Vince,

Great post. I did a similar post calling out these guys as well a little while back.

http://fitnessblackbook.com/dieting_for_fat_loss/acai-berry-oprah-winfrey-dr-oz-colon-cleansing-and-fake-blogs-what/

In the comments in the post there are quite a few horror stories of people not being able to get their money back and cancel the auto-ship.

It is sad there are guys making 7 figure incomes by scamming people.

You have massive reach with your blog and list, it is good to see you using it for good.

Rusty

Hey Vince,
How would the Workout supplement affect a type 1 diabetic?

so acai berry itself even in it’s freeze dried pure form doesn’t contain antioxidants and promote blood circulation??? i have been looking into this for a while now and have found a few sites that contain only health information and don’t try to sell you anything. I have been really impressed with Vince and his blogs could someone answer this or put their input in that would be great thanks kody. :)

I wonder if they stole my pic.

Heya Vince,

After readin your post today i felt i had to take the few mins to respond. I have seen these ads clogging up facebook and one day i decided to check out why these fukrs had bn spamming everywhere. I spot pictures i had previously seen in my quest for weight gain and just got rlly angry as these pictures were used in the item i fell for and purchased sometime last year!!! Never fell for it again. But anyway, i also spot someone claiming to be from NEW ROSS in WEXFORD, my home town, claiming that this Acai shite is the biz!!! What a fukin joke n it rlly had me vexed!!! I cud carry on ranting but i’ll just leave it at this one point……………all those fukrs are like Vince said but in my words “thieving bastards”. They wud rob the taste off your tongue and the sight outta ur eyes given the first chance!! Rant over. Great post as always Vincey boy

@Kody Ilkiw –

Kody,
Acai berry does have very high antioxidant levels. Like all antioxidants, it helps blood flow by preventing the oxidation of the Cholesterol plaques in the blood vessel walls. You see it is not cholesterol that is bad, it is OXIDISED cholesterol that is the problem – that is one of the many reasons we need antioxidants.

Now, don’t get me wrong – Acai is just one source of antioxidants (and an extremely good one too) but it is not the miracle that it is made out to be. So by all means, take acai berry in whatever form you like – just don’t have unrealistic expectations.

Disclosure – I do NOT sell any acai products, and I do not have a blog which is in any way associated with any acai products.

Trevor

Vince,

Congratulations on an excellent post. Without any profanity, I would like to agree that these fakers (note the “a”) are the scum of the earth, along with all other spammers.

Their claims about Acai are outrageous, and give what is actually an excellent source of antioxidants a bad name…

I do have a health and fitness website, but you will note that I have not included the link. I am not writing just to get links back to my site, and I hope that my comments are helpful.

I fully understand your frustration (as I have also had images stolen), and the anger at the spamming industry. All we can do is exactly what you have done with today’s posting, and spread the word as far as possible.

Keep up the good work,

Trevor

Vince,

Its good to know someone is out there telling people, because I have been a victim of one of these sites I think it was http://www.acaiforcemax.com where they offered a trial where you only pay shipping and handling before I bought it I looked all over the site for conditions where you will be charged another amount after a given time period which I could not find. So I decided to purchase it it cost $13 shipping.

I then soon realised it was fake and the place they put the conditions (usually at a bottom of a page) was at the top in small writing where no one looks, very tricky. So i cancelled my credit card before they could take another payment out.

Vince… lot of good information. Enjoyed the videos, shitty deal about getting your pic skimmed but kudos to you for standing up and letting people know what’s real and what’s fake.

Dave

i heard about this a while ago and it sounded awesome cause the guy said that the actors of 300 used it. my first thoughts were “all right!!!”

recently, a read an article where somebody posted a comment that basically said they were related to an actor from the movie and he confirmed that they DIDN’T use acia.

everyone has an opinion and i guess you cant believe everything :(
if its to good to be true, it probably is ;)

best wishes

Hi Vince !

Thanks for this post ! Been a fan and like to see more of the real stuff. So please post some of your good work-outs, diets,… etc.

Thanks !
Seb.

Dear Vince,

Well said. Thanks for being so upfront, sharing good information and pointing out the potential for being scammed if you aren’t careful on the ‘net.

As far as I’m concerned, your solid advice is worth any small commission you earn if somebody decides to buy a product after hearing your comments on it.

Stay well and stay strong

Joe

[...] You see normally there are a few people you could count on for sound advice but with the freedom of anonymity that the internet provides that just isn’t the case anymore. My friend Vince Delmonte who wrote the top ebook for helping skinny guys gain muscle recently posted as a facebook update that someone was using his after pictures in both pornographic websites and in an acai berry scam. If you want to read the rest of my rant read on. If you want to read it in his own words click here. [...]

Thanks for the heads up on the acai berry scam , it always looks to good to be on the up ! why would any company agree to send you any product for shipping alone? Should make you very suspicious , and this one is to get your credit card
number, after that it’s good bye funds from your account . How do we get to shut this site down and stop them from cheating any more innocent people ?
Thanks Vince ! Yours Sincerely .

Yes actually I’ve been aware of these bogus blogs for sometime now, and I never really bought anything except a free trial offer of acai. At that time I had cleaned up my diet and began to lose some fat, so I decided to try the product along with my routine, but can’t be to sure if it was the acai product or my clean eating that did the trick. Anyways the acai did have lots of fiber in it, so I didn’t have any problems with having a movement and as for the weight loss I’m sure it was my cleaned up eating habit.

Vinnie,
Great post about the fakers out there.
I’m curious though, what research did you do on the supplements that you recommend other than the info that you got from the company? I mean really, how can you at your young age say that Longevity does anything long term?

Hi Vince,

I’m writing from Brazil, exactly where the acai berry comes from…and the funny thing is that we eat acai berry for decades now, but we DO NOT eat it for weight loss!

The berries are blended into a pulp and served with lots of honey (to disguise its muddy taste), banana and granola…it’s actually a caloric bomb that is mostly eaten after a workout by skinny men trying to gain weight. (200g has 570 kcal)

People who need to lose weight usually stay away from acai pulp. I avoid it like the plague!

I don’t even know how this idea that acai berry helps burning fat comes from…some good marketer.

i am going to try nick nilsons 28 days to maximum mass i was going to use acai in the week of training to promote my blood flow to muscles too help stretch the fascia any comments???

@Kody Ilkiw – Acai berry is a very good anti-oxidant and if you take if for that reason you won’t go wrong. However, buy it at your big-box store’s pharmacy or some health food store in your home town. It will cost you considerably less and be just as good.

Although it is very good, you need several anti-oxidants to do the work of clean-up in the body. Read up on them and the ORAC measurements then make up your mind with the facts rather than the scam.

Another site not to trust

http://www.mikegetsripped.com

@Vince – really?? no uses then?? besides calories

Vince, so would you not endorse using antioxidants during fascia stretch then if the blood flow stays the same maybe hot and cold extremes to get heart pumping blood faster. A steam room to a cold shower and repeat???
thanks
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Acai is just one source of antioxidants (and an extremely good one too) but it is not the miracle that it is made out to be. So by all means, take acai berry in whatever form you like – just don't have unrealistic expectation

My sister has always had a fabulous body, even after two kids she looks just like she did in her 20's. I finally asked her how she did it, because I was killing myself at the gym and not seeing nearly the results that she was. She told me that she used natural acai berries as part of her weight control regime. I asked her where to buy acai and she gave me the website that she always goes to, they supply all natural acai and at prices that can't be beat anywhere else online. It's finally my turn to look as good as my sister.

Vince,

I saw one of these Acai Berry Flogs (fake blogs) using your picture on banners… I was actually writing an email to you to notify you because I couldn't imaging you'd endorse this.

…But then I though, Wait he's a fitness model… Of course! They probably paid for the rights to use his picture. So I didn't email you.

LOL sorry bud I'll email you and let you know next time I see it because I've seen your pic on a few of these scam sites.

-Jeff

"impossible to contact these scum bags to get them to take them off because they live in foreign countries so the FTC can’t even get their hands on them"

Need to correct you there – may of them ARE in the US and the FTC could easily get their hands on them. Also all the CPA affiliate networks that run these offers are in the US and the FTC could easily go after them too.

The 3 biggest acai scams are based in Florida, Utah and Sherwood Park Canada, so the FTC (and Canadian equivalent) could (and should!) go after them. http://www.webcops.net/just_think_media_spam_scams_8001….

Vince. Hey dude. I found one of the slimeballs for ya – he even gives step by step instructions on how to scam people with a fake blog: http://www.ahaze.com/20/how-to-build-a-flog/

Website belongs to a dude called Bryan Shearer, up in Pennsylvania. http://whois.domaintools.com/ahaze.com http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Bryan+Sh...

Acai berry is a great fruit, it is those irresponsible seller that scam.