Infomercial Scams

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You see an intriguing ad, about some new miraculous health discovery, or ancient ritual, or a suppressed doctor’s report. You touch the ad, and it takes you to a tantalizing, quality produced video, with someone’s struggle to find a solution to their health challenge. They use strange words, but not too strange, to build up some suspense, some passion. They will reveal their amazing secret discovery, after you watch just a few more minutes. You can personally relate to this story. You want to learn more. They hook you with some pseudo-professional testimonials, and a warning that their introductory discounted offer might not last much longer. So you better get some now.

You might hang on, listening to the video for ten, fifteen, or twenty minutes, worried that you might miss out on this fantastic deal, for a “free” trial of their pill, supplement, remedy. But something’s off.

Nothing is really free. Do a Yahoo search on the name of their product, and you get a list of sellers, offering this same great product for much less money than the “official” website does. The “official” website with the infomercial probably doesn’t even make the product. You could order a six-pack of bottles on impulse, later to discover you overpaid by perhaps 300%. You may find the supplement you get doesn’t contain any of the ingredients mentioned in the infomercial. Huh? Yeah.

The PowerBite supplement is a prime example of how to scam people. Their various websites are designed to funnel web traffic to an “official” website, where you can fall for this scam.

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“Dentists Say This Inexpensive Ancient Mineral Works Better Than Implants”

What dentists?

Have a look at their Scientific References. There is mention of some intriguing studies. They mention saliva pH, myrrh mouth rinsing, sea salt mouth rinsing, xylitol, a self healing mineral in Roman concrete; however, I find no actual dentist making any comparison of an ancient mineral treatment to dental implants.

An intelligent thinking person with great reading skills may wonder, what is the relevance of Roman concrete to human teeth? The self-healing mineral that the MIT article is referring to is lime clasts, which is mainly composed of calcium carbonate. This has been used in toothpaste and Tums and other supplements for years. What’s the big news? What’s the big deal? If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit. This is yet another example of the misuse of artificial intelligence.

This product purportedly has an average 4 point something star rating, based on 20,560 reviews. Wow! That’s a lot of reviews. So where are they, exactly? They don’t expect me to swallow this claim without reading anything from real customers. Maybe there’s a review from a real person on one of the other Power Bite “official” websites?

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There are exactly 3. No link to any of the other 20,557 reviews. Sorry. Let’s take a look at one of these purported customers.

Is he a real customer, who made a verified purchase? Absolutely not. This is a stock photo, appearing on at least 9 different websites. Here it’s Charlene Brown of New York. Sounds a little girly to me. But wait. It might be Robert Maddison of Wyoming, reviewing FortBite. It might be Jeffrey S of Chicago, reviewing FitSpresso. It might be Jason reviewing EpicLife. It might be Aaron reviewing First Family Insurance. It might be Jochen S reviewing Casa Dentalis. It might be Tim Dawson reviewing Natalia Naila. It might be Hawk T. Long of Long Beach reviewing United Taxi. It might be Jeffrey S of Chicago reviewing GlucoTrust. It might be a chap who never ever purchased or tried any of those products.

These websites look very professional, at first glance. I noticed Xylitol is misspelled in a PowerBite website. Whoopsie.

There are some eye candy thumbnail photos of the purported ingredients mentioned in the PowerBite infomercial: xylitol, calcium, wild mint, myrrh, clove oil, Mediterranean Sea salt. I wonder if Power Bite really contains these ingredients. I’d like to read the label… all of it, but the “official” websites only show the front side of the label. Hiding something?

A competing website does show the whole label for Power Bite. It’s distributed by RILLVO / Balboa Wholesale LLC. First 4 ingredients: Vitamin B6, biotin, magnesium, zinc. A proprietary blend of Saw Palmetto berry, Nettle leaves, Pumpkin seeds, Eleuthero root, Uva Ursi leaves, Muira Puama leaves. Other ingredients: gelatin, maltodextrin, magnesium stearate, silicon dioxide. That last one is also known as sand. No mention of xylitol, wild mint, calcium, myrrh, clove oil, or Mediterranean Sea salt. Infomercial lies.

They offer 2 free bonus books if you purchase six bottles. You won’t find these books anywhere else, at the indicated regular price. They don’t bother mentioning the author of these books, or if they were ever printed on real paper. Here, they are PDF downloads.

Thinking of buying PowerBite, in spite of the scam infomercial, fake reviews, and exorbitant prices? Use your brain or borrow one. Use me as a real person who did a real review of this scam product.

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