Elemor Advanced Wrinkle Cream is YET ANOTHER SCAM

I have recently spotted a new variation of the Sally Field scam (complete with capital i/lowercase L dyslexia in the AdSense ads); this time, it advertises a product called "Elemor Advanced Wrinkle Cream". I will not link to the fake news article, as the only difference between this version and the Creme/Pink Diamond version is the name of the product being advertised. Stay away from Elemor Advanced Wrinkle Cream, and once again, don't believe everything you read on the Internet.

Return of the "Real Reason" Fake News (Tanya Kim has NOTHING to do with Essence of Argan)

This is more BS from Essence of Argan. It's yet another variant of the old fake news story saying that the "real reason" (citation needed) that actress/anchorwoman X (in this case, Tanya Kim) left TV show Y (in this case, CTV's Breakfast Television) is that she invented skincare product Z (in this case, Essence of Argan). This, of course, is utter bullshit, and the red flags are the classics ("Entertainment Today" layout, fake results, fake testimonials (with Canadian cities instead of American ones this time), fake comments, and a "free" trial offer). Here's a rare screenshot of their Ad of Fail:

As always, stay away from Essence of Argan, and don't believe everything you read online.

Yet Another Dragon's Den Fake News Article

This is yet another version of that fake news article claiming that a magic skin care product appeared on Dragon's Den. This time, it's Creme again, but the article calls it "Creme Ultime Ageless Cream" for some reason. There are a few differences from the most common version of this scam; they use a slight variation (specifically, it uses the British spelling of "Mum" instead of the American one) of the "Fit Mom Daily" logo used in the very first scam fake news pages (from circa 2007, advertising Garcinia Cambogia weight-loss products) instead of the "Entertainment Today" logo, the "AS SEEN IN" banner below the headline uses the logos of British tabloids instead of American ones, and the fake comments are slightly different. Of course, the red flags are the same old; the "free trial", the fake results, a variation of the "Entertainment Today" layout, and the aforementioned fake comments. As always, avoid Creme, and don't believe everything you read on the internet.

Seriously, Checkout Scammers, DON'T GO THERE

This is the sickest skincare scam I've seen in years. It uses Carrie Underwood's recent facial injury to advertise something called "Revyve Advanced". Using someone's injury to make money via affiliate marketing is wrong and bad. Back to the fake news article; it has the usual red flags ("Entertainment Today" layout, free trial, fake results, fake comments), and is vulnerable to the Voluumdata XSS Exploit. The comments are a better imitation of the actual Facebook commenting widget than most other fake news articles; they appear to have been copied from another (presumably non-scam) skincare product's Facebook page. Stay away from Revyve Advanced, and if any fake news scammers are reading this, don't try anything like this again.

EnduraFlex Rides Again (or: the Checkout Scammers STILL can't imitate the CNN site's layout)

This is yet another fake news story from EnduraFlex. This time, it tries to imitate the CNN site, and although the Checkout Scammers have made some improvements since the "Cornell University Student" weight loss scam, they still aren't there yet; the logo is still wrong (the real CNN website has it enclosed in a box) and the formatting is off. Speaking of the "Cornell University Student" scam, this fake news story contains a few "throwbacks" to it, including a fictional reporter named "Dr. Grant Pischner" (the Cornell student scam had a fictional reporter named "Suzanne Pischner"). Back to the story: it claims that "millions of older men are getting ripped in weeks!" (citation needed) thanks to EnduraFlex. It is written in a matter more suited to Buzzfeed than CNN, and is riddled with inconsistencies (the fake screenshots mention a product called "DSN Code Black" instead of EnduraFlex). The red flags are the same old: the fake comments, the fake "results", and the "free" trial offer (which links to the "AlphEnduraFlexesto" ordering page mentioned in my post about the Tiger Woods variant of the FakeESPN scam). Once again, stay away from EnduraFlex.

Tiger Woods does NOT use EnduraFlex - Yet Another Fake ESPN Site EXPOSED

This is more BS from EnduraFlex. It pretends to be the ESPN site AGAIN (where are the Disney lawyers when you need them?) It claims that Tiger Woods admitted to using EnduraFlex (citation needed). It then continues as a slight rehash of the old Sidney Crosby Alpha Force Testo fake news story, except with "NHL" search-and-replaced by "PGA", "Sidney Crosby" search-and-replaced by "Tiger Woods", "Alpha Force Testo" search-and-replaced by "Enduraflex Performance", and a few other minor edits. Therefore, the red flags are the same as that scam: the fake comments, the "free" trial offer, the fake "results", and the fact that the REAL ESPN site would never shill a supplement like this. The "free" trial ordering page being linked to by the fake news site appears to be a "missing link" between EnduraFlex and Alpha Force Testo (the "cdesign proponentsists" of FakeESPN-related muscle supplements - it would be even more obvious if it said "AlphEnduraFlexesto" somewhere), making the presentation as a whole (AdSense ad + fake news site + ordering page) even MORE suspicious-looking. The scammers appear to have switched back to that fancy iframe trick, but don't be fooled; the "checkout" subdomain is still there, and is still vulnerable to the Voluumdata XSS Exploit. Once again, stay away from EnduraFlex, and don't believe everything you read on the Internet.

Taking a break

I will be taking a break from this blog; I am seeing way too many new scam ads for me to debunk. I will be back to making scamvertisers cry later in 2018.

Sidney Crosby has NOTHING to do with EnduraFlex - Fake ESPN Site EXPOSED AGAIN

The Sidney Crosby FakeESPN Scam is back. The only difference between the new version and the version debunked in the Global News link is that "Alpha Force Testo" is search-and-replaced with "EnduraFlex Performance Enhancer". The red flags are the same; the "free" trial offer, the fake comments, the fake "results", and the fact that the REAL ESPN site would never shill a supplement like this. Note to any scamvertisers reading this: Search-and-replacing the name of the product won't help un-debunk one of your fake news articles. Once again, stay away from EnduraFlex.

Josh Brolin has NOTHING to do with EnduraFlex

This is another scamtastic fake news story; this time, it's promoting a muscle supplement called "EnduraFlex", which is just a rebadging of Alpha Force Testo (a.k.a. the Sidney Crosby FakeESPN Scam Supplement). The site pretends to be a magazine called "Men's Health Life", which is an obvious attempt to imitate the real Men's Health magazine without infringing on its trademarks (scamvertisers don't know very much about trademark infringement). The scammers are trying to cash in on the Deadpool 2 hype by using the likeness of Josh Brolin, who is playing the character "Cable", to lure unsuspecting fans into signing up for their 8000-CAD-per-month "free" trial. The red flags are classic; the "free" trial offer, the fake results, and the fake comments. Also note that the use of the phrase "legal steroid" in muscle supplement fake-news articles dates back to circa 2006-2007. As this fake news article is hosted on a "checkout" subdomain, it is vulnerable to the Voluumdata XSS Exploit, which the scammers haven't fixed yet; therefore, you can still turn the page into a wall of Goatse images by simply copy-pasting a short snippet of code into the URL bar. Avoid EnduraFlex, and once again, don't believe everything you read on the Internet.

Bill Gates has NOTHING to do with Intelligex - Fake Forbes Site EXPOSED

This is a fake news story from a website pretending to be Forbes. It claims that Bill Gates admitted to using a "smart drug" called Intelligex in a CNN interview. This is an obvious fake, recycled from a similar fake news story about Stephen Hawking after he (Hawking, not Gates) died. They even kept some of the Hawking references in there! The same old red flags are there: the "free trial" and the fake comments. (Note that the link to the "free trial" site is broken - oops.) There have been many brain-supplement-shilling fake news sites pretending to be Forbes over the years; the REAL Forbes has tried to sue the operators of these sites many times, but they (the fake news site operators, not Forbes) are apparently based in Bermuda, making it almost impossible for US-based companies (like Forbes) to file lawsuits against them. Stay away from Intelligex, and don't believe everything you read on the Internet.

Vanna White Scam Part II: Revenge of the Pink Diamond

This is a newer version of the Vanna White scam. There are a few differences; it uses a variation of the "Entertainment Today" layout instead of just copying everything from the People Magazine website, it advertises Pink Diamond instead of Ziladerm, and the fake news story itself is slightly different. However, the red flags (the free trial and the fake comments) are the same as every other skin care scam out there. Stay away from Pink Diamond, and don't believe everything you read on the Internet.

Shania Twain has NOTHING to do with Creme (+ XSS Security Hole in "checkout" Subdomains)

This is more BS from Creme. This time, they pretend that Shania Twain created it. There are the usual red flags (the "Entertainment Today" layout, the "free trial" offers, and the fake comments); the formatting used for the "trial" and the "comments" seems to have been butchered, and they forgot the IFRAME redirect. However, I just went into the "checkout" subdomain and discover it manually. I also discovered an XSS security hole in their "checkout" subdomains (I originally found it on a fake Vogue article that pretended that Melania Trump created Creme, which has since been taken down, but it works on every one of their sites that has a "checkout" subdomain). This has easily-exploitable results; the only things that DON'T work with it are "script" and "iframe src" tags (which are automatically emptied). Here is an example, with a wall of goatse replacing the aforementioned Shania Twain article. Once again, avoid Creme, and if the scammers are reading this, they should fix the security hole.

UPDATE: They actually set up the redirect (using the traditional methods instead of the fancy IFrame), and changed the fake news to advertise Pink Diamond. The security hole is still there.

Online casinos: promising bitcoins to trap players (English translation)

(This is an English translation of a Radio-Canada article that exposes the identity of the rogue Casino Awards affiliate. Copyright 2018 CBC/Radio-Canada. All Rights Reserved.)

CBC/Radio-Canada has discovered an international network of fake news sites that attempts to make Canadians believe that they will earn hundreds of dollars by registering for an online casino. The misleading articles argue among other things that bet $10 is equivalent to making an investment in bitcoins, and that players are "virtually guaranteed to make at least $250".

By Jeff Yates

"Here. Finally. In Canada. You have a one-way ticket for billions of Bitcoins", announces a January 31st post on the "My Bitcoin Canada" Facebook page. In the video, we see a young woman supposedly win $1,000,000 by playing on an online casino.

The link in the post takes the user to a news article on an obscure site called "Tribune News Now". "If you are from Canada, you are about to become really rich: this Bitcoin casino is a real cash cow and Canadian residents make millions," it says.

The article states that a Quebecer named Jonathan Desormeaux has won more than 13 million dollars by betting his last $10 at this casino.

In addition, the supposed functioning of this "new online casino" is explained.  "The casino takes the $10 deposit made by the players and instantly changes it into Bitcoins before reselling it for dollars. It is rumored this is how the casino makes its money; they use the players as instant investors in Bitcoin. The average player receive about $250 to $300 from his initial bet but some players gain larger amounts"

However, the article sends us to the site of a typical online casino that has nothing to do with bitcoins. The page asks the user to register and make a deposit of $10. The casino does not promise the player automatic winnings of several hundred dollars, contrary to the article. This is actually a fraudulent cost-per-action marketing (CPA) scheme.

How does CPA marketing work?

When a partner signs up for a CPA program, he earns money each time a user who has been referred does something on their website. In this case, the site owner earns a certain amount when a user who has been referred to the casino page registers and makes a deposit of $10. The fake news described above is used to lie to the user and encourage him to deposit $10 under false premises.

An international network:

In addition to the fraudulent ads targeting Canadians, we found similar fake news stories on related sites that target other countries, such as the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Finland, India, Iceland, Norway, New Zealand, Russia, Sweden and Slovakia. These ads use identical tactics to try to dishonestly convince people in these countries to sign up for online gambling sites.

Other fake news articles exist to sell beauty products. One, for example, falsely claims that a young skin care business owner won a major contract on Dragon's Den . The article also contains fake quotes from celebrities, such as Jennifer Aniston and Celine Dion. Users are then invited to click on a link which supposedly allows you to buy a free sample of the aforementioned skin care product.

Radio-Canada managed to find the owners of these sites, two South Africans named Paul Domanski and Shaun Van Doorn. Their marketing company, Yazimedia, has registered no less than 126 sites in the last few years, according to a search done using DomainTools. On many of these sites, one can find the aforementioned fake news.

On one of these sites, Radio-Canada found a screenshot of what appears to be a dashboard that compares the performance of several CPA advertising campaigns. According to the screenshot, 19 different fake news campaigns appear to have generated 111,000 visits and made Yazimedia about $164,000. The fake articles targeting Canadians seem to have been visited about 20,000 times and generated an income of about $32,000. It was impossible to determine when Yazimedia got the money.

Unlike traditional ads, where the advertiser gets a fixed amount for each click or impression, CPA ads may generate varying amounts depending on the agreement with the advertiser. At the Casino Rewards group, which these advertisements promote, affiliates can choose three income options : either they earn $50 each time a customer they referred to the casino signs up, or they earn a percentage of all the money this customer loses at the casino.

A dubious practice:

When contacted, Loto-Québec insisted that the only legal games of chance in the province of Québec, whether on the Internet or in real life, are those licensed by them.

There are several scams on the Internet. When an offer seems too good to be true, one must be very careful. If you find advertisements of this type on a social media site, it is recommended to report them as soon as possible to the administrators of the website so that they can act accordingly.

Neither Yazimedia nor the Casino Rewards group, which benefits from these fraudulent advertisements, responded to Radio-Canada emails.

Casino Rewards owns some 30 online casinos and encourages Internet users to join its CPA program. On the page for affiliates, it is explained that they are not allowed to make a promotional campaign that "breaks a law, that is published on a site that violates copyright, or that could tarnish the reputation of Casino Rewards". It is not clear, however, whether or not it is permissible to lie to the audience or to use fake news in advertisements.

Pink Diamond renames itself back to Creme

The Jennifer Aniston scam is back, and so is the product name "Creme Anti-Aging Moisturizer". I also found a version of the Sally Field scam in the "checkout" subdomain of a site that had failed to set up the redirect; that one's also gone back to Creme. AVOID THIS PRODUCT LIKE THE PLAGUE, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THEY RENAME THEMSELVES.

Joel and Victoria Osteen have NOTHING to do with BioDermRX

There is a new fake news story from the BioDermRX team. It pretends to be People Magazine, and claims that Joel and Victoria Osteen have resigned from their church and created BioDermRX. This is total bullshit, and I think I read a story on a Houston local news site where they denied it. The usual red flags (free trials, fake comments, etc. etc.) are there, as always; I have also been seeing their AdSense ads while using an USA-based VPN, making this a rare example of an international scam campaign. I couldn't link the fake news story via Archive.is because the scammers used a redirect to Google to defeat archiving services; as a consolation, here is a Pastebin link.

UPDATE: They've changed it to mention another product called "Perlelux" (which they misspelled as "Prerelux"). Still the same old.

UPDATE 2: They've changed it again, this time to advertise Creme.

UPDATE 3: Back to "Prerelux" (sic) again.

UPDATE 4: A few of their ads (and redirection sites) are still up, but the actual code that redirects you from the landing page to the fake news story has been removed.

Chantel St. Claire is just another name for Creme/Pink Diamond

Recently, I found another version of the Sally Field fake news story. Instead of Creme or Pink Diamond, it advertises a product called "Chantel St. Claire". (I am not linking to it, as the only difference is the name of the product.) Do not buy this product; it is the same scam as before.

UPDATE: They changed it back to Pink Diamond. Again, same old.

Pauley Perrette Scam 2: Crappy Edition

This is Pink Diamond's version of the Pauley Perrette scam. There are a lot of differences between this one and Essence of Argan's (besides the name of the product, of course); these include crappy formatting, bad grammar, and improperly-stretched images. The team at Pink Diamond appears to be really bad at basic HTML; this version looks half-assed compared to Argan's. The red flags are the same: "free trial" links, made-up results, and fake comments. Once again, stay away from Pink Diamond.

Meghan Markle Scam Part 2: New Layout, Same Scam

This is a slightly different version of the Meghan Markle scam. There are multiple differences from the earlier version:

• It doesn't pretend to be People Magazine, and instead uses a variation of the "Entertainment Today" layout.
• The fake news story itself is based on the Kate Middleton scam instead of the Joanna Gaines scam.
• Instead of Creme or Pink Diamond, it advertises a different product called "Derm Naturale Skin Care".
• The fake results are replaced with additional fake celebrity endorsements.
• There are fake comments copy-pasted from the Kate Middleton scam.

The other red flags are the same; no real news outlet would provide "free trial" offers and it's still basically the same old. Do not buy Derm Naturale, and don't believe everything you read on the Internet.

EDIT: They changed it to advertise Pink Diamond. Still the same old.

Meghan Markle Fake News Farm (Creme/Pink Diamond): IPWHOIS Info

This is some info related to the newest CHK/Creme/Pink Diamond fake news farm: the Meghan Markle scam. They are trying to capitalize off the upcoming Royal Wedding using a fake People Magazine article. The domain WHOIS isn't accurate, so I used an IP-lookup tool on the "checkout" subdomains (used to store the fake news itself) and then used an IPWHOIS tool on the resulting IP addresses.

theterraingym.com:

inetnum         94.23.179.0 - 94.23.179.127

netname         OVH_58178988

descr           OVH

country         IE

org             ORG-AG110-RIPE

admin-c         OTC9-RIPE

tech-c          OTC9-RIPE

status          ASSIGNED PA

mnt-by          OVH-MNT

created         2014-03-27T23:06:07Z

last-modified   2014-03-27T23:06:07Z

source          RIPE

organisation    ORG-AG110-RIPE

org-name        Adboom Group

org-type        OTHER

address         750 B Street

address         San Diego, CA

mnt-ref         OVH-MNT

mnt-by          OVH-MNT

created         2014-03-21T18:34:58Z

last-modified   2017-10-30T16:27:33Z

source          RIPE # Filtered

role            OVH IE Technical Contact

address         OVH Hosting Limited

address         5 Fitzwilliam Place

address         Dublin 2

address         Ireland

admin-c         OK217-RIPE

tech-c          GM84-RIPE

nic-hdl         OTC9-RIPE

abuse-mailbox   abuse@ovh.net

mnt-by          OVH-MNT

created         2009-09-16T15:41:10Z

last-modified   2009-09-16T15:41:10Z

source          RIPE # Filtered

route           94.23.0.0/16

descr           OVH ISP

descr           Paris, France

origin          AS16276

mnt-by          OVH-MNT

created         2008-07-15T16:59:42Z

last-modified   2008-07-15T16:59:42Z

source          RIPE # Filtered

thefitbuzz.com:

inetnum         54.36.68.64 - 54.36.68.127

netname         OVH_150179966

country         FR

descr           Failover Ips

org             ORG-NE28-RIPE

admin-c         OTC2-RIPE

tech-c          OTC2-RIPE

status          LEGACY

mnt-by          OVH-MNT

created         2017-09-01T08:48:25Z

last-modified   2017-09-01T08:48:25Z

source          RIPE

organisation    ORG-NE28-RIPE

org-name        Nordyke Eric

org-type        OTHER

address         390 North Ave

address         15301 Houston

address         US

phone           +1.4122166063

mnt-ref         OVH-MNT

mnt-by          OVH-MNT

created         2016-06-29T07:16:03Z

last-modified   2017-10-30T16:50:51Z

source          RIPE # Filtered

role            OVH Technical Contact

address         OVH SAS

address         2 rue Kellermann

address         59100 Roubaix

address         France

admin-c         OK217-RIPE

tech-c          GM84-RIPE

tech-c          SL10162-RIPE

nic-hdl         OTC2-RIPE

abuse-mailbox   abuse@ovh.net

mnt-by          OVH-MNT

created         2004-01-28T17:42:29Z

last-modified   2014-09-05T10:47:15Z

source          RIPE # Filtered

route           54.36.0.0/16

origin          AS16276

mnt-by          OVH-MNT

created         2017-10-06T07:57:47Z

last-modified   2017-10-06T07:57:47Z

source          RIPE

themastermuscle.com:

inetnum         94.23.179.0 - 94.23.179.127

netname         OVH_58178988

descr           OVH

country         IE

org             ORG-AG110-RIPE

admin-c         OTC9-RIPE

tech-c          OTC9-RIPE

status          ASSIGNED PA

mnt-by          OVH-MNT

created         2014-03-27T23:06:07Z

last-modified   2014-03-27T23:06:07Z

source          RIPE

organisation    ORG-AG110-RIPE

org-name        Adboom Group

org-type        OTHER

address         750 B Street

address         San Diego, CA

mnt-ref         OVH-MNT

mnt-by          OVH-MNT

created         2014-03-21T18:34:58Z

last-modified   2017-10-30T16:27:33Z

source          RIPE # Filtered

role            OVH IE Technical Contact

address         OVH Hosting Limited

address         5 Fitzwilliam Place

address         Dublin 2

address         Ireland

admin-c         OK217-RIPE

tech-c          GM84-RIPE

nic-hdl         OTC9-RIPE

abuse-mailbox   abuse@ovh.net

mnt-by          OVH-MNT

created         2009-09-16T15:41:10Z

last-modified   2009-09-16T15:41:10Z

source          RIPE # Filtered

route           94.23.0.0/16

descr           OVH ISP

descr           Paris, France

origin          AS16276

mnt-by          OVH-MNT

created         2008-07-15T16:59:42Z

last-modified   2008-07-15T16:59:42Z

source          RIPE # Filtered

As you can see, the scammers are using OVH, a cloud hosting company that doesn't have write access to their own cloud servers, to store their fake news articles.

"Pink Diamond" is the SAME SCAM as Creme

Creme has changed their name to "Pink Diamond", and have updated their fake news articles to reflect this. It's still the same scam, of course; the same URLs are even used for the fake news sites! Do not buy Pink Diamond; same old scam is same old.

Vanna White has NOT been fired from Wheel of Fortune (at this point, I wouldn't be surprised if the scams are spreading malware)

This is a fake news story from a new challenger called "Ziladerm Anti-Aging Complex". This time, it's a fake People Magazine article pretending that Vanna White was fired from Wheel of Fortune (which, of course, will never happen; even after she dies, they will just remake her in CGI, synthesize her voice, and get a holographic projector) because she created Ziladerm (obviously not true). The red flags are the same; the fake results, the fake comment section, the "free trial" offer, and the fact that THE REAL PEOPLE MAGAZINE WOULD NOT SHILL A SKIN CREAM LIKE THIS. At this point, I probably wouldn't be surprised if I loaded a scam fake news article on Windows, closed the browser, opened up an anti-malware program, and ran a scan, and then it detected 200 trojans, 300 adware programs, and 150 PUPs.

Examples of Dyslexia from CHK/Creme Google Ads

Here is proof that someone at CHK/Creme has problems with spelling and grammar. Specific mistakes are highlighted in bold.

• "Nobody ever thought this is would be the end." - Sally Field scam ad linking to thegoldensole(dot)com
• "SaIIey FieId Iast Words - She WiII Be Remembered" - same ad as above (these are actually uppercase "i"'s instead of lowercase "L"'s; also, it's "Sally", not "Salley")
• "Princess MarkIe Leaves KIngdom - She WiII Be Missed" - Meghan Markle scam ad linking to theterraingym(dot)com (uppercase "i"/lowercase "L" dyslexia combined with uppercase/lowercase "I" dyslexia)
• "Friends TV Star'd Hidden Life - Jennifer Aniston's Empire" - Jennifer Aniston scam ad linking to persuasivesalonandspas(dot)com (probably a simple typo, but could still be dyslexia)
• "We Are HeartbrokenTo Hear This About Her" - same ad as above (again, may be typo and/or dyslexia)
• "Jen Anniston FinaI Words - She WiII Be Missed" - Jennifer Aniston scam ad linking to thefoodhavens(dot)com (misspelled last name combined with uppercase "i"/lowercase "L" dyslexia)
• "RaceI-Ray Gone For Good - Prayers Are Needed" -  Rachael Ray scam ad linking to kinkykurlssalon(dot)com (I already pointed out how sick this is, but the missing "ha", uppercase "i"/lowercase "L" dyslexia, and space/hyphen-minus dyslexia makes it even more cringey)

Proof that a single person is behind almost all of my most hated scams

• When the Sidney Crosby fake news farm was making way for the Kate Middleton fake news farm, I saw one Kate Middleton site using the Sidney Crosby farm's custom CMS instead of the Kate Middleton farm's usual combination of Wordpress, a "checkout" subdomain, and a redirect trick.
• The Kate Middleton guys later made more scams; they are listed on my Wikiversity fake news study as "CHK".
• CHK disappeared in mid-November 2017, but later came back in January 2018 to shill a skin care product called Creme Anti-Aging Moisturizer  They are hiding the redirect using complicated IFrames, but the archive.is loading page still lists "checkout" subdomains if you put one of their scam pages in the URL box and hit "enter", revealing their trick. Also, they're using the same stock images in the ads as they did before.
• Finally, I recently saw one of the fake CBC site's "Canada is Doomed" ads using one of CHK/Creme's favourite stock images.

You just got busted, kid. Give up now.

To Creme: STOP TRYING, YOU IDIOTS.

Seriously Creme, STOP IT WITH THE FAKE NEWS. Nobody will fall for it, and the bills (Amazon+Namecheap+OVH+Adsense) will probably end up costing more than you guys can afford. I'm actually getting pissed at you guys, and I cringe every time I see one of your fake news ads. I wish you guys would get actual lives and get out of the Creme affiliate marketing program; it would make you much better people.

Dear Creme, PLEASE STOP TRYING. Meghan Markle has nothing to do with you, either.

This is another fake news story by Creme. This time, they're pretending to be People Magazine and are claiming that they were created by future Royal Family member Meghan Markle. The red flags are the same old: the comments don't work, the real People Magazine wouldn't link to "free trial" offers, and the results are fake. Again, they misspelled her name in the ad ("Princess Markie").
Creme is actually wasting money on this. (Google Adsense bills x how many adverts they're running) + (Amazon cloud bills) + (OVH web hosting bills x how many sites they have) + (Namecheap domain registration bills x how many domains they have) = a lot of CA$ owed to Google, Amazon, OVH, and Namecheap. Nobody will ever fall for the fake news, of course, so nobody will ever sign up for their fake "free" trial and get billed eight hundred dollars a month; this means they won't be able to pay for all of the fake news for very long.

Someone at Creme is REALLY sick and messed up

This is even more BS from Creme. This time, they pretend that Rachael Ray resigned from her talk show to sell Creme, which she supposedly (wait for it) created. The red flags are the same: the "Entertainment Today" layout, fake endorsements from other celebrities, fake results, free trial offers, and fake comments. That's not the bad part, though. The bad part is the associated Google Ad:

Whichever sicko thought this ad up needs to be fired from Creme. (They also made similar ads for their Sally Field and Jennifer Aniston scams, complete with misspellings "Saiiy Fieid" and "Jen Anniston".)

Jennifer Aniston Did NOT Create Creme

This is more BS from Creme. This time, they pretend that Jennifer Aniston created it. The red flags are the same old stuff: the "Entertainment Today" layout, the fake results, the free trial offers, and the fake comments. Stay away from Creme, and don't believe everything you read on the Internet.

Nice try, Creme. Kate Middleton does not have a "Secret $5 Skincare Empire". I hope a Royal lawyer will be seeing you guys in a British court.

This is why Hannah Vu needs to get a life. Seriously? You brought back the Kate Middleton scam, which was MY MOST HATED SCAM EVER?! I'm too angry to explain why this is BS, so I'll let this ScamDetector post explain. The only difference between the one debunked by ScamDetector and the newer one is that the newer one is part of the Creme skin care scam. SERIOUSLY, CREME, TAKE YOUR FAKE NEWS AND SHOVE IT. Here's Hannah's email address, for all the spambots out there: vbosio@yahoo.com

Ayesha Curry did NOT create Creme Anti Aging - Fake People Magazine Website EXPOSED

This is a weird one. It's a scam fake news story involving a athlete, but it's not part of the Fake ESPN muscle-building scam family. It instead pretends to be People Magazine, and claims that Steph Curry's wife, Ayesha, is having a domestic dispute involving (wait for it) a skin care line that she supposedly created called "Creme Anti Aging". This is BS; the results are copy-pasted from the ancient (by Internet standards) Joanna Gaines scam, and the "comment section", while surprisingly not containing any fake comments from satisfied consumers, doesn't actually work. Stay away from Creme Anti Aging, and don't believe everything you read on the Internet.

Goldie Hawn has NOTHING to do with Bonte

This is another scam from the Bonte folks. This time, it pretends that Goldie Hawn created Bonte. This is BS, and it's just the Sally Field scam with less italics, a different header image, and "Sally Field" search-and-replaced by "Goldie Hawn", so the red flags (the "Entertainment Today" layout, the constant repetition of "Bonte Wrinkle Cream with Eye Cream", the free trial, and the fake comments) are the same. This scam is particularly lazy, being a simple search-and-replace job. There's no way anyone would fall for this.

Sally Field Scam Part 2: Creme-tastic Boogaloo

This is another example of variations: it's the same fake news story detailed in our first post, but with two differences:

1. The italics problem has been fixed
2. The product advertised is called "Creme Anti-Aging Moisturizer"

The red flags are the same: the free trial, the fake comments, the amount of times "Creme Anti-Aging Moisturizer" is repeated, and the fact that all the links go to the order page. Once again, don't believe everything on the Internet.

More Fun with Layouts - Fake Yahoo News Site

This is a weird hybrid; the layout is from the "Cornell University Student" weight loss scam, but the CNN logo is replaced with a Yahoo logo and the fake news story is mostly copy-pasted from the Ashleigh Williams scam. Starex Labs Garcinia is once again the product being advertised.  There are still all the red flags - the comments are fake, the real Yahoo site would never provide "free trials", and this doesn't even look like the real Yahoo site. Scams like this must be stopped.

The Zuckerbergs didn't create Essence of Argan, either

This is another fake news story from Essence of Argan. It's the same as this earlier example, but the links and the name of the product are changed. This is a common tactic; after one version of a scam fake news story is debunked, they simply change the product being advertised and hope that nobody will see through it.
There are many other minor variations on scams. In more recent versions of the "Cornell University Student" weight-loss scam, they change the logo at the top of the page from the trademark of CNN to a graphic representing a fictional publication like "Viral Nutrition" or "Best Diets", presumably to prevent the lawyers for Time Warner and Turner Broadcasting from suing them.
There are many versions of a scam which advertises weight-loss pills, skin care products, or muscle supplements; some pretend that they were on Dragon's Den, but others pretend that they were on Shark Tank (a similar show that airs in the USA). This scam has many web design layouts, from the generic favourite "Entertainment Today" layout, to blatant copyright infringement of a circa-2015 version of the Fox News website's layout, to a version of the Entertainment Today layout with a header stolen from the current layout of the Fox News site.
And, of course, there was that muscle-supplement advertiser that ran a bunch of fake ESPN sites and used famous athletes' names without permission; they just changed the name of the athlete every few months. (They've been long gone now; they turned to skin care scams in late August 2017 and ended the fake ESPN campaign in early September before disappearing completely in mid-November, but have tried [and failed] to make a few comebacks since then.)
Scams must be stopped. Take action and ORGANIZE!

There Is NO Kelly Clarkson "Weight Loss Pill Scandal" - Fake Shape Magazine Website EXPOSED

This is a fake news site pretending to be Shape Magazine. (They aren't even trying; they used a variation of the "Entertainment Today" layout instead of copying the actual Shape website's layout.) Ir pretends that Kelly Clarkson got fired by Warner Music because she used a diet pill called "Nature's Slim". (More like Nature's SHITE, amirite?)
This is obviously bullshit, and none of the other celebrities mentioned in the article use it, either. There are a lot of red flags, including the fake comments and the fact that all the links go to the Nature's Slim order page. Stay away from any product advertised using fake news.

Fake CBC Site run by Rogue Affiliate EXPOSED

This is more fake news from a rogue Casino Rewards affiliate. It pretends to be the CBC News site, and says that one of CR's online casinos has a hidden loophole that allows you to make money fast. This is not true. There are many red flags; the comments are fake and the real CBC site would not shill an online casino like this. BOYCOTT CASINO REWARDS until the rogue affiliate is removed.

BioDermRX was NEVER on Shark Tank - Fake Fox News Site EXPOSED

This is more fake news from BioDermRX. It's the same as the Dragon's Den scam except for a few things:

• It pretends that they were on Shark Tank (an American show) instead of Dragon's Den
• It pretends to be the Fox News website
• There are added grammar errors

There are a lot of red flags; the real Fox News site would never provide "free trials", all the links go to the BioDermRX ordering page, and the comments are fake. Stay away from BioDermRX, and don't believe everything you read on the Internet.