It appears that the infamous (and fictitious) Chrissie Miller is back. Her previous scame, The Favorite Foods Diet was one of a number of so-called diets peddled on the Internet, except that it specifically targeted women. This time, she’s peddling the BioFit Weight Loss. It is essentially the same scam, but now they are … Read more
What’s wrong with seeking love on the Internet? Online dating has been around for awhile now and, not coincidentally, so have the horror stories about scammers exploiting seekers of love and companionship. Scammers have targeted love-seekers for as long as people have been seeking love……was the Bible’s serpent a scammer? Perhaps. The FBI warns about … Read more
Here’s the truth that Prevagen doesn’t want you to know: brain supplements don’t work. Prevagen, in particular, is a well known scam that the Federal government has been trying to shut down. In January 2017, the Federal Trade Commission and the New York State Attorney General sued the maker of Prevagen for its misleading ads. According to … Read more
What would you do if you meet a new person and the first thing they tell you is clearly a lie? You’d likely runaway. Well, pretty much the first thing that Acidaburn tells you is a lie: its creator Randy Smith doesn’t exist. And that’s not the only lie to which you’ll be subjected. Our advice: … Read more
There’s a LOT of information about the coronavirus on the Internet. Sadly, much of it is simply untrue. For example, you may have seen a November 2020 article by a Dr. Joseph Mercola that makes a number of “factual” statements about COVID testing. It starts something like this: “From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, … Read more