Celebrity Justice
Fake Rachael Ray Ad -- Read the Fine Print

How can you tell a shady looking ad featuring Rachael Ray might not be legit? They spell her name wrong!

Rachael Ray

An email blast for a product called Natural Acai is making its way across the Internet. It features a picture of Rachael Ray and the email even says it's from her. But alas -- Rachael has nothing to do with the product.

Ray's reps tell us this has been an ongoing problem. Several different Acai berry websites have popped up using Ray's image -- all because Ray has mentioned Acai on her show. Each time a site like this pops up, Ray's people get it taken down.

Look for this one to bite the dust shortly.

Tags: acai berry, AcaiBerry, false advertising, FalseAdvertising, natural acai, NaturalAcai, rachael ray, RachaelRay

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16. who would be dumb enough to order this without reading the small print??
Of course it's a scam and they want your account number to charge you for more each month. There are so many products like that. New one born everyday.

Posted at 8:21AM on Jun 11th 2009 by Lisa

17. Boo Hoo. Who xxxking cares???

Posted at 10:13AM on Jun 11th 2009 by Jim

18. TMZ your funny dont you read your own sponsored ads you have on your site they advertises on your site and you make money from it.

Posted at 11:13AM on Jun 11th 2009 by Jdog

19. That ACAI Berry should be turned over the to better business bureau - Its a big farce and money scheme - I wanted to try the so called Free Sample for 4.99 - little did I know in of course the fine print is they add you to there montly program and after I wast able to get everthing canceled (several calls) I was out at least 200.00 bucks ITS A SCAM

Posted at 11:17AM on Jun 11th 2009 by Valerie

20. The halarious thing is, take a look at all the ads on this site for 'diet secrets' or '1 trick to a flat belly'

THEY PROMOTE THE SAME STUFF!!!

hahahahahaha

Posted at 12:22PM on Jun 11th 2009 by DudeLove

21. I fell for this when they did it with Oprahs picture. I felt if she was endorsing it it must be a reliable company and a good product. Well.....they sent me 2 items I didnt order and put 150 on my card which I was never able to get back even though I returned the products. They also tried to monthly charge my card until I cancelled it.
These people selling this ACAI product are CROOKS DO NOT FALL FOR THESE ADS!!!!!

Posted at 12:37PM on Jun 11th 2009 by Beth

22. I fell for this when they did it with Oprahs picture. I felt if she
was endorsing it it must be a reliable company and a good product.
Well.....i was only to pay the s&h for 4.95 but instead they sent me 2 items I didnt order and put 150,00 on my card
which I was never able to get back even though I returned the
products. They also tried to put a monthly charge my card until I cancelled
it.
These people selling this ACAI product are CROOKS DO NOT FALL FOR
THESE ADS!!!!!

Posted at 12:40PM on Jun 11th 2009 by Beth

23. Yeah - aside from Rachael ray ads - i also see a lot of oprah too.
fake fake fake all of them - they endorse nothing

Posted at 1:49PM on Jun 11th 2009 by goldieok

24. Well i see these advertised a lot on facebook. Or they used to be LOL....oprah or rachael ray they claim "endorse the product" lol.....only because they mentioned it. I just ignore them.....obviously a scam.

Posted at 2:45PM on Jun 11th 2009 by like butts, we all have opinions

25. I too am
trying to get my money back $87.13 two times charged to my cc on the same day, phone number on the my account
is a fax number. Their customer nunmber is a recording with the 3 choices, when you punch 3 for a customer service rep the recording starts over and tells you to press O for a customer service rep, which starts the recording over again. I hope someone can get this place closed down,.....

Posted at 2:45PM on Jun 11th 2009 by Got Taken

26. that sucks you guys got scammed, just read that after responding to thread. In the future, never trust these "free trials"...they all have a catch to them. I once did this with a weightloss product for 5 bucks, they charged me like 30 bucks and WOULD NOT refund me when i tried to cancel the next day...took several calls and finally got it cancelled as i NEVER received the product to begin with. That was several years ago.....i have never fallen for any other product again.

ALSO if this product claims to lose weight and be healthy, why is oprah struggling with weight? Wouldn't she be as thin as they "claim" this product works if she used it...or endorsed it???...fishy. If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.

Posted at 3:11PM on Jun 11th 2009 by like butts, we all have opinions

27. Ray has a giveaway website which DOES include a supposed 14-day "free" trial for ACAIPURE which can be construed as endorsement. To make matters worse, the site also has a similar "free" trial offer for COLOPURE which is anything but a free trial. The company claims it is not misleading to call it a free trial because you only pay a little bit plus s&h for them to ship the free product and then a little more than 14 days later they charge your credit card full price (about $40) for what you thought was a free trial offer. It's a scam and since it's on http://www.rachelraygiveaway.com/entertainment/rose-and-heather-macdowell-on-rachael-ray/ people get screwed

Posted at 4:59PM on Jun 11th 2009 by oc

28. Yes, I fell for the add. But I managed to get my money back. Thing is, the 14 day period is from the day you order. Say I order on day 1, the payment is made five days later day 5 or 6, I recieve product on day 10, haven't had the chance to see if I like the product for the thirty day trial to see if I like it and find an 85.00 charge on my card. Fortunately my bank settled the dispute in my favor. I had called the # to complain and got a third world party that wasnot helpful in the least(three times asking for supervisor w/o success). No more

Posted at 5:36PM on Jun 11th 2009 by Sam

29. Ok, Seriously...I work in fraud and I see Hundreds of people who click on these stupid Acai ads and give their card # expecting a "free triel." First off, if it was free there would be no need for your card #, Second, quit clicking on those stupid ads and then calling your bank claiming fraud on these charges when you KNEW in the beginning that it seemed fishy and you PROVIDED YOUR CARD number. But still expect your bank/credit union to take a loss on your stupidity, give me a break, it will just be denied. Thought I would share...

Posted at 3:07PM on Jun 13th 2009 by Mexitot

30. Tragic!!!!! How retarded do people have to be to believe this? If they're ordering this stuff off the 'net, wouldn't they think to look for a link to the real Rachael Ray website? And wouldn't this site selling a product that she doesn't even seem to mention on her real website and blog be a red flag? PS: the ads on this very site link to other fake blogs selling the same product under the guise of that crap talking about losing weight following "this 1 simple rule."

Posted at 10:28PM on Jun 18th 2009 by Benjamin Reilly

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