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Recalls & Warnings
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Posted May 9, 2015
Marketers Charged with Using Stolen Email Accounts to Promote Weight Loss Supplements Temporarily Shut Down
According to the FCC, the weight loss products, including Premium Green Coffee, Pure Garcinia Cambogia, Premium White Kidney Bean Extract, Pure Forskolin Extract, and Pure Caralluma Fimbriata Extract, were marketed since 2012 using stolen email user accounts that sent messages such as "Breaking news...," and "Hi! Oprah says it's excellent," to other people in the email user's contact list.
The websites listed in the complaint include premiumgreencoffee.com, puregarciniacambogiahca.com, buywhitekidneybeanextractdirect.com, buyforskolinextractdirect.com, and buycarallumafimbriataextractdirect.com.
The FTC hopes to recover money from Sales Slash to provide refunds to consumers who bought the supplements.
See ConsumerLab.com's Review of Weight Loss Supplements, Green Coffee Bean Extract Supplements and Garcinia Cambogia Supplements for tests of related products.
Also see ConsumerLab.com's In the News page for information about CL tests of Garcinia and green coffee bean extract supplements that helped Dr. Oz expose weight supplements which contained little of the key ingredients CL expected from their labels.
See Related Warnings:
FTC Mails Refund Checks for Calcium Supplements
FTC Files Against Maker of Calcium and Fertility Supplements
Restitution Program for Purchases of Lane Labs' Products
FTC Mails Refund Checks to Consumers Who Purchased Weight Loss Pills
FTC Says Company Made "Outrageous" Weight Loss Claims
FTC Mails Refund Checks to Consumers Who Purchased Sensa
Four Companies Settle FTC Charges of Deceptive Weight Loss Claims
Sensa Settles Second False Advertising Lawsuit
To read the FTC's press release, use the link below.
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