SMC Roundtable – Beware Acai Berry Free Trial Scams

Health, diet and fitness products

The acai berry is a miracle fruit that sprung from the rainforests of the Amazon. It carries a multitude of health benefits to regular users, ranging from the minor to the major. Perhaps among the greatest and most controversial benefit that has been attributed to the use of acai berry products is the role it plays in fighting off and preventing the occurrence of Cancer.

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Aug
17

CCN Acai Berry Sellers Sued By FTC Shocker

Posted by Annie under acai berry

acai berry is definitely more than just a delicious fruit. You will find that this berry has significant more, up to four times more, antioxidants than even the blueberry, which was the leader in antioxidants for many years. Acai berries naturally grow in the Amazon Rain Forest, but can be frozen to be shipped areas around the world. Along with antioxidants, you will also find that acai berry contains both fiber and amino acids.

Fiber is a daily requirement for everyone, but is particularly important when you want to lose weight. Fiber can provide a sense of fullness, and will help you regulate your digestion. Amino acids are also important when you want to lose weight, since they will help you by providing your body with the necessary ingredients to turn fat into muscle. Losing weight is simple when you use acai berry to help regulate digestion, build muscle and decrease appetite.

US District judge order CCN to stop ALL acai berry internet operations

More than a year after the US attorney general issued a $1.37 million dollar fine against Central Coast Nutraceuticals (CCN) for deceptive business practices that didn’t have much effect, it looks like CCN will finally be shut down. The FTC followed up and convinced a US district judge to issue the injunction against CCN, which effectively halts ALL their operations

After listening to consumers complaints for 2 years now, the FTC has taken action again. They convinced a US federal district judge to issue an injunction against one of the biggest companies behind the Acai Berry Free Trial scamsCentral Coast Nutraceuticals (CCN), effectively halting all their internet operations and freezing their bank accounts.

Its about time! Yes, the FTC is a government bureaucracy, so moves very slowly. They’ve been inundated with complaints from tens of thousands of irate consumers now, with estimates of over a MILLION victims of these scams. To be fair, they did make a case A YEAR ago against a Texas man who was a force behind these schemes in the early days. He quit the business and was fined a few thousand dollars – about what you pay for a big traffic ticket!

Here’s the strange part of the big fuss they are making about this single case - The US attorney general made a big fuss in June 2009 about a record fine against an acai berry distributor. Guess who it was? CCN! With hundreds of websites and dozens of companies pushing these scams all over the internet, the FTC makes a big deal about a court decision to stop the SAME COMPANY that the US attorney general supposedly shut down OVER A YEAR AGO! Please forgive my cynical nature, but it sounds like the different government agencies are fighting for credit over the same case. Either that, or the $1.37 million fine last year didn’t convince CCN to stop. In which case, why didn’t the US Attorney general do more LAST YEAR?

Ok, enough with being cynical. It sounds like CCN is finally being shut down. Lets hope the FTC keeps the pressure up and pursues more cases to shut down the rest of the scumbags.

If you have been a victim by one of these acai berry scams and would like to file a complaint and perhaps get a judgement against the people behind it all, contact:

David O’Toole
FTC Midwest Region, Chicago
312-960-5634

Jul
22

Checking the Lable to See Who The Acai Berry Was Perserved

Posted by Sam under acai berry

There is no doubt that a product like acai berry can go a long way to helping you lose the weight you want to lose, however, with the many forms in which this product is introduced to a supplement is important seeing as how some of the ways can greatly reduce the effects of natural weight loss that the berry actually contains. That is why the best way to determine this is to simply check the label of the product you are considering using. This will give you a good idea how the berry was persevered and you will know what is the most effective product and what you should try and avoid.

Aviod Acai Berry Juices In Plastic Bottles

You may have seen actual Acai berry juices for sale in stores and one thing might have stood out to you. Unlike many other juices, Acai juices are normally stored in glass bottles. While this does raise the cost of the juice itself, there is a reason for the manufactures doing it in this manner. The main reason that this juice does not come in plastic bottles is that preserving the berry and its full nutrients cannot be done with a plastic bottle. Plastic bottles are unfortunately subject to a fair amount of leeching and glass bottles are not. That is why many manufactures require glass bottles for their juices.

More details on preserving acai berry:

Pronounce acai
The Amazon wonder

Mar
25

I Would Like Info On Acai

Posted by Annie under acai berry

There has been so much talk lately about the acai berry. I just want to make sure that I am getting my facts right. I love being able to learn new information about health and wellness. I just like getting all of my facts from doctors, not from the people who want to sell me something.

That is why it is so nice to be able to watch shows like Oprah and get all the info about acai berry in a way that lets me know that I am getting the facts, not just information to get me to buy a product.

EDIT: Found some useful information on the topic:

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acai berry scams
Forms of Acai Berry for Me

Mar
01

Acai Berry – A Simple Remedy For Your Health Problems

Posted by Sam under acai berry

The easiest natural remedies to take are often at your local health food store but you can also get them online at a variety of reputable companies. Most of these online entities will offer free shipping and excellent customer service, to answer all of your pertinent questions. Ask about acaiberry, as it’s a proven agent that produces more energy in your body and makes you feel wonderful each day. As our bodies grow older, the need for extra energy and vitamins increases and there is no better way to get all of that, then with this berry that’s been used for hundreds of years.

More information about Acai Berry:

Acai berry easy to swallow
Acai: The remedial plan of the future
Natural recipe for healthier living

Feb
05

Tell Your Friends And Family About Acai Berry Puree

Posted by admin under acai berry

Would you like to find a natural supplement that can be beneficial to your health? Well, look no further and go to your local health food store and get some acai berry puree. This product is something that everyone can use and there is no reason to worry whether or not it will hurt you. Many tests have concluded that this product is completely safe to be used every single day, so that is why I use it. It is a great way to help your body be healthier and it something you should tell your friends and family about too.

To read more about acai and the things it can help you with, check out these articles:
benefits
top 5 diet plans
Acai Berry Puree Is Just As Good As The Berry Itself
Help Your Diabetes With Acai Berry Puree

Jan
06

Is Acai berry effective at fighting disease?

Posted by admin under General, acai berry, featured

You may have heard of the acai berry — if you haven’t then you must have been living under a rock — and have heard all about how good it is for us. Some people just accept that a certain food is good for us if we are told that is the case by a book or even the TV. Others — hopefully the people reading this — want to find out why a particular food is good, what benefits it provides, and whether we should start to introduce the food into our family’s diet.The acai berry is good for a number of reasons, but mainly because of the massive amounts of antioxidants and anthocyanins that the berry contains. Other good sources of these essential nutrients include red grapes and, as a comparison, the acai berry contains as much as 10 times the amount of antioxidants and 30 times the anthocyanins. Impressive already! Antioxidants and anthocyanins are essential for our bodies to function, but may actually fight diseases such as cancer and diabetes, as well as combating bacterial infections.Also in the acai berry are an abundance of healthy mono unsaturated fats, dietary fiber and phytosterols which all help your digestion and improve the effectiveness with which red blood cells can carry oxygen to the rest of the body.

Jan
04

Visa Says: No More Bad Marketing of Acai Products

Posted by Annie under General, acai berry, featured

Credit card processor Visa has shut 100 Acai merchant stores recently because of their misleading form of marketing. Acai has health advantages just like any other fruit. During the introduction of this fruit into the market, it has become a big hit. People with malicious intent took advantage of this hype.

The method they use in marketing Acai scam products is by posting articles claiming that the fruit can do amazing health wonders even if it cannot. Another one is by posting falsified testimonials from some of the famous people like Oprah.

This is all done to get the online surfers to try the free trial Acai product. To make a purchase you need to have a credit card to pay for the shipping and handling. What the online users do not know is signing up for the free trial product will automatically enlist them to a monthly subscription that cannot be canceled.
Acai products have many wonderful results to the user. However, with the bad name these scammers attached to this product, it is no wonder that many are afraid to try it out. Acai products such as supplements and vitamins have a good effect in the body. Try it out and do not let bad marketing habits scare you.

Oct
26

Acai Berry: Winning the Battle Against Cancer

Posted by Annie under General, acai berry, featured

The acai berry is a miracle fruit that sprung from the rainforests of the Amazon. It carries a multitude of health benefits to regular users, ranging from the minor to the major. Perhaps among the greatest and most controversial benefit that has been attributed to the use of acai berry products is the role it plays in fighting off and preventing the occurrence of Cancer.

Can acai berry really fight of cancer? Cancer is considered as a lifestyle disease that has plagued and taken the lives of many. The percentage of the population that has been affected by the disease is rising in numbers and will continue to rise until a means can be found to win over this war.

The acai berry hands over to the cancer patients and people at high risk of developing cancer an edge over this tough battle. Free radicals, which are the byproduct of the body’s normal metabolic and immune processes, once accumulated and combined with various environmental factors and carcinogens, can lead to the development of cancer cells.

Antioxidants found in acai berries are absorbed by the human body and it targets and kills rapidly growing cancer cells while nourishing normal cells, providing cancer patients a glimmer of hope on prolonging their lives and emerging victoriously in the fight.

Some other articles I found on this subject:
The Acai Berry – Is it a Miracle?
Drink Up – Acai Juice Can Be the Difference-Maker
A Warning Against Free Trial Offer Acai Berry Scams

Jul
24

CCN to pay $1,375,000 for deceptive Acai marketing!

Posted by Annie under General, acai berry, featured

Guess what? Central Coast Nutraceuticals Inc and its owner Graham Gibson have faced the biggest penalty of their lifetimes and a record highest-ever penalty announced to the online scammers.

CCN had beautifully designed their order form for Acai free samples which had pre-selected costly products along with the free-trials in order to “up-sell” their low-selling highly expensive products. As a result, if the customer did not look out for these pre-selected products other than Acai then he/she ended up paying for whatever he/she never wanted to buy. And the annoyed customers couldn’t really do anything, but to protest against CCN’s deceptive online marketing campaign which was apparently run for distributing free-trials of their so-called high-quality low-on-pocket Acai health supplements.

The furious customers who suffered at the hands of spurious ways adopted by CCN filed complaints and for the first time in the history an online marketing Acai  berry scam was penalized massively forcing CCN to pay off over $1,375,000.

Yeah, don’t worry there’s nothing wrong with your eyes. It is indeed one million and three hundred and seventy five thousand dollars. Perhaps CCN wouldn’t have really made even half of this amount with their entire campaign, but the bottom line is that they’ll have to pay for their wrong deeds. So who still says online scammers don’t get punished!

Apr
23

Reasons to Love the Acai Berry

Posted by Annie under General, acai berry, featured

There are many reasons why you should love the acai berry. This tiny little fruit, which is found only in the Amazon rain forest, can do many different things. It contains a huge amount of vitamins and minerals. In fact, there is no other fruit on the planet that contains as many vitamins and other nutritional supplements as the acai berry, and for that reason alone, it can be a great part of your diet.There are many reasons to love the acai berry other than for its nutritional supplements, although that is a great reason. The acai berry can help you lose weight in several ways. It can actually speed up your metabolism, for one, and it can make your digestive system healthier and more effective. It can also help flush your body of toxins and other wastes, which will result in an immediate weight loss. The acai berry contains a large amount of antioxidants and fibre, two important health supplements that few people get enough of. If you need essential fatty acids or amino acids, you’ll find both in the acai berry. Finally, the acai berry contains a number of different vitamins. With all of this and more, what’s not to love about the acai berry?