REAL VIDEO: Sugar Defender Reviews from Consumer Reports & Trustpilot. Let's Expose This Major Scam
This video covers the Sugar Defender reviews that exist online for a medicinal product with a dropper. Users specifically searched for Sugar Defender reviews from Consumer Reports. However, any positive reviews that existed online for this product promoted a scam that was not legitimate. Sugar Defender claimed that a man named “Tom Green” created it to help people with diabetes and blood sugar issues. However, no famous people, medical professionals, universities, or hospitals ever endorsed or approved the product.
In my video, I explained how Consumer Reports never provided Sugar Defender reviews. I also showed some of the Facebook ads that promoted the product in September 2024, as well as several Trustpilot reviews that were quite negative. Even the Sugar Defender reviews on the official website were inconsistent; one page claimed the product had tens of thousands of positive reviews with a specific average score, while the next page said they only had a few thousand reviews with a different average score. In other words, this scam operation seemed like it needed some help from a grade school teacher to correct errors.
Users searching online for reliable Sugar Defender reviews likely struggled to find anything legitimate because affiliate marketers — who often are scammers, despite claiming they aren’t — had flooded YouTube and other websites with fake reviews to sell more of the product for commission. These people often post their videos on popular music channels based in Central America or South America. From what I can tell, they pay channels contract fees in order to use the popular channels to promote their scams. Through my work with Snopes, we made YouTube aware of these channels and the scams they promote. The company claimed this activity does not violate its policies, even though we showed them everything about the scams. Apparently, taking down dozens of large music channels is a no-go for the tech giant. Nice. Good job.
A quick look at the Sugar Defender website and its fake review numbers revealed just how illegitimate the product really was. A man supposedly named “Tom Green” spoke during the lengthy video. However, “Tom Green” was likely not his real name. He seemed like the kind of spokesperson anyone could hire off a website like Fiverr to read a script. To say the least, it's unfortunate that this spokesperson didn't do his due diligence in researching this product before becoming a part of the scam. Also, the address listed on the product is apparently 19655 E 35th Dr #100 in Aurora, CO 80011, USA. That address is apparently for a company called ShipOffers that coordinates logistics.
To sum it up, Sugar Defender was a product that claimed to help people with diabetes and blood sugar but ultimately had no backing from anyone credible. The product was surrounded by fake reviews, including sponsored content articles and scammy affiliate marketing videos from people who didn’t care if they took advantage of people, essentially reaching into victims’ wallets to take their money. If you’re experiencing any medical issues or have questions of a medical nature, make a doctor's appointment and speak with a medical professional. Do not buy strange products you find in Facebook and Instagram ads. Also, don't believe the false claims about how the pharmaceutical industry doesn’t want you to try this product. That was just a tactic from scammers to manipulate your emotions. Thank you for watching.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:36 Scammy YouTube Videos
0:59 Facebook Ads
1:30 Video Ad
1:54 Sugar Defender Website
2:50 Fake Review Numbers
3:05 Consumer Reports
3:46 'Tom Green' Video Ad
6:06 Even the Progress Bar Is a Scam
7:01 Harvard, Cambridge and Oxford Have No Involvement
7:39 Don't Buy This
8:49 Photoshopped Images and AI Faces
9:34 Trustpilot Reviews
11:58 Ingredients
12:23 Aurora, Colorado (Not California)
13:05 Closing Remarks
