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No matter how you spin things, potential scams are everywhere, just waiting to pounce on us. That’s just the reality of life. So, it falls to us—hard-working everyday consumers—to be wary of anyone trying to weasel our cash out of our wallets.
However, not all cash grabs are blatantly obvious. The savvy members of the r/AskReddit subreddit spilled the tea about all the products and services that they believe are “massive scams” that prey on a lot of victims. Scroll down for their advice—their tips might help you save your hard-earned bucks.

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50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users Commercials on premium TV channels. Don’t we pay to NOT have commercials? Isn’t that the purpose of paying for premium TV.

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50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users For-profit healthcare.

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50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users Anything with the word.. DETOX in it.

Teas, herbs.. magic potions.. whatever .
My favorite are the foot pad things that suck the toxins from the soles of your feet.

Your Kidneys and liver are your detox. Doesn't matter what tea you drink.

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ScamWatch, run by the Australian Government, warns people that scams are usually presented as amazing opportunities either to make or save money. They’re often portrayed as being extremely time-sensitive.

Meanwhile, you should be suspicious if someone you have never met suddenly asks you for your help. You should always be wary of any emails or text messages that have suspicious-looking links or attachments. And your alarm bells should be ringing if you’re asked to pay in unusual or extremely specific ways or you’re asked to set up any new accounts.

The best approach if you notice any red flags is to never give out any personal details or transfer any money. You should either hang up the phone or delete the spammy emails or messages. If the scammers are pretending to be a trusted organization or institution, you can always get in touch with them via their official contacts to double-check any suspicious-sounding requests.

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#4

50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users Scientology.

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50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users Ticketmaster.

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#6

50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users Stanley cups. all this hysteria for an overpriced water bottle?

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They’re so large and quite ugly.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And they're not THE Stanley Cup. All you're doing is getting Canadians excited for no reason!!!

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2 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I try to avoid drinking out of vessels far larger than my bladder.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Stanley makes a very good product. I can't speak for these cups but my Stanley thermos has lasted me better than 40 yrs. .

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They make amazing things, usually, but these cups will not stand the same test of time. They aren't made with the same high quality or general performance integrity and longevity. They have already had countless issues with leaking, even cracking for some (cue the "but mine doesn't and I have ton of them" crowd, lol). There are a lot of brands that make similar cups, the vast majority of them are of the same quality, or better, and come at a much lower price point. You're literally paying for the hype of the cup, not even the Stanley name-which is generally ruined by these cups (because the rest of their stuff is actually really damn good).

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2 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nope. My 13 year old gave into the hype.. reverted back to a Marshalls purchased hydrapeak “at least these don’t leak”

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have one. It was a Christmas present from my oldest daughter. I like it because it keeps my drink cold for hours. I would not pay more that $50 for it

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a stainless steel one I bought at the grocery store for under $20. It keeps drinks hot or cold for hours as well, and I've had it for possibly 10 years now. I think the brand is Contego? Something like that. I never heard of it before or after purchasing. Never had any problems with it, other than years later, it still has the fault scent of my husband's Mudwatr stuff.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I use metal water bottles cause I work outside. I got a 62 Oz nice quality one WITH an over the shoulder carrier at Walmart for less than 30 bucks. And working outside, around animals, I'd never buy a cup with just an open straw, I need either a folding one or one with a cover. Stanley's are so ugly and overpriced.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unless your a camel you not supposed to drink 50ltrs of water

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Australia we have Stanley cups only for $15 and these ones are way too overpriced

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What's the volume of the my? One, one and a half, maybe two litres? I have 0,5 bottle at work, and after around 2 hours the water is tasteless, had to get fresh refill. Cannot imagine the taste from these things

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

stanley makes very decent products. this is not a scam its a hype.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I personally love the flip top or normal water bottle type kinds, because they really do keep your water very cold. The problem is those giant mug things, which sound like a nuclear explosion every time they fall, then leak all of their contents onto the ground in less than 8 seconds.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in the Coachella Valley and we have days that are 120*. This is the only cup I've ever found that keeps my ice all day! Did you see the girl in CA whose car caught on fire and it was totally destroyed. When the car was no longer hot, she looked and her Stanley cup was in there and it still had ice. That is a darn good cup worth every cent!

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in the Coachella Valley and we have days that are 120*. This is the only cup I've ever found that keeps my ice all day! Did you see the girl whose car caught on fire and it was totally destroyed. When the car was no longer hot, she looked and her Stanley cup was in there and it still had ice. That is a darn good cup worth every cent!

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Everybody can fall prey to scams, no matter how educated they might be. Everyone can find themselves distracted and in a situation where they lack self-awareness. However, the more physically, socially, and financially vulnerable someone is, the more likely they are to be targeted by crooks.

However, this doesn’t mean that we can’t fight back against potential scams. Knowledge really is power. The more up-to-date we are about new types of scams, the more we can keep ourselves and our loved ones safe. Although, it’s a constant battle with no end in sight. For every scam you learn to avoid, new ones will pop up to take its place.

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#7

50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users That important, difficult jobs that we need more of (preschool teachers, custodial staff, care workers for the old or disabled, etc.) should pay dramatically less than important, difficult jobs we need fewer of (CEO).

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#8

50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users Credit monitoring. They setup a system where false information can ruin your life and then charge you to know when it happens so you can get on top of it before the damage is done. And, on top of that, when they leak the personal information of hundreds of millions of people because their security sucks, their "punishment" is to give you their service for a short period of time for free despite the fact that your information being out there means you'll need to pay for it after that free period ends.

It's a modern-day, digital version of the mob's, "It would be a shame if your house burned down, let us help protect it" extortion racket. They've convinced the world that our identities are being stolen rather than what it really is...financial institutions are being defrauded. And they've shifted the burden for their problem onto us.

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#9

Crystals.

I love crystals.. in a geological way.

But they don’t heal s**t.

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A very important rule of thumb when it comes to protecting yourself and your funds is to listen to your gut. When we’re in tune with our instincts, we can tell when something’s off. Broadly speaking, if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

For example, if you get a very tempting offer that promises you great riches for doing next to nothing, then it’s very likely that someone’s trying to scam you. Nobody gives away free money… (unless you bought a very lucky lottery ticket or you inherited something, but those situations are super rare).
#10

50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users Diamonds.

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#11

50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users Snake oil.

Sorry, I mean “essential” oil.

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#12

50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users # US Health Insurance.

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Slow down. Sit down. Ask yourself some basic, common sense questions about the offer. And then, get in touch with your family, friends, coworkers, or neighbors for their thoughts. There’s nothing like an outsider’s perspective to protect you from swindlers. If nobody’s available to talk, take some time to think about what the offer entails. Sleep on it.

Many scammers rely on pressure to get you to part with your hard-earned cash. So, any offers that are super duper urgent are probably attempts to get you into a mind frame where you’re easier to manipulate. Fairly good deals and sales happen all the time; there is absolutely no reason to rush. Ever!
#13

50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users Those E-commerce guys that sell their guru courses on how to make $10K plus a month.

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#14

Wedding dresses. You can buy an identical evening gown in a different colour for a few hundred, but make it white and call it a Wedding dress, you add a zero to the end of the price. So a £400 evening dress is £4000, because its white and in a bridal shop.

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#15

Plastic recycling is a scam sold to us by the oil companies (from which plastic is made), so we won't feel bad about using single-use plastic. It's not cost effective to sort plastics into the myriad recyclable categories, so your trash company is just throwing it all in the landfill with your trash.

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-the-public-into-believing-plastic-would-be-recycled.

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Meanwhile, if someone asks you to divulge any private information, it’s also very likely that you’re in the process of getting scammed.

You should never ever give out any sensitive info, whether that’s your bank details, your account passwords, your address, or your and your loved ones’ names or dates of birth. Sure, some of your info is probably easily accessible and already ‘out there’ in the wilds of the internet, but you don’t want to give crooks any more ammunition.
#16

Not a product, but bots and fake comments online are a scam of people making robots pretending to be people - and they are everywhere.

Soooo many of the comments you read (and let influence you) are not people. Total scam.

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#17

50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users Companies that sell stars or naming stars …. No one owns stars . You can’t own a star and there is no governing body who authorises the naming and ownership of stars . You my friend have just purchased a piece of paper for $200

Edit : after a chalenge from a few people on this here is the clarification after some googling

“The only body which can give names to astronomical objects is the International Astronomical Union (IAU). This hasn’t stopped commercial firms from ‘offering’ individuals the ‘opportunity’ to sponsor stars etc. These names will be recognised by no one and you will be wasting your money unfortunately.”.

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#18

50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users Printers and printer ink.

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What’s the biggest scam that you know of that people keep buying into? Has anyone ever tried to scam you, dear Pandas? What advice would you give someone to help protect them from swindlers and crooks?

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#19

50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users Fast fashion.

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#20

US Healthcare System, Herbalife, Joel Osteen, BeachBody, Scentsy.

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#21

50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users For profit colleges & fully online courses for some jobs. For example, you can’t become a nurse by only taking online courses. I also heard about someone getting an online cosmetology program. So many students pay thousands of dollars for programs that are not accredited.

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#22

Cosmetics. We've convinced most women that they don't look presentable or professional without it. At its core, it preys upon insecurities. I wouldn't have nearly the same issue with it if it was truly more of an optional thing,.

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50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users The remote closer ads/ influencers that claim they are making 10k a month. It's a MLM scheme and the authorities should take action against these people fooling desperate people online for their hard earned money.

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#24

Medical insurance. I pay $100/month for insurance to tell me my regular appointment is now $73 instead of the base $75, and that my Epi-Pen is not covered at all. F**k medical insurance, from the bottom of my heart.

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#25

50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users (Mobile phone) games with microtransactions.

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#26

Religion.

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#27

Bottled water(unless your tap water isn't safe to drink).

Not the fancy kind, but your regular grocery store brands.

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#28

50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users Those bracelets with a sticker on them that claim to align your magnetic field or whatever.

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#29

Political parties.

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50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users Insurance. I'm not talking medical, house, or vehicle insurance, but insurance on electronics, appliances, etc.

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#31

Donut holes. The bakery steals the middle of your pastry and then sells it back to you.

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#32

50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users Ear candles.

Their wax looks like ear wax, so people believe the candle "sucked" it out of your ear.

But they look exactly the same if you just burn them in your hand.

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Turbotax. Really, the entire tax industry. They've lobbied for years to keep the government from sending you the bill/refund that they already know about. Instead, literally everyone has to buy into it *(Ha! Intuit!)* unless you're going to file them on your own.

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#34

Homeopathic "medicine"

NFTs/digital collectibles.

Buying online/digital movies, tv series, music albums, etc. because it can always get taken away by Amazon, Apple and Google. Buy physical copies.

Scientology

Diamonds

Most "collectibles". Most stuff made to be collected won't be worth much decades from now, things made decades ago that were never meant to be collected are what's valuable today (an iPhone 1 still in the box sold for $63,000).

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#35

MLMs.

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#36

Gambling. Spending a bunch of money to lose money. The promotional materials are insidious, especially for sports betting. Chances are you ain't hitting that 17-team parlay ticket that Draftkings just posted on its social media account.

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#37

Does anyone remember NFT’s?

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#38

Cable TV.

Generations of families tricked into paying hundreds of dollars/ month for them to pump ads with just enough tempting content keep us watching.

It's a f*****g lobster trap. The whole, entire thing is a trick, and clearly, we're not smart enough to catch on.

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#39

Banking. You give them all your money, they use it to make themselves more money, charge you for the privilege, and if you want to take out large sums you have to give them notice because they dont actually “have” it.

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#40

Timeshare.

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#41

Alkaline water. Your body will convert all water to alkaline.

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#42

Laundry softener. Absolutely not necessary and actually makes your clothes worse. Use vinegar if you have to or just use nothing.

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#43

50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users Chiropractors.

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#44

$12 coffee.

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#45

50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users Sudafed regular. You absolutely should be going to the RX counter and getting the non prescription but controlled version.

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#46

Anything a YouTuber promotes. My golden rule is if a YouTuber is selling you something, it’s because it sucks and nobody with any real influence would promote it.

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#47

Any of those stock tip subscription sites. The ones that offer you the “inside scoop” on stocks that are going to shoot up

Literally all of them are pump and dumps. All of them. The stock shoots up because all of the subscribers buy the stock at once, then the big guys sell at the top and the price crashes again leaving the subscribers bagholding some dirt company

Remember kids: no one, not even the best analysts in the world, know what the f**k any share or any investment product is going to do tomorrow.

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#48

Smartphones these days are meant to barely last a few years.

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#49

Printer ink?

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#50

50 “Massive” Scams That “Everyone Buys Into”, According To These Internet Users The US medical residency system.

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#51

Housing market.

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#52

New big appliances and cars. They last maybe 1/3 of what they used to because it’s more profitable if you always need a new one.

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#53

Tax prep industry….all this should really be straightforward.

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#54

I think skincare. Isn’t it kind of a fraud? There are certain products: cleansing, exfoliating, maybe moisturizing, and absolutely sunscreen. But those Vitamin C serums for $180 in a delicate little bottle promising to reverse ageing… this is such a sham. And so many people I know spend hundreds and thousands on these products trying to look younger.

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#55

Not exactly a product, but Amazon. The quality is s**t and you can get better, cheaper stuff directly from original manufacturer websites. And the money doesn’t go to human scum.

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#56

Triple A games with their season passes and lootboxes and what not.

EDIT: I was referring to triple A game studios, not baseball. Sorry to those I've confused, was not aware the term existed in baseball.

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#57

Kids.

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#58

Herbalife.

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#59

Religion

From George Carlin ::

"Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!

But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money!".

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#60

Dating apps.


They gain nothing from you finding a good relationship. If anything they lose ad revenue after you delete the app. They're there to sell you on buying premium versions or add-ons. They'll give you just enough matches, likes, etc to give you some hope. But their goal is to make money off of you, not to help you be happy.

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#61

Sham-wow. I mean, I get the sham, but where's the wow?

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#62

Phone charging cables designed to work for 3 months.

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#63

Salt lamps. The claim sellers make is that they can miraculously change the air around them which somehow apparently improves your health/sleep etc. Load of BS. I bought one once because I liked the shape of it. It used to drip salt onto the table and make a mess. It eventually rusted and stopped working.

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#64

Vitamins and herbal supplements. In a few cases, like when a person has a legitimate deficiency, they help. There are few herbs with legitimate medical benefit. Otherwise it's a complete waste of money.

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#65

#Oscillococcinum.

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#66

Collagen supplements.

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