

But what I think is best about this joint effort is that the FDA is naming names. Do take a look at the excellent tips the FTC offers to help us make sound judgements about them. The FTC fakes us out so we will start to be a little more skeptical of the ads that we read on the Internet. But when you click on the “ order now” button, you learn that Glucobate is really Glucofake. What’s the secret? Cucumis melo - or Elixir of Muskmelon - an all-natural sugar regulator with none of the side effects of the medications that break your budget without curing your condition.” “Glucobate™ acts at the microcellular level to attack the cause of the disease.

To get a bit of consumer education just click on Glucobate. It’s not what we typically think of as a sting, because potential customers – you and me – are the stingees. About a quarter of the firms have already changed their claims or removed their pages from the Internet, and several others are in contact with FTC, the agency says.Įven more aggressively and imaginatively, the FTC has set up a sort of sting operation. The agency also referred an additional 21 sites to other foreign governments. and seven Canadian Web sites that target American consumers. The FTC says that it’s sent warning letters for deceptive ads to 84 U.S. Working with the Food and Drug Administration and the governments of Canada and Mexico, the FTC has sent out about 180 warning letters. But the FTC has now gone after these bad actors with gusto. I don’t remember ever hearing about the Federal Trade Commission having anything to do with diabetes until this week. Surprisingly, it is one of the government’s least aggressive agencies that just went after these bums.

government that we are getting ripped off more and more.

For people in business, diabetes has a well-deserve reputation as a growth industry.īut until now it seems to have escaped the notice of the U.S. People like me who deal with diabetes every day on the Internet know that the hucksters are targeting us more and more with their scams and schemes.
