A Sketchy Website Advertised Fake Hormone Pills to Trans People. Then, It Disappeared.

A Sketchy Website Advertised Fake Hormone Pills to Trans People. Then, It Disappeared.

a year ago
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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3mm88/a-sketchy-website-advertised-fake-hormone-pills-to-trans-people-then-it-disappeared

Last week, a verified Twitter account went viral after advertising fake hormone pills in a scam that specifically targeted some of the most vulnerable members of the LGBTQ community—before the website selling them disappeared from the internet. 

The account named “QueerQuirk” began advertising a product called “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Estrogen,” which turned out to be a supplement that has no proven effect on raising estrogen levels and has been shown to instead raise testosterone levels. The tweet led to enormous backlash online, with many pointing out that the “company” seemed to be a scam targeting trans people by either collecting their data or selling them harmful products, or simply taking their money for pills that don't exist.