A woman says she was scammed after she bought a weight-loss product that she believed to be endorsed by Oprah Winfrey.
The pink salt weight loss supplement claimed it mimics the effects of the GLP-1 weight loss drug, Mounjaro, for a fraction of the cost.
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The problem was Winfrey did not endorse the product, nor did she create the video.
The video was created using deep-fake AI technology.
“Someone is out there misusing my name,” said Winfrey.
Suzanne Spangler said she decided to use the product due to the supposed endorsement from Winfrey. When the product arrived, she knew something was off.
She said there was no paperwork and the pills arrived in a “strange green bottle”. She was charged over $300 and tried to return to the seller’s address in Florida.
The shipping store told her that the return address was for a car shop, and she has since been unable to track down the company that sold it.
Spangler said she will never trust a celebrity endorsement again.
As technology progresses, it is becoming harder to tell what is real and what is fake. The key takeaway, Oprah does not endorse any weight-loss supplement.
If Oprah is telling you to buy one, it probably isn’t her. Don’t waste your money.