Scammers

[Guest Rachael92]

I have known for a long time that these so called boob creams do noe work,yet there is a well known orginisation here in the u.k that claims to help T/V and T/S tet they sell these creams knowing they do not work! Who are they helping exactly? are they just ripping the very people of that they claim to be helping?-Sorry but why are they not exposed? Is it up to me to do this?-any advice anyone or suggestions? People like that give me the right hump.

[Guest]

Hmm when you use scam TV TS and UK in same post you can only be referring to "Transformation" and it's spinoff the Albany Gender Clinic. I'm not going to give them free advertising with a link. They adverstise that they turn men into beautiful women with "Super Strength Hormones" which are herbal phytoestrogens and bust creams. No "Real" Gender Clinic in the world will promise you that. Their shop is the highest priced of any transgender scam site. There is no counseling by therapists required by HBIGDA Standards of Care, no operations, no medical care. Going to them is going to do one thing and that is lighten your wallet. Unfortunately This is often the first stop for most new transgender people. Catalgues feature busty GG models that no one will ever look like without extensive surgery or a magic wand. They thrive in the UK because of the slowness of the medical health system there. It is plain and simple a ripoff. How they can call themselves a medical clinic is beyond me. I do know once you are on their mailing list you will get graphic catalogues in your home mail forever and not in a plain brown wrapper. Anyone who gets ripped off by them should report them to law enforcement who must be sleeping because the company has been around for years. I have gotten more complaints about them than almost any topic in my email. That's a fact. The problem is who's going to be the first Transgender person to sue them and get their name in the paper? That's how they get away with it as they laugh all the way to the bank.

I've written about this and other scams here; http://www.lauras-playground.com/forums/in...?showtopic=1341

Laura

[Guest Snow Angel]

There are people who are inherently evil in this world. People who take advantage of others to make money. The people that scam us are the same type of people that would scam a wheelchair kid, or take money from a down's syndrome foundation. Taking advantage of another's birth defect is sick and evil. They play off the uneducated TS's lack of knowledge and desperation.

[Guest Christine-Louise]

Thank you for that reply Laura, I did go to them many years ago for a few appointments, and yes you are correct in what you say the nursing staff there are very good but the gentleman that I saw was not, He was extremely obnoxious and not at all pleasant, the reason I say thank you is because since My first visit of around twelve years ago one of My mail inboxes has had hundreds of junk emails of a sexual nature a month, I last opened it around a month ago and there was five hundred junk sexual emails, I mean why on earth would I need to have Viagra, I have banned them banned their IP range and still they came, now I know just what to do, just never open it again.

[Guest Christine-Louise]

I should have said in My other post that when I first got involved with The Albany Clinic, I was at that time unaware of the word Transsexual I only knew that I felt Female, and always had and I believed that I had something wrong in My head to be feeling that way, I really for many years was afraid to admit just what I felt for fear of being put into a Mental Institution, and believed that I was a little mad, so when the nursing staff at the said clinic were kind and understanding, I was hooked in that they would help Me, WRONG, The so called Psychiatrist Dr Sherman refused to give Me any form of treatment at all, this destroyed Me totally it made Me suicidal, and made Me think that they were all were the same, so in desperation I rang a phone sex line sounds strange Eh, well I just needed to talk to someone anyone about My feelings, the you Lady (eighteen year old) was very surprised that I just wanted to talk, and not about sex, and we talked for many hours over the next few months the phone bills were massive but it eased My mind a huge amount, She suggested that I rang the local Gay Switchboard for advice, who put Me in touch in a roundabout way with a LOVELY Man who saved My life by accepting that I was what I was, that was in July 1999, (Dr Russel W Reid), he treated Me with love and care and now nine years on I am legally recognized as a Female.

So yes I do know about that rotten clinic, I owe My life and soul to Dr Reid.

[Guest Rachael92]

Hmm when you use scam TV TS and UK in same post you can only be referring to "Transformation" and it's spinoff the Albany Gender Clinic. I'm not going to give them free advertising with a link. They adverstise that they turn men into beautiful women with "Super Strength Hormones" which are herbal phytoestrogens and bust creams. No "Real" Gender Clinic in the world will promise you that. Their shop is the highest priced of any transgender scam site. There is no counseling by therapists required by HBIGDA Standards of Care, no operations, no medical care. Going to them is going to do one thing and that is lighten your wallet. Unfortunately This is often the first stop for most new transgender people. Catalgues feature busty GG models that no one will ever look like without extensive surgery or a magic wand. They thrive in the UK because of the slowness of the medical health system there. It is plain and simple a ripoff. How they can call themselves a medical clinic is beyond me. I do know once you are on their mailing list you will get graphic catalogues in your home mail forever and not in a plain brown wrapper. Anyone who gets ripped off by them should repost them to law enforcement who must be sleeping because the company has been around for years. I have gotten more complaints about them than almost any topic in my email. That's a fact. The problem is who's going to be the first Transgender person to sue them and get their name in the paper? That's how they get away with it as they laugh all the way to the bank.

I've written about this and other scams here; http://www.lauras-playground.com/forums/in...?showtopic=1341

Laura

Thanx Laura and yes I was reffering to them,Iwas not to sure if that was ok or not

[Guest]

You're not alone Christine many were duped by them in the last 21 years. Certainly they have given Real Gender clinics that follow the Standards of care a bad name. GID is a very serious condition and needs to be treated by professionals. If it is untreated or not treated responsibly the condition can end in death or suicide. I wonder how many others felt suicidal as you did after going there? Though Dr Reid has had some controversy his heart was always in the right place. I have heard many describe him as "a lovely man" as you did.

Since we emerged from the caves there have been people trying to sell us things that sounded too good to be true. These "Snake Oil" salesman claimed they could cure all our ills with miracle elixers. Bust creams are nothing new. In the 1950's and '60's in the back of every magazine was an add for Mark Eden's bust cream with pictures of busty women claiming they could add 3 inches to your bustline. It was on the Christmas list of every teenage girl. In 1966 The US Postal Services charged the company with fraud http://www.tackytreasures.com/tackyhtml/pomarkeden.html . The creams disappered for a while until 1990 when the Internet was born. Since then the industry blossomed with anti-wrinkle creams, anti-aging creams and even anti cellulite creams. When botox came out thousands of companies imitated it, many containing no botox at all. They take that less than 1% fraction of truth and distort and embelish it, making fabulous claims that simply aren't true. Some are just makeup which works temporarily until you wipe it off. Then there are the weight lose capsules that promise you will loose umptynine pounds with no diet and exercise. Some of these are downright dangerous depending on your medical conditions. What makes it worse is that most of this crap is not regulated by the FDA. Herbal solutions bypass the safety process. If you have tried any of these you are not alone. Millions have been taken in by these scams. How do you know what is fact and what is not? The rule of thumb is if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. Cisgendered people get scammed too. Our issue is that few will take legal action becuase they would out themselves. Scam companies know this.

No "Real Medical Gender Clinic" is going to have phytoestrogens, extra strength bust and nipple creams on their site when their doctor's could prescribe Real prescription Hormones. They aren't going to have "beard retardant" creams on their site either. Ask any Electrologist or Lasar hair removal specialist about a cream that takes your beard away. If this stuff worked they wouldn't need the expensive machines. If bust creams worked it would surely be cheaper than surgery. If "Girl Juice" worked who would need SRS? Worse the Cinic site promises Transgender people privacy and discretion. Is it discretion to out you to your postman with a catalogue called "Tranformation"? Is it privacy to sell your name and email to third parties and spam lists? No reputable Transgender site would do this including this one. People who do sell you out are in it for the money not because they feel your pain. Few transgender support sites are in this for the money and none of us live in mansions. Sex sites though are a different story.

There is no "magic cream" or pill you can buy that is going to turn you into a Man or a Woman that you can buy on the Internet without a precription. Certainly Treating a serious condition like Transgenderism or Transsexuality can't be done without a doctor safely. Herbal remedies require dangerous megadoses for even imagined growth. Suicide, death and disabiltiy could result. Please do not trust your care to the charlatans out there. Your life may depend on this.

Thanx Laura and yes I was reffering to them,Iwas not to sure if that was ok or not.

Actually I am very glad you asked hon. They have taken in too many people with their scam. It gave me the opportunity to warn about them and others who prey on our community. Forewarned is forearmed. Companies like that have made way too much money at our expense. They live in mansions while most here live in poverty. They are living it up while many die daily. Thanks for bringing this up. Your post will likley save many a lot of money and aggravation for members in this community. There is no doubt you may have saved lives too.

Laura

[Guest Christine-Louise]

As you say Laura our experiences may help others not to make the same mistake that we did, and that has to be good for everyone.

[Guest]

Nothing would please me more than to see all the UK Transgender people launch a class action lawsuit against them. Their ads would be comical if it didn't hurt people but it has. They tied a Gender Clinic professing to help us with a Specialty clothing, nipple cream (extra strength) and accesories shop. Next they'll be offering total body suits made out of fiberglass with the deluxe model being made out of liquid silicone. All can be had for the low price of 19.99 * times 41080 payments plus interest for 99 years. This will help finance the "Jacuzzi" in my tiny one bedroom basement apartment. I'd only need to sell one. My bet would be i'd have thousands of orders. My conscience wouldn't be clear though.

I'm sure you're not the only one they made feel suicidal. Their methods are dangerous. I used the humor only to make the point it's all about money. If it wakes people up to seek professional medical and therapeutic treatment it is well worth it. There are few transgender people who want to advertise their condition. Sharing it even with Doctors and thereapists is the hardest thing for us to do but also the most necessary. Our lives depend on it. No one can blame anyone though for trying to avoid this with creams and herbal remedies. It means we can keep it to ourselves. Unfortunately there are plenty of people who will take advantage of this. Be aware. Even here in our community forums people have a hard time making that first post. Most though were glad they did.

Laura

[Guest silverpetals]

i love the irony in their "britney spears wigs" though.

[Guest citymermaid]

I do hate when companies like that scam people. Sometimes an advertisement seems so convincing that you figure it must have been investigated, someone must have really found this product useful. Sadly many are cheated by such greedy companies and some are too embarrassed to talk about it to others. There is no shame in hoping for the genuine kindness of humanity, it is only sad those hopes are misplaced. In the future, I do hope that such a miracle cream does come out.

- Melanie

[Guest]

The scam industry isn't just aimed at just us many are aimed at women too. Some companies do take advantage of the transgendered and our desire to be "Poofed" into the right body via magic wand. If there were a cream that grows breasts or one that merely made your beard fade away without hair removal I would be promoting it here. If extra strength nipple cream worked I'd have huge ads on here for it.

What is shameful is that companies like Transformation and Abgender, Ultrahairaway and others are aimed at transgender people by transgender people. Even those looking for breastforms and clothing shouldn't confine themselves to transgender shopping places only. Prices can vary wildly on the internet. I've seen breast forms go for $800.00 on one site and $159.00 on another for the same brand. The feminizing over the counter products aimed at us though I wouldn't waste your money on. Get your prescribed hormones through a doctor. That's the only thing that works for sure. The scam trade is all about money and about parting you from it. Trust me something called "GirlJuice aimed at us isn't going to turn you into one. Personally I am in the market for a good fairy godmother. Does anyone know one?

In the 70's during the gas crisis almost overnight hundreds of products cam out promising to boost gas mileage. Then they disappeared when it was over. Anyone want to bet with prices high now you'll see many of these come back? There's one born every minute.

Laura

[Guest]

This post is only for those with a sense of humor. When I first started this site i came across a site that was hilarious that pokes fun of the scams that are aimed at Transgender people. If you see it you won't be tempted to fall for any of these scams so I am presenting it here. As it contains nudity though humerous it is rated over 18. If you are offended by nudity or breast forms don't view this link. Thanks Rachel for reminding me about the site which is called Tatt 4 Trannies http://www.tatt4trannies.co.uk/index.html . I apologize if this offends anyone but i think you'll get the point about what some are trying to sell us. If I get complaints I'll remove the link to this humerous site.

Laura

[Guest Storm Angel]

Thank you for that reply Laura, I did go to them many years ago for a few appointments, and yes you are correct in what you say the nursing staff there are very good but the gentleman that I saw was not, He was extremely obnoxious and not at all pleasant, the reason I say thank you is because since My first visit of around twelve years ago one of My mail inboxes has had hundreds of junk emails of a sexual nature a month, I last opened it around a month ago and there was five hundred junk sexual emails, I mean why on earth would I need to have Viagra, I have banned them banned their IP range and still they came, now I know just what to do, just never open it again.

Grrrrr ..those ******* viagra emails are driving me crazy!! You report scams to hotmail and they just keep coming back!

I wish I could find these 'spambots' ..nothing a little pyrotechnics wouldn't fix

[Guest Storm Angel]

This post is only for those with a sense of humor. When I first started this site i came across a site that was hilarious that pokes fun of the scams that are aimed at Transgender people. If you see it you won't be tempted to fall for any of these scams so I am presenting it here. As it contains nudity though humerous it is rated over 18. If you are offended by nudity or breast forms don't view this link. Thanks Rachel for reminding me about the site which is called Tatt 4 Trannies http://www.tatt4trannies.co.uk/index.html . I apologize if this offends anyone but i think you'll get the point about what some are trying to sell us. If I get complaints I'll remove the link to this humerous site.

Laura

Hey Laura, The before and after results on Gary were amazing!