Tag: Health and Weight Loss Scams

People spend billions of dollars a year on products and treatments to try to improve their health and fitness.

People are living longer than ever before.

Here at the FTC, we’ve seen people pitching COVID treatments like gemstone bead bracelets, water filtration systems, indoor tanning with red

Scammers follow the headlines. They take advantage of what’s happening in the news to find new ways to get people to part with their money.

As part of its ongoing efforts to protect consumers from sellers of scam COVID-19 treatments,

The FTC continues to seek out and warn sellers who peddle so-called Coronavirus treatments with no proof they work.

Every day we are reading about researchers studying potential ways to prevent, treat or cure COVID-19.

Last month, the FTC and FDA sen