Comments on: Kimkins Affiliate Spotlight: WLTips.com

By: Kimkins Affiliate Spotlight: DietsInReview.com » Kimkins Controversy

Kimkins Affiliate Spotlight: DietsInReview.com » Kimkins Controversy — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:10:50 +0000

[…] Also, we have an update on the WLTips.com Affiliate Spotlight from last week. While WLTips.com has removed Kimmer’s fraudulent “success story” and amended Christin’s story, they still have some affiliate links up. Get in touch by writing to lizza@wltips.com. […]

By: Judith Stoltz

Judith Stoltz — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:27:21 +0000

I just checked WLT.com and the link to Kimkins is still there with Christin’s original review with only a couple of paragraphs of her recent rebuttal. It mentions problems she had with the die, there is nothing there about Kimmer being a scam artist.

By: Information

Information — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:05:34 +0000

FYI… Although WL Tips have not removed their affiliate link yet, Kimmer’s interview has been removed; Amy’s interview has been removed, and Christin’s interview is updated with a warning.

By: Rian

Rian — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:09:37 +0000

Thanks for alerting me to the Kimkins scam. At first, I found your comments on my site (theskinnywebsite) really rude and so I didn’t believe you or a few others. (Note for future: if you are trying to get someone to listen to you, be a bit more polite and nice about it). But with the barrage of emails and comments on my Angelina Jolie post, I decided something was up, so I finally sat down to do some research, using the links you guys provided.

And it only took me 15 minutes of reading various sites the other morning to decide to take down my affiliate links on my site. I know people were complaining of getting sick on Kimkins a couple months ago, but honestly - if people get sick on a diet, why are they doing it? It doesn’t make sense to blame the founder.

However, as soon as I found out that Kimmer lied to everyone about her own weight loss, plus started those stupid “celebs on Kimkins” rumors, well, that was enough for me to remove my affiliate links. Yeah, the diet might work, but I will not knowingly promote lies and scams!

Anyway, thanks for the info, and good luck with getting the word out to other affiliates!

By: Trying to help

Trying to help — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:12:50 +0000

I sent this email to the affiliate listed above:

You may have already received this information but in
case you haven’t, I believe you should know the
following information about the company Kimkins.com
that you are an affiliate of:
It turns out that the Kimkins marketing information is
fraudulent. Kimmer (aka Heidi Diaz) is morbidly obese
(see the PI pictures at www.slamboard.com). She is
not the lady in the red dress on the website and there
is no reason to believe that she ever lost 198 pounds.

Kimkins and Heidi Diaz are facing a class action
lawsuit and Heidi Diaz is being investigated for
fraud. The diet is dangerous and people are getting
sick. When the Kimkins assets are frozen, affiliates
will not be paid their commissions. Affiliates who
knowingly participate in this fraudulent marketing may
also be liable for damages. Please protect yourself
from this fraud. Here is a website that has a good
concise explanation of the scandal:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/Diets/Diet_Articles/Kimkins%3A_Anatomy_of_a_Diet_Scam/

Thank you for listening,