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Scam Alert Part 3 – Phony Wrinkle Blogs
Through my considerable efforts looking into the scams based around making money on Google, government grants, and the Acai weight loss products, I have found yet another group of websites that are advertising anti-aging products.
I’m not saying that all anti-aging products are scams. Far from it. Many are great, but if you are wondering about a site and see it on this list, I highly recommend that you look elsewhere.
How do I know these sites are scams? Keep reading.
I have not heard first-hand knowledge about these specific sites, but there are telling signs that only allow one conclusion. Consider the following:
• These sites ALL have the same general look and feel.
• Some of the comments on these sites are reused on the Acai weight loss scam pages!
• They also share the same look and feel with the Google, grants, and Acai scams.
• Many use the exact same photos, text, and/or comments – but with a different name.
• They are all pushing the same basic products: RezV and Dermapril – or some various names for the exact same thing.
• Many are fake blogs by a “mother of 3″ (just like the Acai scams, and most say they are from a city in your area, apparently from info gathered by your IP address)
• Many of these share advertising with other known scams.
• Some advertise a subdirectory that has a different profile (but same name) than the main site.
• Most of these sites were created in late 2008 or early 2009
I have started to add non-blog sites to this list, because they are offering the same products, the same free trials, and often have multiple sites using the same template. Many are fake “review” sites which happen to pick the products they are selling. While that certainly isn’t breaking any laws, it is certainly disingenuous.
So onto the list, which I will also continue to update as I can.
amyswrinkles.com – Besides the photos, everything else here is rehashed and reused from other fake blogs here.
barbaraskinsuccess.com – All the hallmarks of a fake blog, including the two part RezV/Tripeptinon products, misleading references to credible news organizations, and overall familiar story. Uses the name “Barbara Gould” from a city near you.
caraswrinkles.com – This is the first of these sites I discovered, with that familiar blog layout, almost exact same comments, and “Cara Anderson” who like so many others has to mention her husband and 3 kids. Same 2-part product scam as seen by these scammers.
caraswrinklesuccess.com – Typical blog format, same two-part RezV/Tripeptinon products, same microscopic trial period, using the name “Cara Anderson” from a city near you. Ads saw on FoxNews.
carlaskinsuccess.com – Same photo as caraswrinkles.com, same products, same fake blog. Uses the name “Carla Johnson” in a city near you. Advertised on FoxNews on 2/19/09.
charityskincare.com – Shoddy fake blog, pirated “Anita” photo. Lazy, greedy affiliate marketing at its best. Uses the name “Charity Burch”
emilyswrinkles.com – Same layout, same dual-product scam, reused text, reused before/after photo, phony/reused comments, uses the name “Emily Moore” with her husband and 2 kids.
erinswrinklesuccess.com - Same blog layout as the other scams, reused before/after photo, reused comments from other versions, same 2-product scam with various names (RezV, etc), uses name “Erin Matthews.”
erasewrinklesquick.com – Advertising via AdSonar Jan 2010. Phony “news story” about a mom’s “trick” to less wrinkles. Peddling Bellanue Anti-Aging Serum and ResVMax. Uses name Julia Anderson, and disclaimer admits story is fake.
howigotgreatskin.com - Same blog layout as the other scams, same before/after photo, same Lift/Tripeptinon products, shared advertising with other known scams. Uses name “Angela Brittan”
janetsyouthfulskin.com – Same blog layout as the other scams, same Lift SP product, same photo as youthfulskinformula.com but with a different name, uses name “Janet Taylor”
myagelossblog.com – Almost exact copy of mywrinkleblog.com.
myimprovedskin.com – Another stolen “Anita” picture, fake blog, typical two-part products, using the name “Veronice Davis” from a city near you.
myperfectface.net – Exact copy of caraswrinkles.com but using the name “Layna Douglas” with her usual 3 kids.
myskincarestory.com – Exact copy of howigotgreatskin.com but uses the name, “Sarah Mellars” – one of many mothers of 3 on here.
mywrinkleblog.com – Same product scam, reused text/photos/comments, the usual “Heather McClure” married mother of 3. By 2/4/09 was forwarding to skinages.com. 2/18/09 the “McClure” page was restored. Pictures taken from a laser treatment website found here.
mywrinklejournal.com – A rare male version of the scam. This one takes mywrinkleblog almost verbatim, but drops in a male photo of “Jake McClure” a divorced father of 2 (I guess he can’t be Heather McClure’s husband – she’s still married and has one more kid!)
mywrinklesgone.net – Fake blog, typical deceptive Oprah/Dr. Oz references, uses the name “Tina Shaw.”
mywrinklesuccess.info – Exact copy of sarahswrinkles.com, but with the slightly different spelling of “Sara”
rachels-story.com – Same fake blog, reused before/after photo, same products. Using the name “Rachel Mellars” and advertised online 2/20/09.
rachelshealth.com – Exact copy of caraswrinkles.com but using the name “Rachel Anderson” with her usual husband and 3 kids. Funny how this one says “I live in and I want to tell you..” because they forgot to fill in the phony location!
rachelshealthyskin.com – Exact copy of caraswrinkles.com but using the name “Rachel Scott” with her usual husband and 3 kids.
restorymyyouth.com – Same before/after as barbaraskinsuccess.com, but using the name “Erin Kelly.”
sarahswrinkles.com – Same blog layout as the other scams, reused before/after photo, reused comments from other versions, same Rez/Tripeptinon products, uses name “Sarah Anderson.”
skin-cream-reviews.com – Mirror of skin-free-trial.com, but also lists somewhat deceptive “As seen on” references to Dr. Oz, Oprah, CNN, etc., with no disclaimer indicating they weren’t actually endorsed by these entities.
skin-free-trial.com – Advertised on FoxNews on 2/6/09. A “review” site which happens to pick the same three products peddled by so many of the blogs on this page. Also mirrored and advertised with other urls, such as skin-cream-reviews.com.
youthfulskinformula.com – Same blog layout as the other scams, same Lift/Tripeptinon products, some subdirectories point to a completely different blog profile (such as one using “Lisa McClure”), uses name “Lisa Taylor”
Some products being advertised on the sites above, and thus should be avoided:
Ageless Healthy Skin
Ageless Skin
Ageless Skin Care
Dermapril
Dermapril-SP
Dermitage – read my article on Dermitage here.
Lift SP
Removealine
RezV Anti-Aging
RezV Max
Tripeptinon
Tripeptinon Facial Treatment
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Thank you!!! Was about to put credit card details in!!! Pleased I saw this!!!
Whew!
Most clever part of this scam is that it changes the location to be somewhere in the same state as you. Three similar websites that I visited had towns in the state I live in.
Yes, that’s a feature I myself have only recently discovered. I suppose it gives the ad a more local feel to it, sort of like: “Hey this blogger is from my home town!”
Well, I screwed up. Anyway I can post on facebook the scam?
I saw this on facebook and ordered both
Apparently I read they charge you after 14 days. I am goint to call tomorrow to try and cancel it b4 they charge to my card. I noticed one day “Cara” was a blonde and lived in Herndon, the next day she had dark hair and lived in Ashburn. What a scam. I feel so stupid.
Sorry to hear. Hopefully you can keep the additional charges off. Good luck.
Credit cards understand that there are frauds/scams all over the place now, so all you have to do is put in a dispute with your credit card company and show or tell them about this website to prove they are a scam. I have gotten money back plenty of times that way. I know this was a long time ago, but letting you know for future. You can dispute anything when you pay with a credit card. Doesn’t mean you will always win, but most of the times, you will. I speak through my own experiences.
I’m glad I found this. It didn’t even mean to click the ad on Facebook, it was a mere slip of the finger on the laptop. It came up to the above mentioned page (Cara Anderson) from my hometown. That got my interest and the woman looked so familiar but the name didn’t ring a bell, so I googled her trying to figure out where I knew her from…and found this. I probably would have given the products a try, otherwise. Any idea who the woman in the photos is? Maybe someone in movies but not famous or a composite generated to fool people into familiarity? I still look at that photo and swear I’ve seen this woman!
Hey Leah – I actually thought she seemed familiar as well, but I have not been able to find the actual person behind the model. Perhaps she’s been seen somewhere else, or maybe she just has that “familiar face.” I will certainly keep looking. Thanks for the great comment.
Curious, I had a quick look at rachelshealth.com and the before and after are THE SAME PICTURE! Yes, it is before and after, but it is before and after the picture has been doctored in some program like Photoshop or something. Honest, look at the detail, where the light spots hits the different parts of the face and her gums, the eyes exactly the same, etc. It’s not similar, it’s the exact same picture!!!
Hey Sheesh – I did a little experiment and you are correct. The “after” photo has been rotated 8 degrees, lightened, and wrinkles removed in an image editing program. They appear to be the same photo. You *can* do this sort of thing if you put a disclaimer somewhere that it is a simulated result, but they didn’t do that – thus it is deceptive and misleading. Thanks for the keen eye on that one.
Thank you so much. I googled Erin’s Wrinkle and hoax and nothing came up. I was going to spend some time searching it out, until I came upon your blog. Bravo. I really appreciate you helping me.
btb – add this one to your list:
http://www.restoremyyouth.com/?cid=310&gid=121&aid=936
Hey Corey thanks for the comments and the updated link. Glad you found my site first!
Thanks so much for this info regarding scams on wrinkle products. There does seem to be legitimate info regarding Resveratrol — I’m wondering if you are aware of this, and/or of Resveratrol by Juvenon. Is this a scam also?
This site is such a service. THANKS!!
I have purchased (over the years) many face (wrinkle creams) and anything from Avon to Victoria Principal. There are the infomercials that dupe those in the afternoon and then late late at night where people are either bored and staring at the screen and think it looks like something they would try to those just looking for the miracle. When I see an 800# I write down the website name, then I type the name into my browser (more than one) and look for reports like this one to keep people on their toes. With the emails I get every day on “If you don’t Pass this on you will be damned” to the products that will make your face look 20 years younger (I WISH), let me tell you all that will change for you in the wrinkle department is your wallet from going to a nice fat wallet to a wrinkled one! xoxo Dani Fawn, Las Vegas, NV
Hey Donna – I think the jury is still out on RezV, which is exactly why scammers like to use it to their advantage.
Danielle – Great comment, and you are wise to research a company before doing business with them.
You know you can’t even leave a comment on these sites, they all fail, so all the comments there are fake too, of course.
Good point. Not to mention the fact that many of the exact same “comments” are found in dozens of similar blogs.
Awesome! I’m so glad I found this. A good friend of mine sent me the caraswrinkles link and asked if I thought it was legit. Upon first glance, I said no, then I googled Cara Anderson and scam… Your blog appeared. Thank you!!!
Whew – glad you found this first! Thanks for the comment.
I almost fell for the Cara ad. Until I found the identical ad with someone else advertising (from my hometown, naturally). I looked you up and was very pleased to see that a lot of people are on their trail. Good! Hope they get caught. Thank you very much for the good work you do!
Thanks for the kind words Lisah… glad you caught yourself!
So just to clarify, they make money by people trying said products “for free” and then charging them when they don’t realize they have to cancel w/in 14 days? Do they somehow make money on the shipping charges as well?
BeckysPerfectSkin.com
debraskinsuccess.com
restoreyouth.com
Erinswrinklesuccesstory.com
Heathers Blog The Truth about Nuskin – Is Nuskin a Scam?
Heathers-Blog.com
ezinearticles.com/?Is-Mineral-Makeup-Goog-For-Your-Skin
jennysperfectskin.com
carlasrinkles.com
carlaskinsuccess.com
restoremyyouth.com
donnaskincare.com
networksolution.com
carlaskinsuccess.com
homeremedyskincare.com
Check all these out. The dark haired wonen in these pictures are me. I first started seeing these January 6, 2009. My name is Anita Wilson and I am a NuSkin distributor living in Utah. These people have stolen my picture and are lying to everyone when using my before and after picture. They cut off the bottom part that has my name and phone number and states that I use NuSkin product for these results.
The pictures are not touched up at all. I found out who is responsible for these web sites when my husband looked up who invented liftsp. Lift sp was invented by Dr. Steven Jepson M.D. He hired a third party company to sell his products online. At his spa business in Murray Utah where he has a regular skin care pratice the product is known by a different name.
The problem for him is that 700,000 NuSkin distributors in 49 countries have been using my picture for the last two years with my permission promoting the galvanic spa and skin care product developed by 130 scientists.
After calling their customer service line and being on hold for more than 15 minutes I finally got to a live person and asked them if they had a store that I could go to. They said no and that they were an on line store only. I said, wow, those pictures are sure amazing. I see them all over the internet. Who is the women in the picture? The customer service rep said that she didn’t know. I said, the women in the picture is me and you don’t have any right to use my picture. Identity theft is a crime. They transfered me to a supervisor who wanted my information. I said, you allready have it on the botton of my photo and I gave them the number to the officer handling my case for identity theft. I then called Dr. Jepsons office and related the same questions and asked how were the internet sales coming. The receptionist said quite well. After telling her that I was the women in the picture etc. she promptly offered to purchase the rights to use my before and after pictures. I gave her the number also to the police that are handeling this case.
I am noticing some faces are changing online but still I see more of myself with different names. This is a crime and we will sue them. They still have my picture up everywhere though.
You can look up my name Anita Wilson farm bureau and about the year 2001 and dairy goats and you will read an article about our dairy goat farm. Also you can look up NuSkin and my name and there will be a reference to us as lapus executives. My web site is milkyhollow.mynuskin.com and we just posted a blog–anitawilsonsface.blogspot.com You can also look up Mrs. Utah 2003 contestents as I competed for the first time that year. I won 1st runner up a couple years later. We are trying to get a web site out this next week to counter the theft of my image and tell the world a little more about us. The web site will be anitawilsonsface.com We also bought two other sites to send out the truth that may get to a larger target market. Silly names but I don’t know what else to do. They are eternallyhot.com and lovelylonger.com These people have commited a crime and hurt countless numbers of people who are searching for a good product to aid in ageing gracefully.
One thing they really have wrong is about my children and the number. We have 10. Five sons and five daughters and seven grandchildren.
This year I will turn 51.
We age because of free radical damage and the arnox enzime that damages our skin. As we age we stop producing the things that keeps our skin looking young. Logically if we put stuff back into our skin that we no longer produce our skin should reverse restore a great deal. That change takes time. I had been using NuSkin products for 2 years and using the Galvanic 6 week when the after picture was taken. Now it has been 2 years since the after picture and I look better still.
You can go to milkyhollow.mynuskin.com and learn more about what I use and from that site you can join my group or you can call 1-800-487-1000 and ask all the question about the products or the business plan. If you feel good about joining, use my name Anita Wilson the distributor living in Utah and I can be your sponsor. I would love to meet you.
I am at what we call the team elite university training every month in Provo Utah every 3rd weekend of every month getting training and bring new people wanting to look into using NuSkin products. It is free to attend. We usually meet in the Marriot. The training starts Friday at 1:00p.m. If you come early you can tour the NuSkin corporate building and talk to the scientists at the lab across the street which is part of the tour. People from all over the world come to this.
I will try to keep my blog updated for all who are interested and want to be informed about the progress of the lawsuit we are going to start and the struggles of identity theft.
Hey Anita, I hope you will excuse the delay in my approving this comment while I looked into the facts in your comment. After looking into it, I am convinced that you are who you say you are, and that you have in fact been victimized as described in your comment.
It looks like some of the url’s listed above may not be using your photo any longer, and I’m not sure if a couple of those are accurate. Many of the url’s are in fact still using the photos.
I wish you well in your pursuit of those who used your image for commercial purposes without permission. I’m sure more will follow your lead.
Good luck.
Waffles,
How do we know that Anita is not just trying to sell NUskin?
What are the facts that you found to back up her story?
Hey Kalypsong you have posed valid questions. To answer your first question – she *is* trying to sell NuSkin, which is why I took so long to approve her comment. But she is perfectly within her rights to publish a legit before/after photo of herself and sell the products she claims to have produced those results. That’s really her in the pictures and she was using that photo to sell NuSkin long before the scammers found it and used it.
As to what proof I found? Anita can produce pictures of herself outside of the ubiquitous before/after photo. Plus I found that infamous before/after photo from a 2007 press release with her name on it. Her email address tracks back to her. Her domains are registered to her. Her online presence pre-dates the late-2008 fake blogs using her picture.
With those things in mind, I feel comfortable that she is who she says. That is not an endorsement of her products, because I know nothing of them, but of her identity.
Ok, you have made my day! I am so glad to have come across this website. For the past two days I have become mad and obsessed with how many wrinkle sites I can find that are using the photo of the same woman and naming her different names.
The first ad caught my eye because it stated that she lived in the same city that I live in. The next day I started to click on similar sounding ads when I was reading MSN and saw the same womans face with a different name. I then started to look for as many websites with the same picture, different name. I posted a few comments on the different sites letting them know that I see the scam I think they are, but the comments quickly disappeard.
Reading this site, I see that the woman named Anita Wilson has posted the names of all of the web pages I have been keeping track of. So, the face that is haunting me is really named Anita…well I hope you can reclaim your identity because I think this is terrible. Go get justice form these scammers…
I am sooo glad I found this site!!I almost ordered when I saw the Cara site decided to order later then saw 3 more just changed names.I also live in one of the towns she mentioned.I started checking and saw 7 more sites.NOW there is a different womans picture up on the Caras but everything else is the same.I left her a comment suggesting she use Sybil (lady with multiple personalities) as a name–guess she did not like that name THANKS AGAIN
Add these to your skin care scams…same women, same ads.
http://www.barbaraskinsuccess.com
http://myimprovedskin.com
http://www.anti-wrinkles.com
http://www.restoremyyouth.com
I thought it was strange that these people all seemed to live near me…
I, too, got curious and clicked on this add. When I went to Google the information, got others with the all the same info, but changed names and locations. Knew it was a hoax, then, but thanks for the service you provide. Keeps faith in humanity!
Susie – Thanks for the links. Will add those shortly.
Diana & Susan – Thanks for the comments!
Thanks Susie, I did not have the first two on my list.
Thank you Waffles for your support.
This appears to be a big problem in the internet that no one has been able to solve. We invite anyone to help us in our efforts to right the wrong.
With all these web sites they list two products that gives these results. The companies marketing these products will be included in our law suit for violation of my copyright and my Right of Publicity. So far the dectective on the case got the name of the marketing company today. The name is VanKomen media and entertainment. Two doctors in California are also selling skin products using my picture.
If anyone finds any more sites let us know.
Who is the other lady they are showing on the sites? Anyone know who she is? We would like to know.
http://restoremyyouth.com Erin Kelly is another person, 3/2/09 Anita’s photo off this site
http://rebecca-blog.com/ Rebecca Kelly
http://carolskinsuccess.com/ Carol Gould
http://jenswrinkleloss.com Jennifer Scott
http://beckyswrinkles.com Becky Johnson 3-6-09
http://www.barbaraskinsuccess.com/ Barbara Gould Randlett Ut
Thanks Anita Wilson
You can see the real me on my blog site: anitawilsonsface.blogspot.com
Im sorry I do not believe for one minute this Anita is in any way trying to end this situation.She is getting monies from these companies as people are buying into her crap.If you have a lawyer on this the companies would be scared to death and trying to settle with you-Guess what you popped upon my screen again today with another name.You may well be Anita Wilson pushing nuskin ,but I TRULEY BELIEVE you are behind this other crap
Anita is now Suzan at http://www.suzanskinsuccess.com
I am wondering if it is possible for the websites, the ones with Anita’s picture, are able to know your computer location and use the name of the town you live in on all of the sites? No matter which of these I click on, the town is always the one I live in. Just curious if this is something that can be done.
K – Yes they do use a little scripting technique to find out where your internet provider is. It gives the blog a “hometown” feel.
Sybil – I held Anita’s comments for several days before letting them go through once I was convinced she is who she says she is. I have no affiliation to her or the other phony blogs. You can “truley” believe what you want, but there is one problem with your logic… I don’t endorse ANY of those products. Lots of phony anti-scam sites say “Well these other sites are scams, but here’s one I found that’s great!” I don’t do that and in fact believe that the Acai berry is a waste of money and the Google/Grant products are pure scams. I’ve done nothing but bash the scammers without a single endorsement, so why would I be behind it? Hmm??
Sybil, you should know that there are also two other faces that are being used on all of these wrinkle sites, as well as Anita. The pictures are switched around constantly. Pick three of the listed wrinkle sites above and start checking them daily, you will see the picture change and the name stay the same as well as all of the comments. (don’t tell me you don’t have time, you clicked around enough to know what we are talking about) However, the two other faces do not show up advertising NuSkin, only Anita. Anita is the only one who has made herself known. (Do you think Anita would out herself on a scam site?) I like to leave comments on those wrinkle sites, I always ask them the question, “Why is Cara now Susan from the other wrinkle site? I see the see the faces change, etc.” After I write this, they almost always change the picture again, but only using one of the three faces. It validates to me that the sites are a joke. I am sure that the many people who have discovered these ongoing photo changes do not pull out a credit card to pay shipping to have the Acai berry. I know I didn’t. Unfortunately, there are many who do not know the truth and end up paying. I know enough just by the clicking I did to see the scam. Anita’s results are the reason the wrinkle sites want to use her before and after, don’t ya think? If the NuSkin is what has made Anita look like this, give me a bottle….I’m willing to try what the girl in that picture used. It is the reason I clicked on the wrinkle ads in the first place, to get rid of wrinkles. You should get it straight.. NuSkin: Anita’s picture. Free AcaiBerry skin success wrinkle sites: Anita’s picture with the names Cara, Suzan, Kelly, Carla, Anna, Erin, and others next to it depending on the day (but never the name Anita). I will bank on the fact that the wrinkle sites are the scam, not Anita.
Here’s another 2-product scam I just picked up on:
http://www.cathysteethtrick.com/teeth-whitening/1?t202id=21473&t202kw=
add judylooksyoung.com to the scam list
Thank you. I fell for it at first, but then read some of the details through a link at the bottom of one of the pages. Then I googled for more information and came across this. I noticed the same things you did. Check out susanswrinkletrick.com and see if you can add it to your list. Thank you!
Wish I had seen this earlier. Add Jillswrinklecure.com to your list. Nice touch about the hometown being close to your own. Ah well, I’m wiser for the experience.
Okay–I totally fell for the scam and ordered the free trial of both ResV and Dermapril-SP. I am going to cancel the ResV today but I really think the Dermapril is working! My little vertical worry lines between my eyebrows seem let pronounced. I’ll keep you posted. FYI (of course, anyone could say this), I do not sell Dermapril-SP.
Thank you so much for finding all the fake blogs. I notice that they are from my local cities too. Anyway today, I digged deeper and found this lady go by the name of Erin is actually a plastic/comestics surgery patience. I found her picture on a website of before & after photos of comestic surgeries. You are so right about everything you wrote on this article. I read some complaint, but was curious about the product. I thought I only loose $4.95. Instead I lost more than that. They charged me $29.95 for sp-creme which I clearly checked “NO” on the online form and I did read all the fine print before submitting. When I got the item early that morning, I used it 3 times a day and it did nothing. Some of liftsp ad advertised it as instant result and I see none, so I quickly called liftsp to cancel and told them that I will also call my credit card company to prevent them from anymore scaming of my hard earn dollars. They told me they will refund my $29.95 on all 4 calls. its been more than 2.5 months and no refund. My credit card Company is investiating this matter right now…
Don’t fall for any blogs on the internet on anti-wrinkle cremes or testimonies unless it is someone that you know personally told you that it works cuz they used it…………… LIFTSP is crap!!!!!!
What it does is connect with where your internet service provider is based. Mine is based out of Cookville, TN and that is where Cara shows up as being from. But when I go there from AOL…this is what I get:
My name is Cara Anderson and I’m from , . I have 3 kids and a wonderful husband.
I laughed when I saw it. It can’t connect with the location of the IP address for AOL so NOTHING is put in that slot!
Judy has been a busy girl.
check out – http://www.judysmakeover.com/
I went to this website because there was this thing about scams in consumer reports, thinking it would be cool to check it out, well anyway, after googling one of the sites, it took me here =D Thanks for writing this awesome blog thing =D
THANK YOU!! Let’s file against these jerks and nail ‘em!! I’ll help…
I thought you people might like to know that I’ve had the same experience with “White Teeth Labs” advertized as “Professional Teeth Whiteing K” with a supposedly a dentist picture speaking to you. It had the same deal. Free trail and 14 days to respond if you want the product. I got my 19 day free trial in eight days which left me only 2days to try. Not only that but they sent me two months supply along with the free trial. After calling to protest I was billed multiple times on the same day. I contacted my banker and constated the charges. Then I went to work and contacted the district attorney and BBB in many states. I even contacted London, England where the products are made. I got all my money back but the ads are still all over the computer. Beware of this prooduct also!!
Hmmmm…… This gal gets around and don’t even recognize from our town….. she was in another town nearby….. What a SCAM!!!!!!!!!!Thanks!!!
i would like to tell what happened to me when i ordered BELISI skin tightener. THEY offered a risk free trial for one$ plus shipping and handling, the trial was l4 days. the skin tightner did not arrive until much later than the l4 days. they billed my Visa,and i thought that if i liked the product i would order the $69.95 offer of same. on may 28 they billed my visa for 89.97,i called the company and was toldthat was my membership fee, non refundable, and that another bottle of skin tighener was already in the mail. she told me that i should read the fine print, since the membership fee was non refundable, she would send #3 bottles of the stuff as compensation. i told her i did not think BELISI was an ethical company, but since she only worked for them, that would have to do. i also said i would never order from BELISI AGAIN! to make a long story shorter—– i cancelled my VISA card, and was told there had been other complaints about belisi. it took two days to go thru the system to cancal my card and issue a new one. my VISA came today, on june 16 belisi charged me 45.36 and on june 18 they charged me 89.97 (again). i have 5 .5 oz bottles that have cost me $278.53 in American funds. the product is inferior, and i am ashamed of myself. i hope this letter will deter others from buying into this SCAM!
I use Cetaphil to clean and some of Origins products for brightening and exfoliation.
Be wary of anything that promises excellent and fast results! Whether diet or skincare products or anything else these scam artists can come up with. If you have to order stuff like this online, most likely it is a scam. It is better to find out if you can buy this kind of stuff from Whole Foods, or other markets that may carry over the counter items such as the Green Coffee Bean that was on Dr. Oz’s show. Everytime he has a show, all these scam companies show up on the internet and use his name to endorse products. Please ask for expert advice in person from someone who is very knowledgeable about products, but stay off the interent is my experience. Good luck to all. Oh and btw, always dispute with your credit card company if the company you are dealing with is fraudulent. You will most likely get your money back.
Great posts Deb – excellent advice! Thanks for stopping by!!
Idrotherapy and essence of argan are sites that also do the free trial with continual subscription in very very small print. I read some reviews and cancelled both the day I received the products. I then cancelled my debit card to avoid a continual debit being set up. When you try to cancel their valuable product worth £80 to £90 they try to make you keep it by offering it to you at £60 if that doesn’t work you can have it for £20. Just keep saying no!
this is for a wrinkle cream called wrinkle rewind and 2 serums by equinox. recieved the products, did not care for the smell or the texture and then in the fine print each one is over 75 bux a month. and they automatically enroll you in a monthly delivery. no way. so when i tried to contact the companies by email,, the email addresses were invalid. the phone numbers connect you to a person that says “we are having a system error and please call back tomorrow. ” DO NOT ORDER THESE PRODUCTS. i am going to my bank to dispute future charges to my account and try like hell to send this crap back.