Marcos Palmeira, 59, warned his followers about a scam using his name on social media.
The actor’s image was misused to promote and sell a treatment for prostate hyperplasia.
Blow says actor cured prostatitis with ‘medicine’ The fake site uses the logo of the Globo Group’s G1 news portal to trick the reader. Additionally, using a montage, it states that Marcos Palmeira attended an Anvisa event to promote the product. The Fake News also features a “report” from Marcos Palmeira, in which the actor is said to have said he was going through “sleepless nights” and urinary incontinence problems. The website directs the reader to purchase the “treatment” via links.
Marcos Palmeira has never had prostate problems. The actor also did not use the drug disclosed in the scam, nor attended an Anvisa event to raise the matter.
Ator says he has taken antifraud measures. “I have already called the lawyers but the fake site is still online and a lot of people must be falling for the scam. Be careful!” he wrote.
The product is not approved by Anvisa. In November, Anvisa released a statement on the scam: “The product called ‘Max Prost’ is not registered with Anvisa and should not be used. The agency will take appropriate sanitary and legal action to withdraw the part and product. The publication violates the Internet Civil Rights Framework and General Data Protection Act, and also uses false information to promote the sale of a classified product.
Antonio Fagundes was already used in the coup. As published by UOL in october, the actor antonio fagundes also had his device used abusively in the advertising of the same product. The Fagundes name scam was very similar to the Palmeira image scam: it fakes a message on the G1 portal in which the actor is said to have talked about the supposed solution to a prostate problem.