祛斑骗局坑人不断，警方揭秘 为何你的‘祛斑路’成了‘毁容路’？

Recently, local police have uncovered multiple祛斑 scam rings, revealing that these seemingly "professional" spot-removal services are actually well-designed traps. These scams don’t just swindle money—they use a combination of harmful ingredients, false propaganda, and coercive sales tactics, turning many people’s quest for clear skin into a nightmare of damaged skin and financial loss.

Fake products with forbidden ingredients are the core of the scam

Police seized a large number of "spot-removal creams" containing mercury levels 100 times higher than the national standard. Mercury can temporarily lighten spots by inhibiting melanin production, but it severely damages the skin barrier, leading to redness, peeling, and even systemic poisoning (such as kidney damage). Once users stop applying the product, spots rebound worse, and some develop permanent pigmentation. In one case, a 35-year-old woman used a scam product that made her face pale in a week, but after a month, dark spots spread across her cheeks, requiring long-term medical treatment.

False promises and fake evidence manipulate psychology

Scammers rely on exaggerated slogans like "7 days spot-free" or "permanent effect" and use edited before-and-after photos, fake customer testimonials to convince victims. They exploit people’s anxiety about appearance, making them believe quick fixes exist. However, spot formation is related to genetics, sun exposure, hormones, and other factors—there is no product that can completely eliminate spots in a short time. A police investigation found that most of the "testimonials" were from paid actors, and the before-and-after photos were altered with software.

Coercive sales and hidden charges push victims into debt

Many scams start with free skin tests or trial products. After applying a small amount of "toner," scammers claim the customer’s skin has "deep toxins" that need to be expelled with expensive product sets, threatening that without treatment, spots will worsen or even turn cancerous. Fearing the consequences, victims often pay thousands or tens of thousands of yuan for unnecessary products. A victim in Guangzhou was tricked into paying 50,000 yuan in three days, only to find the products were just ordinary moisturizers.

These祛斑 scams are a mix of deception and harm, preying on people’s desire for beauty. As police continue to crack down on such illegal activities, understanding their tricks is crucial to avoiding falling into the same trap. From toxic ingredients in fake products to psychological manipulation and coercive sales, every link of these scams is designed to exploit vulnerability, making them hard to detect but dangerous to encounter.

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