Acai Berry Supplement Exposed  

Justice may move slowly, but at least it is finally moving. On 8/18 the Attorney General of Illinois announced they are bringing a suit against 3 different Acai companies that have scammed and deceived customers. In addition, Harpo, Inc - producers of the Oprah Winfrey show - filed a trademark infringement suit against 40 internet marketers of dietary supplements such as Acai.

You Go Oprah - Stick it to Them!

Our regular readers are sick to death of us writing about Acai scams. In case you missed any of our posts, will put some links at the bottom of this article. Here is the quick summary - Acai Free Trail Scam companies have been ripping off consumers for over a year now and we have been screaming for the FDA, FTC, Attorney Generals, BBB - anyone to put an end to this! It now looks like Oprah and Attorney General Lisa Madigan are finally putting a dent in the Acai scams.

Extreme Acai Berry, Pure Acai Berry Pro and Pure Acai Berry Burn - You’ve been served!

“For thousands of dieters, the quest for a miracle product has become a nightmare,” said Attorney General Madigan. “Far too often, consumers end up losing their money – not weight – in these deals.”

We couldn’t have said it better ourselves… oh wait we did in our post “How I Lost $90 in 30 Days Using the Acai Berry” - anyway, we are glad an Attorney General finally said it.

Two manufacturers were hit with lawsuits - Advanced Wellness Research (now called Netalab) and Crush LLC (owned by TMP Nevada, Inc). Advanced Wellness Research is responsible for the acai products called -Pure Acai Berry Pro and New Pure Acai Berry Burn. Crush LLC is behind the Extreme Acai Berry.

Sleazy Internet Marketers… You are on the Hook for This Too!

The third lawsuit that Attorney General Madigan filed was against Amirouch - an affiliate marketer for free trial Acai scam products. We find this very interesting and positive as it is the first time a company that did not make the Acai scam product was hit with a lawsuit. These affiliate marketers do fake review blogs, fill your email box with spam and cover Google with bogus Acai weight loss sites. Up until now these marketers thought they were safe from the law because they didn’t directly sell the Acai products, they pushed the consumers to other sites that filled the orders. Well guess what - if you lie, deceive and trick consumers - you are still breaking the law! We hope other Attorney Generals will follow the lead of Madigan and go after everyone who has a hand in the deception in the land of Acai.

Is All Acai a Scam?

We seem to write so much about Acai scams, readers may have the impression that all Acai products are scams. That is only true 99% of the time Seriously, real freeze dried Organic Acai that is pure and sold in a legitimate manner is great. We are big fans of the Perfect Acai and their Acai Consumer Bill of Rights - kind of the exact opposite of the rest of the industry.

What Can You Do if You Have been scammed on Acai Products?

We recommend you file a complaint with the Illinois Attorney General - instructions are here -

Illinois Attorney General Website

Additional Resources:

Read the Full Press Release from Illinois Attorney General Madigan

How I Lost $90 in 30 Days Using the Acai Berry

What Did Oprah and Dr Oz Really Say About Acai