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Recent reports indicate that claims that Acai berry products help with weight loss, strengthen your heart, slow aging, and aid in colon cleansing, as well as enhance sexual desire, are not backed by science.  Additionally,  thousands of consumers are now complaining that the “free trial” offers for these products are anything but free.  For example, consumers are told that a trial offer is free and that they will be charged $5.00 for shipping.  Instead they find that they have been charged significantly more - one consumer complained that he never received a free bottle.  Instead, his bank account was hit for four bottles of the Acai berry product, at $69.95 per bottle.  

It is important to exercise extreme caution when one is tempted to give out debit card, credit card, or bank account information for any reason, including televsion and internet offers.

Recently I have heard of a car scam that is targeting senior citizens.  Routinely a man will flag down the person, tell him (or her) that there is something wrong with his car, and then offer to fix it for a cash fee.  The scam has taken different directions from there.  In several cases, the scammer’s accomplice gave the victim a ride to get money for the payment, and when they returned to the car, the scammer said the work was done, and the two disappeared.  Obviously, no work was done.  In another case, the victim was taken home to get money, and both money and jewelry were stolen.