Unfortunately and with so many other online businesses, the hair replacement industry has not been immune to fraudulent activities and scams. Many unsuspecting people who have been having genuine issues with hair loss and are looking for legitimate replacement procedures or techniques have been victimized by scam artists. Some have been scammed out of thousands of dollars when trying to find a hair replacement product or technique that will work for them. Here are a few things to look for in order to determine whether or not what you are looking at is fraudulent or a scam.
Hair replacement cures, lotions, and potions – thousands of us are subjected daily to misleading and persuasive advertising campaigns regarding hair loss and how to cure it. Billions of dollars have been lost and wasted by unsuspecting consumers as a result of these practices.
The use of misleading words in marketing – since companies cannot legally claim that their hair replacement products stop hair loss and result in re-growth, they will typically weave words and phrases into their advertising in order to con you into purchasing their products. Vague claims such as “fuller, thicker hair” are quite common in this type of advertising.
False testimonials – as with so many other industries, many internet hair replacement websites will use false testimonials in order to dupe unsuspecting consumers into purchasing their products. In fact, many of them will create the testimonials themselves and attach “dummy” names and locations to these testimonials in order to convince you even further.
Phony photographs – another trick that scam artists in the hair replacement industry oftentimes employ is the use of pirated or phony “before and after” photographs. These are nothing less than an outright lie. In fact, the before and after scalp shots won’t even be the same person, although they will look so similar that you won’t be able to tell whether or not it’s a hoax.
In closing, many people have asked us why it is that these hair replacement scams are not labeled as being illegal. You would think that these advertisements and marketing campaigns would be stopped by the FDA, especially if the product is not FDA approved. The reason for this is simple – the FDA cannot stop these scam artists from doing this because they cannot legally do so, especially if the product claims to contain an FDA approved ingredient even though the product itself is not approved.
