In the early cowboy days of America, travelling salesmen posing as Doctors and medical specialists used a horse-drawn wagon to travel around from which they sold their wares, mostly fake medicines and non-working magical cures [Snake Oil] that would solve every problem going.
They no longer travel by horse, in fact, they no longer even travel, now instead of a horse and cart they use various modern electronic media to promote their wares, Adverts on YouTube, or pop-up's on websites, Television adverts, and through constant phone messages.
Take a good look at the advert below!
Regeneration Compound
Just take two drops of 'Axolot' in your morning coffee, and within three weeks the limb you had amputated will begin to regrow.
The US Pharmaceutical companies are pushing the US and UK Government to stop us selling it to you as it will cost them billions in over the counter useless medications.
But hurry, stocks are very limited, and. Act now before stocks run out!
Read all about this amazing product below.
I am a twenty two year old senior professor of Biology and Genetics, who has studied at Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge, and worked for M.I.T and many of the worlds top Bio-Science laboratories. After studying the Genetics of Axolotl for over twenty years I have found and separated the elusive LMAO gene that causes limb regrowth.
But after seeing the pharmaceuticals company's greed and them wanting to charge you many thousands of pounds for the product, I along with two others left the pharmaceutical company to create our own private company so we can sell it to you at almost base cost.
Only 50 left in stock, get it before its too late, ONLY $99.99
Be totally honest - and if you say no, then why not?
Obviously above is a fake advert, full of unbelievable promises and uncertified facts.
How can a twenty year old be a senior professor and have worked at so many places?
How is the miracle cure not widely known in the field of medicine?
If they have found the way to make this product, then why are there so few of them left?
YET MANY PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE THESE FAKE CLAIMS AND PART WITH THEIR MONEY
These scammers are experts at what they do, they often carefully choose who they attack, the vulnerable, the elderly who do not understand and who can be more easily fooled, or those with low income levels who will be desperately looking to reduce their out-goings.
They often prey on vulnerable people, those who are already suffering due to illness, and who are desperately hoping for a magical cure. The people who would give away their last penny if it meant they received any form of relief.
They prey on those who already have financial issues, offering cheaper bills / ways to save money.
They often use wording and images that give the impression the offer is legitimate, add fake claims of being associated to known major universities, and that 'Millions have found the secret', and that they are used by the military, specialists, experts in the field, sometimes showing photographs of known personalities to help convince you.
They blind you with fictional or pseudo science, using fancy sounding words and made up technical, medical or scientific sounding terms, and with promises of something that is so amazing you cannot do without it.
And they are great at convincing you that you really need their product through repetition of the product name and exaggerated facts and abilities.
These adverts have increased since the arrival of the Corona Virus, often offering false protection, and increased again since the economic issues caused by the current Ukraine/Russia war.
The producers of these fake advertisement's play on the human mind.
Naturally we all want to have 'nice things', and when we do decide to buy an item we always want the 'Best that we can get', and of course we all like to think we have got a bargain and have saved money by getting it cheaper while on special offer.
So they use this human mind-set, and make their product appear so amazing, 'ten times better than the competition', better made using more expensive components, with longer lasting batteries, with extra features, and all offered at 'an unbeatable price'.
ALL THE THINGS WE WANT TO HEAR!
The BBC have a series on health which explores whether the medical advice is legitimate, and operations offered cheaply abroad are really safe.
This can be found on the BBC iPlayer.
Every time we turn on our devices we are swamped with these adverts
'Magical' devices that can 'Straighten out and clean our electricity', to 'Restricted military technology'
Torches that are so powerful the light can burn through wood or metal, binoculars that can see better than the Hubble space telescope, Devices that can give us our broadband anywhere in the world, or 100% safe applications for our devices that can manage our money on the stock market and make us millions.
All hoping that we are blinded with science, or in such desperate need that we ignore the false flags and send them our money with the hope of getting something that can help us.
These devices are gaining popularity on sites such as Wish.com or on Amazon
Things are not always as they seem, do not be fooled.
MANY OF THESE DEVICES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS !
Below I have tried to find some of these 'FAKE PRODUCTS'
Take a good look, see if you can spot the false claims, or the facts and details that just do not make any sense, learn how they twist words and use fake images and video to convince you that they are legitimate.
AND ENSURE THAT YOU ARE NOT FOOLED INTO BELIEVING!
To try to prove this, a friend and myself produced a 'Fake Product' as a joke.
Go back in time to the Mid 80s, No internet, Computers just about starting to appear in the home, and CB Radio being the 'In-Thing!'. Now the CB Radios of the eighties were limited in performance by the government with a 4 watt maximum output, making distance difficult in built-up areas.
Of course radio users were eager to maximise their radios transmitting performance, buying bigger and better aerials (Twigs), and using more powerful microphones etc. All eager to be able to broadcast an extra mile and be the most heard on the airwaves. They constantly worried about their SWR readings (Reflective energy from aerials) checking, re-checking and adjusting, trying to get the best reading. And they were always looking for something to ensure this.
Our 'Snake Oil' was a magical 'Anti-Swr Powder', which when sprinkled around the base of the aerial reduced this reflective energy. And of course the aerial would work much better if it was kept clean, so the offer also came along with a special aerial cleaning spray. We were eager to see how many of our club members would fall for the scam and buy it.
A scam it most definitely was, the powder was simply cheap talcum powder purchased from a local shop (the days equivalent of a Poundshop), and the cleaner a cheap plastic spray bottle designed for home mixed hairspray containing nothing but water and a squirt of vinegar to make it smell like a 'Special scientific super chemical'. I think everything we needed to make 10 kits would have cost us under £1, and with a few freshly printed labels from the new home computer it was ready to go.
At the next club night, the few that we had made up went like hotcakes, everyone eager to be the first to buy, and willing to pay pounds for the privilege of having them now, with the remainder of members asking to be informed the minute a new supply arrived.
Of course, the products did absolutely nothing, apart that was from making odd looking white circles around the garden, making their hands smell like a fish and chip shop after meticulously washing down the metal aerials, and making them feel a fool when it was all revealed.
The money made was thrown back into the pot to buy the next round, so nobody was 'Scammed', but it certainly proved that people ignore common sense, and just using a few imaginary scientific sounding names on a home printed paper label, and the desperation to be better than the next person, could make them pay many times the cost of a useless product.
REMEMBER THIS STORY WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR NEXT ADVERT
DON'T GET TAKEN IN BY PSUEDO-SCIENCE, TERMINOLGY, OR UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS!
To try to highlight fake goods, or surreptitious advertising, I have assembled some examples below.
My thanks and appreciation go to the various creators of the following videos that I have linked to to help me highlight these adverts or fake products.
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