Comment · Fri, March 4, 2022 · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot
Tens of thousands of fake supplements are being sold on Amazon by SerumLabs (Komprocha, Energecko, Vitablossom, Mistacy, ChriBubble, NMN Max, NMN Plus, Glorifikation, and more)
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AmzConcernedCustomer · 905 points
The title says it all, and I’ve linked more information here. What started as a suspicion (testing just a few products) led to a full-blown 6-month investigation of a single organization selling tens of thousands of fake supplements a month on Amazon under various brands. Hundreds of people are ingesting these products every day (thousands a month), and we are desperately trying to get Amazon and/or regulators to take notice and put an end to this immediately. Nothing we are doing to spread awareness seems to work. We believe the organization behind this is located in china, so any type of class-action lawsuit or direct legal intervention with them is a non-starter, as they will simply disappear and start new brands. All the evidence we’ve compiled so far can be found here, and we are constantly adding more remaining anonymous as this organization has attacked those who have spoken out against them so far (we are updating…
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Keywhole · 4 points
A neutral perspective:
To strengthen your research, you could link to your claims. There is no specific mention of the two independent labs you used, nor published data from their reports.
If they have attacked other people, where is the evidence for this; screenshots of digital correspondence, recorded telephone calls, letters, messages?
The Vitablossom supplement has over 600 mostly positive reviews. Are these all fake accounts, or placebo effects?
What is your motivation for such an organized effort?
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot
The whole industry is full of scam companies. Many of them are Chinese companies that setup shells in the US. Once they get found out, they shut the brand down and shift to another. Amazon allows them to do this by making people think they are getting legitimate things.
https://www.vitablossom-inc.com/
Vitablossom was established in 2000 with one mission: to bring a real, high-quality Vitamin and Supplements Store to the San Francisco area.
https://whois.domaintools.com/vitablossom-inc.com
Created on 2018-11-28
It's lies all the way down. Just do a Google search and set the time period for back in like 2011, ELEVEN YEARS after they say they supposedly started. Not a single result for Vitablossom anywhere on the internet. No idea who this poster is on Reddit, or what his motivation is for testing stuff. However, this should not be a surprise to anyone. Pick any of the top brands on Amazon and look more into them. You will find similar things. Most of them do not have what they claim on the label. Some of them are completely fraudulent, and have nothing in them. We've tested tons now in our lab. These brands are selling tens of thousands of units a month of single products, and they are completely fraudulent. Just look at the parent company of Vitablossom.
https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_or/149483596
Incorporation Date
13 November 2018 (over 3 years ago)
Matches up with the registration date of their domain. I'm no mathematician, but 2018 is not 2000. They also register with registered agents in the US, then change their filings to the Chinese owners.
Addition of officer SIHUA ZHONG
Hmmm, yes... a 22 year old US company totally making legitimate products right here in the good ol USA. These brands also use shady tactics to get products removed from Amazon. Our NMN was taken off Amazon for 4 full months because they used some shady tactics and inside people in Amazon China to mess with our listings. This is not an isolated instance, either. This is the norm on Amazon. I could point you to at least 20 brands that I know are doing the exact same thing as this one.