A distributor has mashed PureTrim merchandise, Easter and COVID-19 right into a shameless advertising pitch.
Oh goodie.
A reader wrote in forwarded an e-mail despatched out by PureTrim distributor Anthony Peart (proper).
Within the e-mail Peart states:
COVID-19 has tried it’s greatest to Crucify my Well being & Supply of Earnings.
Then God gave me the Reward of Well being.
Not solely did I get my Well being again, my Wealth rose from the lifeless additionally!
Let; PureTrimImmune.com Crucify COVID-19 for you too.
Peart’s e-mail was despatched on Easter Tuesday. Our reader claims Peart and “others within the firm” have despatched the identical e-mail pitch to “1000’s of individuals each day”.
I wasn’t in a position to confirm that declare.
Mockingly, the touchdown web page Peart requests individuals visits has a video. While you click on play, the very first thing proven is an FDA disclaimer:
On the second touchdown web page within the e-mail, I couldn’t assist however discover PureTrim making the declare they’re “NOT a Multi-Stage or Community Advertising and marketing firm.”
BehindMLM hasn’t reviewed PureTrim so out of curiosity I went searching for their comp plan.
Seems PureTrim very a lot has a multi-level compensation plan, very a lot making them an MLM firm. So uh, rightio.
Whether or not PureTrim is conscious its distributors are sending out medical claims pertaining to COVID-19 and its merchandise are unclear. Ditto whether or not they’ll take any motion towards Peart.
The FTC has requested customers report cases of ‘scammers utilizing the pandemic to deceive or defraud customers.’
This consists of MLM firms and/or distributors falsely claiming merchandise can diagnose, deal with, remedy or forestall COVID-19.