A diet website based on fraud, deceit, and lies

Kimkins is owned and operated by Heidi Diaz. She garnered trust in the internet community by claiming to have lost 198 pounds and kept it off for five years. This is what led people to believe she was qualified to dispense advice about how to lose weight. She launched a website and charged people to access it. She posted a picture of an attractive woman in a lawn chair, and later a picture of another attractive woman in a red dress and claimed they both were photos of her. She sent yet another picture to Woman's World Magazine and claimed THAT one was her as well. That is when people started to get skeptical about this woman who uses the on screen persona of "Kimmer". A former employee hired a private investigator, who learned that "Kimmer" is not the svelte size 6 she claimed to be. She is an over 300 pound woman who knows nothing about losing weight. Soon to follow was a class action lawsuit. In the depositions for the lawsuit, she admits she never lost weight, admits she posted fake pictures, and admits she wrote fake "success stories" and posted fake photos to represent the people in those stories. All of this was done to deceive people into believing that this woman had any information worth sharing, and it worked. She became a millionaire and laughed all the way to the bank because it was all a lie just as big and fat as she is. In addition, she has banned hundreds, perhaps thousands of members from her website on her whim, denying them the use of the membership they paid for. Yeah, I'm furious!

Kimkins cannot do anything to please me except to shut down. Since they are not willing to do that, those of us involved are doing everything we can to get the word out that this woman is a liar and a fraud. She is now collecting $79.95 a head to join her website, and we know that the memberships are not for the "lifetime" you think they will be. She has terminated many memberships without any good reason. We want her shut down, either by pressure from consumer groups, or by the government. A business based on fraud should not be allowed to run.

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Let us hope that Word Of Mouth will shut her down by PepperElf Posted Thu February 14, 2008 @ 3:59 AM I have to agree... there is nothing worse than someone charging ANYTHING when all they offer is false hope. I also hope the class action law suit ends this fake business of hers. Personally, I'd rather see all of her clients go to Weight Watchers instead. It's not cheaper, but it at least gives results. (I personally dropped 60 pounds last year...i gained 25 back when i went off the plan..but am still not as bad as what I started out as) Reply Re: A diet website based on fraud, deceit, and lies by Barbara B Posted Wed February 13, 2008 @ 9:17 AM No wonder you are furious. Such arrogant deceit and fraud practised against folks desperate to lose weight should not go unpunished. Thank heavens the class action lawsuit is in the works. Reply Um, Barbara, you posted your own letter about Kimkins by RedheadwGlasses Wed February 13, 2008 @ 1:13 PM Re: A diet website based on fraud, deceit, and lies by Jeffrey Posted Tue February 12, 2008 @ 10:37 PM Wow, this sounds like a terrible company. What happened to cause two letters in the same day? Reply Kimkins Re: A diet website based on fraud, deceit, and lies by WildAngel6 Wed February 13, 2008 @ 11:30 AM I see... by Jeffrey Wed February 13, 2008 @ 4:54 PM Re: A diet website based on fraud, deceit, and lies by OhYeahBabe Posted Tue February 12, 2008 @ 9:50 PM Terry, thank you for sharing your story. It is easy for hopeful people to have their vulnerabilities exploited by predators in this way. Reply Are you one and the same? by Steve-Oh Tue February 12, 2008 @ 10:14 PM The topic is Kimkins - do you have relevant feedback about the business or not? by OhYeahBabe Wed February 13, 2008 @ 12:13 PM The owner of Kimkins isn't going to be affected by any letters from anybody by RedheadwGlasses Wed February 13, 2008 @ 1:26 PM She will be affected by Magicsmom Wed February 13, 2008 @ 8:40 PM Your name shouldn't matter... by Jeffrey Wed February 13, 2008 @ 4:48 PM I would direct feedback to the company. by Steve-Oh Thu February 14, 2008 @ 10:14 PM Huh? by Magicsmom Wed February 13, 2008 @ 8:43 PM Happens all the time.. by Harleycat Thu February 14, 2008 @ 8:42 AM I thought it was too much of a coincidence by Steve-Oh Thu February 14, 2008 @ 9:09 AM And half the time by The PlanetFeedback Team Thu February 14, 2008 @ 1:05 PM