How to avoid being scammed

Hi Friends,

Be aware of the following SCAM pattern:

1- A new member shows up;

2- In a few days, this member starts posting before/after pictures to tease the other members;

3- The member creates another post mentioning that he/she knows an amazing product that cures vitiligo, that was responsible for the before/after improvement;

After a certain time, that varies...

4- The member advocates an specific website that sells it.

When real friends show up, they talk about their knowledge of  good products without teasing anybody.  They feel happy about exchanging experiences.  They might show pictures reactively, if questioned by other friends...

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  • Flavio,

    do you know this product :

    http://www.vitigo-creme.de/1/products/service/

    Is it the same vitigo scam?

    • It's different.  From a German company.

      The contact info is:

      Hilmi at  hilmi.saleh@menapharm.com

      They also sell a rheumatoid arthritis  product.  Curious?

      Their prices are:

      Mena arthro Plus bottle 1x500ml =72 Dollars
      VitiGO Tube 1x50ml = 35,95 Dollar

      I don't have enough info to conclude if it's scam. 

      Personally, I don't believe it's a cure.  Maybe it's a good anti-oxidant...

      Remember that vitiligo must be addressed from inside too.

  • It is shameful what he is doing. But a fraudster has no sense of shame or guilt because it's his job being a fraud therefore he has no remorse for his actions.
    Flavio you have made it quite clear what he is up to. The proofs-
    A) Change of name from Revitilize to Vitigo
    B) no list of ingredients
    C) no name of company or firm making the product
    D) the sham website
    E) and now these photographs(who anybody can tell have been worked upon)

    All this clearly show that this is a fake product. You have worked very hard in demonstrating this, so thank you.
    Having a rule of no marketing of products and keeping scamsters at bay is of no use until it's acted upon once in a while.
    Such people must be banned from the website and their IP addresses be reported to the Federal police if they are based in the U.S.A.
    Otherwise next we will be having a situation when some poor people being misguided by such claims go ahead and buy such a product and then after realising that they have been cheated file a complaint with the relevant authorities and thereafter it will be upto the authorities how to determine their location and true identities.
    My opinion in this matter is the same as yours that such people must not be allowed to be here in the first place and must be deleted before they do any harm or cause loss to people.
    • i agree police should be involved in all this fake cured vitiligo products scams websites 

      stealing money from good hard working people with skin problems 

      they deserve some jail time 

  • Hi Friends,

    I have just accessed  that patetic site that sells Vitigo SCAM.  They've just posted  before/after hand pictures from a certain imaginary person called Ryan Tyler.  Please see below the fraud:

    1- They say that the "after" picture (#2)  was taken 4 months later.  However, both pictures are exact the same.  How can you take 2 pictures, with 4 month time difference, and have the same photo framework?  See the shade, the distance between the fingers, the curves, etc.

    Is it a joke?  Does he think we are stupid?  He is playing with our feelings...

    It's a crime !  Fraud !

    The second picture was clearly retouched by Photoshop. 

    2472621094?profile=original

    2- In case someone doesn't believe in what I'm saying,  I decide to highlight  with a white circle some green pixels from the original picture (#1), i.e., with part of the original backgrond.  Please see some green pixels.

    He will probably fix it after reading this post.

    This SCAM attempt has to stop...

  • Well thought decision
  • i have decided not to buy any more products claiming to cure vitiligo 

    until theres a real cure real product 

    • As a matter of fact, I tried all of them.  Some of them helped with re-pigmentation because of their anti-oxidant effect, but followed by de-pigmentation later on.

      Everybody has the right to try. I'm just expressing my experiece to enrich friends' decision.

      It was hard to me to understand the whole vitiligo mechanism, which I keep on trying hard to make it available to anyone at www.vitiligomap.com.

      When any reasonable product comes up, I do consider a try as a boost,  since Functional Treatment has been a reality to me for a while.

      On the other hand,  the Scam seller pattern is always the same.  When I see it, I have no doubt!

      • Apparently , i was told the single biggest cause of autoimmune conditions  is viruses.  Has anybody taken a   viral test??

        • It's not completely true. 

          Viruses cause oxidative stress, which is one of the main causes of vitiligo, since it weakens cell adhesion by generating hydrogen peroxide.

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