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Web Offer to Take Diet Pills in Exchange for Monthly Check May Be Scam

Every year, about 50 million Americans go on some kind of diet, according to researchers at Colorado State University. But let's face it: We love shortcuts. And that helps to make us vulnerable to people who are only too happy to shrink our wallets instead of our waistlines. One recent example is an Internet pitch with a scientific twist -- a drug study being promoted on Web sites around the country. "I had thought it's a great way to lose a little extra baby weight I had still floating... Full Story
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