Peter Popoff

[ThatRobGuy]

I was watching TV this morning around 5am before I went to work...and that's when I saw it. A Peter Popoff infomercial.

Has anyone else seen this guy before?

I was very disgusted to see that he was selling his "Miracle Spring Water" and "Prayer Nails" and some kind of blessed cloth to people and taking advantage of them. Does anyone else here find it morally wrong to swindle and take advantage of people who are so down and out, that they're vulnerable to this kind of trickery?

He had two "testimonials" from people who ordered the miracle spring water, and they were "blessed with $5,000 checks" that randomly showed up in the mail.

After doing some research, I found out that Popoff actually sends these checks himself to 2 or 3 random people who order his junk...and the idea of giving a destitute person 5,000 bucks is noble...but not when his bank records show that he made a quarter of a million dollars last year off of people who placed orders and got nothing more that an eyedropper full of tap water and a rusty nail.

Any thoughts on this guy?

 

[The Nihilist]

Peter Popoff sucks so bad. If you're interested in learning how much, check the wikipedia entry on him.

 

[DLaurier]

Go tothe link,
Its talking about a Popoff scam.

http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/popoffback.html

 

[InterestedAtheist]

James Randi did an expose on Popoff, most interesting. You can see a youtube video (and one of Uri Geller as a bonus!) on the blog "Beware of the Dogma".

 

[wanderingone]

Is he still on? I thought he was finished back in the 80's when he was exposed.

 

[GuitarHero2]

Don't get me started on him! He's been to be proven to be a fraud for along time but people sadly buy into him and others like Pat Robertson. It's sickening!

 

[trunks2k]

Popoff was a prominate figure in the 80s (?). He was well known for picking people out of a crowd and knowing what their name is, what their problem was, etc. However, Randi exposed that this was a fraud. In reality the audience members had filled out cards with information before the performance. Popoff's team would note which information applied to who and then using a radio signal and an earpiece would tell Popoff about the people.

 

[Ave Maria]

I actually ordered some of his free "miracle spring water" and drank it. No miracles have happened for me yet and I don't expect them to either.

 

[JamiArch]

I agree with peacelover02. I ordered some of the water as well during a morning where I was desperate for something. I drank the water and nothing worked. I felt guilty about it. I found out later that he was false. I wish I could have known that sooner. I keep getting letters from him; they will be shredded and thrown away soon. And he will NEVER get a dime out of me!

 

[tapero]

When I was a teen I worked at a company that sent out newsletter, and things considered religiuos such as mustard seeds, prayer cloths, crosses bunch of junk.

I was just a kid and didn't grasp the situatin at the time, actually didn't till i became a christian at 33.

Anyway, for sending in money the co. said they would pray for people and also send these gifts along.

I remember the files were many rows and very tightly packed as all letters were saved.

Most letters were from the elderly.

checks in one pile letters in other pile.

It's awful, and just writing this breaks my heart to know there are so many lonely people out there who just want someone to know they exist.

Others may feel if they dont give they won't get to heaven.

Others may feel if they dont get these icons or gifts that they won't be blessed.

It is a very sad thing and of course happens all the time

 

[Parmenio]

To know that Popoff has once again begun taking money from the most desperate burns my soul. People such as this deserve so much more than they will ever get.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

He was well known for picking people out of a crowd and knowing what their name is, what their problem was, etc. ... Popoff's team would note which information applied to who and then using a radio signal and an earpiece would tell Popoff about the people.

Kind of like Jimmy Lee Farnsworth in the movie "Fletch Lives"

 

[.Sabre.]

Holy Herbalife, that's what it is.

Pyramid scheming by using the church.

Not good.

I'd be ticked off if someone did that with Mjolnir necklaces and amber necklaces, saying they were "blessed by the Gods".

 

[ImaginaryVoyager]

Yeah, I've noticed a trend in these scammers that when they get caught, they take a decade or so off the air and then come back to rip off the next generation that hasn't heard of them yet. Robert Tilton's back on the air, too