You’ve seen the fake personal blogs pitching the “dynamic duo”, usually it includes an acai berry “free trial offer” and a colon cleanse “free trial offer.” Here are a couple headlines which are littered all over the advertising networks including google, yahoo and msn.

Nadia’s Weight Loss

I Lost 32lbs with these two amazing products!

Hi!  I’m Nadia Williams.  I’m a single, working, hockey, guitar and ballet (whew!) mom to two wonderful kids…

How I lost 35 pounds with 2 FREE Products!

Renees Diet Success

My weight loss blog.

My Name is Renee Mitchell. You’ve heard stories like mine hundreds of times, but this one has a happy ending….

These fake blogs are actually very well crafted and can be very convincing.  What many unsuspecting consumers don’t realize is that these “free trial offers” are not free. You are put on an auto-bill and auto-ship program so your credit card is being charged every month and this can easily add up to over $150 a month! [Read more →]

Whoopi Goldberg has been making headlines recently. She not only replaced Rosie O’Donnell on the View, but lost 50 lbs on the LA Weight Loss plan. She tells In Touch that “I was 210 pounds and I got down to 142″ but recently regained some weight to 157 pounds. “I started slacking off, but I’m going back on it. I really like the program. It works for me. I want to get back down to between 145 and 148 lbs. [Read more →]

The infomercials for Kevin Trudeau are now legendary. First came “Natural Cures ‘They’ Don’t want you to know about” followed up by his latest commercials for his book “The Weight Loss Cure ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About.” The Federal Trade Commission has charged Kevin Trudeau of violating a court order by claiming ” the weight loss plan outlined in the book is easy to do, can be done at home and ultimately allows readers to eat whatever they want.” The FTC maintains that “when consumers purchase the book, they find it describes a complex, grueling plan that requires severe dieting, daily injections of a prescription drug (human growth hormone) that consumers cannot easily get, and lifelong dietary restrictions.” [Read more →]