Kimkins Controversy - Kimkins Scam

When is a Review Not a Review?

When it’s Kimkins Review.  A die hard but faceless affiliate of Kimkins updated his/her website on the 15th of November with some vague gobbledygook.  This was obviously done to get the false claim comfortably below the jump on the landing page.

Yes, Kimkins Review still trumpets the false claim that Kimmer lost 198 pounds in 11 months.  This lie was posted on September 18th and as of today it is still on the site.  Whoever is responsible for this must still be getting checks in the mail.  Maybe someone should slip a REALITY CHECK into the next envelope.

Kimkins Spotlight: Google AdWords

Our readers have had tremendous success in getting the message about the Kimkins scam to Kimkins affiliates — good work!  All three of the affiliates we have spotlighted so far have pulled their links.

Now it’s time for the big guns, because we want to stop one of the major sources of new signups for Kimkins.com — the paid ad placements on Google and Google network sites from Google AdWords.  If you go to Google and search for “Kimkins” you will see that there are ads at the top or right side of the search results.  These “Sponsored Links” are paid advertisements from Kimkins affiliates or Heidi herself.

Google has a policy of refusing ads for sites featuring “miracle cures” and Kimkins is certainly marketed as a miracle cure for obesity.

Click here to contact Google AdWords to encourage them to remove these Kimkins.com ads and prevent future advertisers from buying links to Kimkins.com.  Remember to tell them:

• The “Kimmer” success story is untrue and fraudulent.  Kimmer (Heidi Diaz) is a morbidly obese woman and there is no evidence that she ever lost the weight (http://www.slamboard.com/category/kimkins-diet/).
• A great number of the other success stories are fakes using stolen pictures.
• The Kimkins.com claims of weight loss are exaggerated and unreasonable:  ” There’s no faster diet! None!”  “They’ve been told their entire lives they should be happy with slow 1-2 lb a week weight loss.  How depressing and untrue!” “Kimkins is perfect for all diabetics!”
• The Kimkins.com site advocates extremely low calories, laxative abuse, and even fasting.
• Many Kimkins dieters have suffered side effects such as heart palpitations, menstrual irregularities, hair loss, dizziness, and faintness.
• Many Kimkins members have been banned for no good reason and the site is currently rated D with the Better Business Bureau (http://www.labbb.org/BBBWeb/Forms/Business/CompanyReportPage_Expository.aspx?CompanyID=100055868).

Kimkins Affiliate Spotlight: DietsInReview.com

UPDATE:  GREAT WORK, EVERYONE!  DIETSINREVIEW.COM RESEARCHED KIMKINS, CHANGED ITS REVIEW ACCORDINGLY, REMOVED ITS AFFILIATE LINKS, AND EVEN POSTED ABOUT THE FRAUD IN ITS BLOG.  THANK YOU, DIETSINREVIEW.COM! 

Time to work on getting the news about the Kimkins scam to another Kimkins affiliate. DietsInReview.com is promoting the Kimkins diet as an affiliate (http://www.dietsinreview.com/diets/Kimkins/) with a completely positive “review.” There is a place to put comments, so make sure to make your opinion about the diet and the scammer Heidi Diaz known.

Then use the contact form (http://www.dietsinreview.com/contact/) to contact the affiliate and inform them about the issues surrounding Kimkins and Kimmer. Remember to tell the affiliate:

• Kimkins marketing is fraudulent. Kimmer (Heidi Diaz) is morbidly obese (see the PI pictures at www.slamboard.com). She is not the lady in the red dress 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.

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.

Kimkins Affiliate Spotlight: WLTips.com

Yesterday, we shone the spotlight on Kimkins affiliate TheSkinnyWebsite.com. The flood of comments the site received convinced the affiliate to investigate further, and she ended up removing all her Kimkins links once she realized that she had been unknowingly promoting a scam.

The next Kimkins affiliate we’re going to work on alerting to the Kimkins scam is WLTips.com. Last year they published an interview with Kimmer, complete with a Kimkins affiliate link on the page. It’s time to let WLTips.com know about the Kimkins scam! Drop them an email at lizza@wltips.com. Make sure to tell Lizza:

• Kimkins marketing is fraudulent. Kimmer (Heidi Diaz) is morbidly obese (see the PI pictures at www.slamboard.com).  She is not the lady in the red dress 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.

It’s time for WLTips.com and all the other affiliates to stop helping the scammer Heidi Diaz rip off innocent people and endanger their health!

Kimkins Affiliate Spotlight: TheSkinnyWebsite.com

Okay everyone, it’s time to start putting pressure on the Kimkins affiliates to stop marketing this fraudulent product to their audience. Direct action helped put a stop to Jimmy Moore’s promotion of Kimkins and it will help stop the rest of the affiliates too.

The first affiliate we are going to spotlight is a celebrity weight loss gossip blog called TheSkinnyWebsite. This site is read by thousands of women and it has actively fed the false “Jessica Alba does Kimkins” rumor mill. Just yesterday it linked Kimkins with Angelina Jolie’s name. Heidi Diaz has admitted that she uses these false celebrity rumors to market Kimkins to young girls.

Take a moment to go to TheSkinnyWebsite.com and tell them to stop participating in Heidi’s scam.

Make sure to tell them:

• Kimkins marketing is fraudulent. Kimmer (Heidi Diaz) is morbidly obese. She is not the lady in the red dress 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.

UPDATE:  THESKINNYWEBSITE.COM HAS SEVERED ITS AFFILIATE RELATIONSHIP WITH KIMKINS.COM AND REMOVED ITS LINKS.

Kimkins Renounced by Another Former Affiliate

Sparkysgirl says:

As of late, more and more has been surfacing about this situation. The most interesting information is coming from people who, until recently, worked very closely with Kimmer. What I’ve read from these brave people, who have put themselves out there to stand for truth, despite the abuse and scrutiny they may receive, is just what I feared. Kimmer appears to be deceiving many. It also appears she could care less who it hurts. I hate to even type that. I’m the kind of person who loves other people and wants to believe the best of them. I tried to with Kimmer, but have found I can no longer do so.