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Let the truth be known", the site allows competitors, and not just consumers, to post comments. The Ripoff Report home page also says: "Complaints Reviews Scams Lawsuits Frauds Reported, File your review. Consumers educating consumers", which allows a reasonable inference that the Ripoff Report encourages negative content.
Scams and confidence tricks are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type. Throughout this list, the perpetrator of the confidence trick is called the "con artist" or simply "artist", and the intended victim is the "mark".
Undue Medical Debt, formerly RIP Medical Debt, [1] is a Long Island City–based 501(c)(3) charity [2] focused on the elimination of personal medical debt. [3] Founded in 2014 by former debt collection executives Jerry Ashton and Craig Antico, [4] the charity purchases portfolios of income-qualifying medical debt from debt collectors and healthcare providers, and then relieves the debt. [5]
A review by the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center found no evidence that the Hoxsey Therapy was effective as a treatment for cancer. [48] Issels treatment – a regime recommended to be used alongside conventional treatment. It requires removal of metal fillings from the patient's mouth, and adherence to a restrictive diet.
Uttar Pradesh NRHM Scam is an alleged corruption scandal in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, in which top politicians and bureaucrats are alleged to have siphoned off a massive sum estimated at ₹ 100 billion (US$1.2 billion) [1] from the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), a central government program meant to improve health care delivery in rural areas.
Some critics of alternative medicine are focused upon health fraud, misinformation, and quackery as public health problems, notably Wallace Sampson and Paul Kurtz founders of Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine and Stephen Barrett, co-founder of The National Council Against Health Fraud and webmaster of Quackwatch. [201]
Satsuma Loans charged a typical annual percentage rate of 991% as of March 2017, with a maximum interest rate of 1,575%. [ 2 ] Satsuma used to lend up to £1,000 to first time customers which could be borrowed over a 12-month period, incurring an interest charge of £990 on a £1,000 loan. [ 3 ]
Mannatech Inc. is a publicly traded, multinational multi-level marketing firm that sells dietary supplements and personal care products. It was founded in November 1993 by Samuel Caster, and is headquartered in Flower Mound, Texas.