You see the ads everywhere these days—“Smart Drugs” for long life or “Arthritis Aches and Pains Disappear Like Magic!” or even statements claiming, “This treatment cured my cancer in 1 week.” It’s easy to understand the appeal of these promises. But there is still plenty of truth to the old saying, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!”
Health scams and the marketing of unproven cures have been around for many years. Today, there are more ways than ever to sell these untested products. In addition to TV, radio, magazines, newspapers, infomercials, mail, telemarketing, and even word-of-mouth, these products are now offered over the Internet—with websites describing miracle cures and emails telling stories of overnight magic. Sadly, older people are often the target of such scams.
Yes, it's about as low as it gets - and it's all too common.
Posted by: Carol Bradley Bursack | Monday, August 31, 2009 at 03:53 PM
It's terrible what some people will do. I can't stand to hear about people preying on seniors.
Posted by: Elizabeth | Monday, August 31, 2009 at 03:33 PM