Miracle Magnesium!

Being the sort of person who steers well clear of health food stores and the 'Mind, Body, Spirit' section of my local bookshop, I had no idea that magnesium was so incredibly good for you. However, I recently stumbled across this Australian website:



http://ift.tt/1trwaEU



They're selling "the only organically certified magnesium in the world...100% natural...100% Australian...sourced from ancient pristine desert lakes." The spray version works in 30 seconds (guaranteed!) and magnesium appears to be good for practically anything that ails you. As if that wasn't enough it slows down the ageing process and helps make your DNA.



I do hope Amazing Oils has sound medical evidence for all this.



*goes to the 'Medical Opinion' section*

http://ift.tt/1trwaEY



Oh, dear. There are three videos and at least two of them don't inspire confidence. Dr Carolyn Dean is a notorious quack who was struck off the Canadian medical register back in the 90s, and acupuncturist Dr Mark Sircus is head of the woo-ridden International Medical Veritas Association. The third video is, rather oddly, an interview with the highly-regarded researcher Professor Guosong Liu. This left me wondering if he knew that the film was made for iHealthTube.com, which is owned by the truly vile crackpot Leonard Coldwell.



The real fun, however, starts when you toddle over to the video testimonials section:

http://ift.tt/1trwaVe



Stephanie, who "bought this for Workout Pain, but found a side-effect we didn’t know about!", and Brian Stacey from London, are both thrilled to bits with Amazing Oils' Magnesium Spray. The problem is that their testimonials are bogus and were sourced from Fiverr.com, which is infested with people willing to say practically anything for $5:



Stephanie, aka 'Videosforall':

http://ift.tt/1trwaVl



Brian Stacey, aka 'yoogle'

http://ift.tt/1n24sq4



Amazing Oils' general manager Grace Harold posted more videos on YouTube. Don't miss this little gem:

http://ift.tt/1n24qyk



Yep, totally convincing. This excitable young man also sells his services on Fiverr.com ("I will over react to anything for $5"):

http://ift.tt/1trwdQU



Fake reviews and testimonials are illegal in Australia and probably everywhere else but they're being produced in industrial quantities on Fiverr. Perhaps the owner of Amazing Oils isn't aware of this because he left the following comment on yoogle's Fiverr page:

Quote:

"Great presentation, yoogle. Sounded so authentic that now I feel bad for getting you to promote us without trying it out first..."

*FACEPALM*

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