Watch Out for A. Glenn Braswell
From a WashingtonPost.com article on recent Federal Trade Commission actions:
The FTC charged one of the largest U.S. direct-mail marketers of health-related products, A. Glenn Braswell, with making “false and unsubstantiated claims” for several dietary supplements. As advertised in the Journal of Longevity, a direct-mail ad posing as a health information magazine, and in other direct-mail promotions, Braswell targeted elderly consumers with misleading claims that Lung Support Formula, AntiBetic Pancreas Tonic, Gero Vita G.H.3, ChitoPlex and Testerex were scientific or medical “breakthroughs” that would cure, prevent or treat illnesses such as Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and emphysema. Braswell, whom the FTC nabbed in 1983 for marketing products to combat baldness and cellulite, is settling the latest charges: He is banned from most direct-response marketing and will pay $1 million and hand over $3.5 million in assets to the feds.
While I personally am among those who advocate acceptance of baldness, I understand that there are others who would prefer to find a way back to the land of follicular abundance. To this latter group I have two things to say
- Don’t let yourself get so desperate that you fail to do your homework; and…
- Remember that name: A. Glenn Braswell. He’s bound to re-surface, and based on the past anything he’s hawking is bound to be a scam.
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Baldiness » March Is Scams Awareness Month
Mar 4, 2007 at 11:05 pm
[…] Unscrupulous people are keen to play on insecurities in an effort to separate you from your hard earned cash. One of the first posts I wrote here at Baldiness was about Glenn Braswell, a man convicted for marketing phony baldness treatments. (Mr. Braswell has since died.) Mike Haley, Head of OFT Scambusters Team said: “Scammers exploit people’s desperate hopes for a miracle cure to their health problem. Not only are the products a waste of money but they can be dangerous, containing untested ingredients. We urge everyone who sees a miracle health advert to stop, think and think again. Take medical advice from your doctor or pharmacist before you buy any medicinal product by mail order or over the web.” (link) […]
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