A company has fabricated a story about Paula Bennett to entice people to buy its weight loss product. Photo / Dean Purcell
OPINION
I am being scammed. Actually, it is worse than that. My endorsement, image and name are being used to scam others. People are handing over hundreds of dollars because I have supposedly endorsed a weight loss product.
I have spoken many times and have written about my weight loss
experience in this column before. After many years of being overweight and, unfortunately, my weight going up not down I had weight loss surgery. It is a lifetime commitment and is not an easy answer. I still have side effects if I eat the wrong thing, or too quickly, or too much. I have also never felt better, healthier and fitter – not something I thought I would say at 53 years old.
I am an ambassador for a company called SRW Laboratories and I do attribute a portion of my wellness to their products. Before signing a contract, I investigated the company thoroughly – I was proud to put my name alongside theirs.
The company which is illegally using me to convince others to go for a "quick fix" weight loss solution knows exactly what it is doing. It has uploaded the most flattering and not-so-flattering images of me to show what this so-called miracle product has done. It has written a long endorsement telling a completely fabricated story about my life and what this product did to save me (for the record, my husband didn't leave me because I was a fat pig – he seems hellbent on staying around, thank goodness).
