

- Attorney General announces Settlement with Arvada-based Nutra Pills, Inc.

Who Knew Giving Away Free Acai Could be Worth $40 Million a Year?

We are not surprised that companies will try to deceive consumers, what did surprise us was how successful they were!

The company generated $40 million in sales in 2009, nearly all of that was a direct result of its free-to-pay conversion sales.

This is just one company – doing over $40 Million a year in Acai sales with a “free trial” product.  There are many more companies, operating in different states (and outside the USA) who are bringing in much more per year.    Anyone who thinks this is not a major problem just needs to follow the money.

What is The Penalty for Deception?

First, Nutra Pills claims they did nothing wrong as part of the settlement.  Still, they have agreed to refund money to consumers who have filed a complaint since December 2006.  In addition, they have to pay a $100,000 fine – but half of that is suspended if they do not deceive anyone in the next 5 years.  To date the company has refunded $9 million dollars and ceased doing business.

So There You Have it – Crime Does Pay!

Let us first legally state something – Nutra Pills does not admit to any wrong doing as part of the settlement.  Nutra Pills reached a settlement with Colorado before a legal proceeding could determine if laws were broken.

So, you can draw your own conclusions if you think that Nutra Pills did anything wrong.   We would ask – why shut down a business that is doing $40 Million a year in sales if you did nothing wrong?  If you do believe they did something wrong, you have to ask if the punishment fits.  We say NO!

The company made $40 Million in 2009 alone.  So far, they have refunded $9 million and paid a $50,000 fine.  The penalty is just not strong enough to stop others from doing this same form of deception.  In fact, we would argue that this just gives acai scam companies a blue print of how to operate.  Make as much as you can – then settle and close shop when the Attorney General comes knocking.

Let us know what you think?

Additional Resources:

The Julia Miller Health News 5, News 6 or News 7 Acai Berry Scam Exposed

Click Here to Watch A Screen Capture Video Exposing These Julia Miller Acai Scam Health Sites.

Oprah and Illinois Attorney General File Suit Against Acai Scam Companies

Oprah Writes, then Throws Book At Acai Scammers

How I Lost $90 in 30 Days Using the Acai Berry

What Did Oprah and Dr Oz Really Say About Acai

Acai Berry Scams – How to Avoid Them

Acai Berry Maxx named Texas Lawsuit

Free Black Belt Course in Spotting Acai Berry Scams

How Do You Stop An Acai Berry Scammer From Scamming?

We tried to come up with a clever, funny headline for this post – but we were too depressed to be funny.  We have reported for so long about acai berry scams that it takes a lot to surprise us – but this latest acai scam surprised us!  We have seen the fake acai review sites, been through the fake diet blog sites and of course all the free trial scams.  But creating not one – but at least two fake news networks – that is incredibly disgusting.

Health News 7 – Bringing You The Best in Fake News

We recently got an email that linked to a “new report on the Acai Berry”.  The news network is Health News 7 and here is a screen shot on their “story” -

Click The Image To See The Enlarged View

You really need to click the above image to see it full size.  Here are a couple of things we want to point out -

• Site is News7Health.Com and clearly looks like a real news site.
• The reporter is shown in the photo and identified as “Health and Diet writer, Julia Miller”
• The story goes on about how the reporter was skeptical, but some free trial Acai Berry helped her lose 25 pounds in 4 weeks.

This looks like a very impressive piece.  We have a news reporter who tried Acai and saw amazing weight loss.  There is just one little problem – IT IS ALL MADE UP!

Exposing News7Health.Com for the Scam It Is

The site looked strange to us and we had never heard of News 7 Health – so we decided to read more news stories from the site.  We started clicking on the links on the top of the page – things like US, World, Business, Politics, etc – they are all dead links! This is a completely made up news site that uses affiliate links to try to trick people into buying a “free trial acai product” that will actually cost you $90 a month!

Don’t Be Disgusted Yet – It Only Gets Worse

I hope you have more disgust and outrage inside you – because it only gets worse!  We did a little digging on the internet and we found this site -

Click Above Image to See Full Size

Again, click the above image to get the full disgusting view.  Wow, looks like there is another “news network” called Health News 6.  Guess what, they also did a story where their reporter took Acai and lost tons of weight.  Let’s get a close up of these competing Health Reporters from New 6 Health and News 7 Health -

Julia Miller

Julia Miller ???

Wow – not only did Julia Miller lose weight by taking Acai – she also completely changed her appearance!  Acai really is Amazing!

Stock Photos Allow Anyone To Create Their Own News Network!

These scammers are so lazy that they don’t even make an effort to cover their tracks anymore.  Why bother changing the fake reporters name – just throw in a different stock photo.  If one fake news site makes you money, then 10 fake news sites will make you more money.

The Evolution of Acai Scam – Making the Jump From Deception to Flat Out Fabrication

Unfortunately, Acai scams are not new – we have been exposing them for over 2 years.   What is so disturbing with this one is the jump from deception to fabrication.  The “old” acai scam was to mislead people into thinking they were getting a free trial of Acai.  Buried at the bottom of the Terms of Service, in font too small to read, was the fact that you will be autobilled $90 every month.  This is completely deceptive, but the scammers try to walk the line claiming everything is there if people just read the Terms of Service.

This new scam does not walk any lines – it flat out lies and fabricates.  Julia Miller is not a health reporter, in fact she is not even real! She is whatever stock photo they can find for their site.  The News 7 Health or News 6 Health sites – also not real.  Just fake facades for someone selling Acai.  Of course the comments, testimonials and before and after pictures – all made up.  I guess the scammers were not stealing enough money by deceiving, so they had to evolve into full out fabrication mode.

FTC – You Need to Take Action – NOW!

We uncovered this scam in about 5 minutes.  To our fine hard working friends at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – how about you spend a few hours building a case against these guys?  These scams are costing Americans millions of dollars a year.  Could there be more deceptive advertising than this?

Drop us a comment, let us know what you think.  Are you as outraged as us?

View The Scam In Action With This Video

Click Here to Watch A Screen Capture Video Exposing These Acai Scam Health Sites.

Help Us Get The Word Out on This Acai Scam

The more people who know the truth about Health News 6 and Julia Miller – the less people who will fall victim to the scam.  Let’s get the word out and let everyone know about this.  Please link to this article, put it on your FaceBook page, Tweet about it – do whatever you can to make sure people know that this is scam.  We really appreciate your help!

Update on Julia Miller Scams and The Quest for Real Acai (3/31/10)

Since we published this article on 3/12 we have had an incredible response.   Thank you to everyone who has linked to this article, together we have helped thousands of people find out about the Julia Miller scam before they wasted their money.  There is still more work to be done, we have seen the scammers start to change Julia Miller’s name – but we will keep after them.

As our regular readers know, we try to keep this blog as non-commercial as possible.  However, we have had so many readers ask us if there are any real Acai supplements available, we felt it would be wrong not the mention the brand of Acai we love and trust.  Perfect Acai is a 100% Pure Organic Acai supplement that involves no free trials, memberships or other games.  It is simply real acai, available for purchase without any tricks or scams.

Update on Even More Disgusting Acai Berry Scam (4/29/10)

Just when you think these Acai scammers can not get any lower… they do!  Take a look at our post on the Denise Randall US Medical Journal Acai Scam – it is so bad you really need to see it to believe it!

Update The Fake News Acai Scams Keep on Going (12/3/10)

Thank you for all the incredible comments!  We have had hundreds of comments on this post and appreciate everybody spreading the word so we can stop people for falling for these scams.  Over the last few months, we have seen the scammers use a number of different fake news sites and fake health reporters – here is a partial list:

Other Fake Health Reporters and News Sites:

• News 6 Reports and Jane Clark Health Reporter

• Sharon Smith at Weekly Consumer Digest (WCD)
• Cindy Anderson USHealthNews or USA Health News
• Health and Diet writer, Alice Carlson of C1 Health News
• Helen Cohen, Weekly Health News and WeeklyHealth News Health and Diet Reporter
• Julie Ayers Channel 5 Health News
• News 10 Reporter

Go ahead and read the fine print at the bottom of those sites, you will see the stories are fictional, they are not affiliated with any news network and the “free trial” will cost you hundreds of dollars a month!

If you have seen other names used for this Acai scam, please let us know by leaving a comment.  The more we can let people know about all these fake health news reporters, the better the chances of stopping innocent people from falling for these scams.

Additional Resources:

Oprah and Illinois Attorney General File Suit Against Acai Scam Companies

Oprah Writes, then Throws Book At Acai Scammers

How I Lost $90 in 30 Days Using the Acai Berry

What Did Oprah and Dr Oz Really Say About Acai

Acai Berry Scams – How to Avoid Them

Acai Berry Maxx named Texas Lawsuit

Free Black Belt Course in Spotting Acai Berry Scams

How Do You Stop An Acai Berry Scammer From Scamming?

There is an old corny joke -

Q- How Do You Stop An Elephant From Charing?
A – Take Away His Credit Cards

Well, it looks like Visa has finally seen the giant Elephant in the room – All the Free Trial Acai Berry Scammers – and true to the joke, they have taken away their credit cards!

Visa Inc. Cuts Off 100 Merchants Who Have Been Deceiving Consumers

On December 17, 2009 Visa Inc. announced they cut off 100 scammers who used bogus marketing techniques to dupe consumers in the past six months. The scam involves what is called “negative option” or “forced continuity”. This is a process where the consumer signs up to get something for free (such as Acai or Resveratrol) and is just asked to enter a credit card to pay for shipping. What the consumer does not see is that there is tiny print buried pages deep in the site that says they give the company the right to charge them upwards of $90 a month and continue to bill them for products every month.

“The game here is to get people hooked, keep them on the hook for monthly charges as long as you can, and only stop making those charges when you’re forced to,” said Stephen Salter, vice president of BBB Online. BBB has received thousands of complaints about the problem, with multiple companies to blame. “The product is irrelevant to getting the charges on the card.”

Let’s All Welcome Visa Inc on Board the Stop Acai Scams Bandwagon – What Took You So Long!

Any regular regular of this blog knows that we have been calling for authorities to shut down these Acai scam sites for close to a year now. We have seen Attorney Generals from various states bring actions, The Better Business Bureau issue warnings and Oprah bringing a massive lawsuit against the scammers. Still, we have always felt the best way to stop these acai scammers was to hit them in the wallet and cut off their ability to accept credit cards. So, while Visa Inc is a little late to the party – we definitely welcome them and applaud their actions.

100 Merchants? Is That All the Acai Scammers Out There?

No – just a small drop in the bucket. The good news is this sends another signal to any company who practiced deception online that deceit does not pay. Maybe they were not caught in this round by Visa Inc. Maybe they were not named in the Oprah Lawsuit. Maybe the FDA and FTC has not filed charges against them today. Maybe the Attorney General in their state has not shut them down yet… but tomorrow is another day and they might be next.

We really believe the way to stop these Acai scams is to create an environment where the risk outweighs the reward. These scammers are all about making money and not getting caught. As they start to see more legal action taken, their risk of getting caught increases. Let’s hope everyone keeps applying more pressure so we can all believe in the old adage again – crime does not pay!

Additional Resources:

Black Belt Course In Spotting Acai Berry Scams

Visa Inc Information on Negative Option and Deceptive Marketing

Visa, FTC and BBB Press Release on Avoiding Online Scams

A quick follow-up to our post yesterday – Who Can Explain The Mysterious Acai Berry Side Effects? In our article we talked about how we had heard reports of side effects when using Acai products, but it was probably due to other ingredients mixed in with the Acai. Well, it looks like we were partially right – it was from other ingredients, just not ones listed on the label.

How About Some Sildenafil To Go With Your Acai

On 12/8/09 Health Canada reported that they had identified a number of Acai supplements that contained the erectile dysfunction drug Sildenafil. Of course, Sildenafil was not listed on the label since it is a prescription drug. Health Canada states…

“The prescription drug is used to treat erectile dysfunction, but could cause serious side-effects in some people and should only be used under the supervision of a doctor.”

Well, it looks like we just figured out where the mysterious side effects with Acai were coming from. Health Canada goes on to state -

“But it notes that sildenafil should never be used by people taking a nitrate drug, for example nitroglycerine, as it can cause low blood pressure. Individuals with heart problems taking sildenafil would be at higher risk of heart attack, stroke, chest pain, high blood pressure and abnormal heartbeat. Other side-effects include headache, facial flushing, indigestion, dizziness, abnormal vision and hearing loss, Health Canada says.”

Health Canada found traces of Sildenafil in the following brands: Anti-Aging Acai Berry, Guarana Blast, Brazillian Pure, Anti-aging Vital Rez V, Weight Loss VitalAcai, Dietary Supplement Acai Power Blast and Muscle Mass.

To Avoid Acai Berry Side Effects – Use Pure and Tested Acai Brands

It feels like we say this about 100 times a day, but probably worth repeating – if you are going to try Acai, stick with a pure and trusted brand of Acai. Our brand of choice is the the Perfect Acai, because it has just one ingredient – 100% Organic Freeze Dried Acai and is a well established brand with a strong history of safe usage.

Additional Resources:

Read the Full Story from Health Canada (with photos of tainted Acai products)

Arizona (AZ) is quickly becoming our favorite state. In June we reported how the Arizona Attorney General had reaches a settlement with the makers of Acai Pure for their deceptive “free trial” scams. Now Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard is making it clear that Acai Scammers are not welcomed in his state!

“An Arizona company pushes “free trials” of acai berry products online and then repeatedly bills customers for stuff they didn’t order and don’t want, the Arizona Attorney General says. The attorney general says Nature’s Acai Berry hides its scam in “faded print” that mentions a bill of $85.91 and a monthly “membership” fee of $29.95.”

-Court House News Service – 11/20/09

But What About that 14 Day Free Trial They State on the Site?

“Nature’s Acai Berry offers a “14-day risk-free” trial offer, allegedly for $1.99 plus shipping and handling, the state says in Maricopa County Court.
But the order button on its Web site conceals a “faded print stating that the ‘14-day trial offer’ began on the date of the order, and that unless the consumer canceled before 14 days passed by calling a toll free customer service number, that the consumer would be charged $85.91 … and would receive a new shipment … 30 days after their trial order date,” Attorney General Terry Goddard in says.”

-Court House News Service – 11/20/09

So I Just Need to Cancel in 14 Days – Right???

But the state says that many people who order the “14-day risk-free trial offer” do not get anything within two weeks, and when they try to cancel by calling customer service they face “excessive hold times, disconnections, and customer service reps who say their cancellations cannot be processed because “‘the computers were down.’”

Customers who were led to believe they had canceled found their credit cards were billed anyway, Goddard says.

-Court House News Service – 11/20/09

How Do These Acai Scammers Sleep At Night?

I have no idea. Even with all the recent legal action taken acai scam companies, it is amazing that they continue to try to pull all their dirty tricks. Well, let’s look at the positive and applaud the Arizona Attorney General for doing the right thing and protecting the rights of their citizens – they are seeking refunds and an injunction.

Additional Resources:

Oprah and Illinois Attorney General File Suit Against Acai Scam Companies

How I Lost $90 in 30 Days Using the Acai Berry

What Did Oprah and Dr Oz Really Say About Acai

Acai Berry Scams – How to Avoid Them

Acai Berry Maxx named Texas Lawsuit

Free Black Belt Course in Spotting Acai Berry Scams

Information on Supplements

If we had a dime for every minute we spent writing about Acai Scams we would be rich! And tired, from lugging all those dimes over to the bank… but that’s not the point. As the calendar turns from October to November we might actually see a very positive trend – a decrease in acai berry scams!

Oprah Lawsuit Might Finally Be Putting a Dent in Acai Berry Scams

Our unofficial review has shown the number of free trial acai scams increase every month since about July 2008. October 2009 looks like it may be the first month where the number of Acai free trial scams did not increase. Of course, it is almost impossible to scientifically measure this, but when we look at Acai related spam and Acai advertising – it did look like October was a cleaner month than September.

We have no doubt that the 267 Page Lawsuit by Oprah (Harpo Productions) had a lot to do with this trend. It was not just the companies that Harpo brought suit against, we believe it also had a ripple effect by scaring off many other acai scam companies. The Oprah lawsuit made it clear they would go after anyone who used her (or Dr. Oz’s) image to promote their Acai supplement.

Let’s Not Count Our Chickens Before They Hatch

Let’s not pull punches, there are still thousands of Acai Berry products being sold in deceptive and dishonest ways. If you have a shark tank filled with 100 sharks – it would be dangerous to jump in. If you then removed 70 sharks, I guess it is a little safer, but I would still be vary cautious about jumping in!

As we have said before, there are some quality Acai Supplements out there, you just need to be very careful before you give out your credit card to anyone.

We will report back at the end of November and see if this positive trend in decreasing the number of acai scam products can continue.