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HCSMs – Sham Heath Care “solutions” that are scamming lots of people

March 9, 2022January 25, 2022 by Dave
Sharity

Health Care Sharing Ministries masquerade as health insurance providers. They are not. They have no legal obligation to pay any claims.

Categories consumer, Health, law, Medicine, religion, scam Tags HCSM, healthcare, john oliver, scam, Sharity Leave a comment

Prosperity Gospel Scamvangelist scamming people from Jail

November 24, 2021 by Dave
Prosperity Gospel Preacher scamming people from Jail

Prosperity Gospel Scamvangelist, Todd Coontz, is currently in jail for scamming people. He is also still actively scamming people from jail.

Categories law, religion, scam, Skepticism, weird Tags law, Prosperity Gospel, scam, Todd Coontz Leave a comment

Claim: The Bible Is My Flu Shot and I Don’t Need the COVID Vaccine

January 27, 2022November 15, 2021 by Dave
scamvangelist

Scamvangelist Kenneth Copeland tells his audience that you don’t need any vaccines, just reading the bible is all you need to stay healthy.

Categories religion, weird Tags covid, Kenneth Copeland, religion, scam, weird Leave a comment

Goop cons the gullible with “treatments” for Long Covid

March 3, 2021 by Dave
goop a very modern snake oil

Long Covid is quite distinctly real. The pseudoscientific nonsense that Goop offers to supposedly alleviate it is not.

Categories scam, Skepticism Tags COVID-19, GOOP, health, scam, snake oil, wellbeing Leave a comment

The SmartDot EMF Protection Scam

January 20, 2021 by Dave
SmartDot

#SmartDot radiation-protection phone stickers – highly effective at removing money from your wallet … if you are gullible.

Categories scam, Skeptic news, Skepticism, society Tags EMF, scam, smartdot Leave a comment

Beware the Cup and Ball scam

August 19, 2019August 14, 2019 by Dave
cup and ball scam

Yet again the BBC has been publishing a warning to anybody who will listen about the Cup and Ball scam. It looks like a harmless bit of fun. Some guy has 3 cups on the ground and all you need to do is to bet on which one the ball is under after he has … Read more

Categories consumer, Entertainment, Skepticism Tags cup and ball, penn and teller, scam Leave a comment
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