In February 2025, online users received Facebook and Instagram advertisements promoting purported reviews for EverGreen Farms CBD Gummies. The ads led to a website. The owners designed the website to mislead viewers into thinking it’s a credible review platform hosted by USA Today. The fake USA Today review article claimed that EverGreen Farms CBD Gummies can “reverse dementia,” improve memory, support cognitive health, reduce anxiety and prevent Alzheimer’s disease. The ads featured retired neurosurgeon and former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dr. Ben Carson, country music star Reba McEntire, Fox News TV hosts Dana Perino and Laura Ingraham, conservative commentator Tucker Carlson and legendary film director and actor Clint Eastwood. Dr. Mehmet Oz, U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, also featured in the ads.
In my research, I concluded that EverGreen Farms CBD Gummies reviews using these famous people’s names were all scams. Carson, McEntire, Perino, Ingraham, Carlson, Eastwood and Oz never endorsed or reviewed the product. Further, I failed to locate an official website offering the product in a trustworthy way. A Google search for “EverGreen Farms CBD Gummies reviews” displayed nothing but results offering the product in a scammy fashion.
Consumers presented with the offer of buying a bottle of supplements only available online should instead schedule an appointment with a medical professional. Don’t simply rely on products marketed in Facebook and Instagram ads by anonymous individuals. Regarding EverGreen Farms CBD Gummies, where is the founder of this product? Can the company provide a verifiable mailing address that doesn’t simply point to a small mailbox in a packing-and-shipping store? Are there any credible studies or research to support the product’s claims about its supposed ability to “reverse dementia”? The absence of such basic information highlights the hallmarks of an untrustworthy and potentially dangerous product.
EverGreen Farms CBD Gummies Advertisements
On Feb. 11, I received a Facebook ad for EverGreen Farms CBD Gummies showing a fake picture of Carson and McEntire. The ad read, “Memory loss and Alzheimer’s are only one step away! How can you spot the threat in time? At the American Congress of Neurosurgery, Dr. Ben Carson presented a new approach to dementia repair that allows you to improve dementia at home. Thank you Dr. Carson for curing my dementia. I was happy to have my picture taken with him and will always remember this great!”
The photo of Carson and McEntire read, “To normalize dementia without drugs eat 30 grams of cooked,” then continued, “Write down the recipe.” However, no such recipe exists. Scammers often claim a special recipe exists to solve a medical issue, including showing common kitchen pantry items in photos and videos. However, that promise of a recipe exists only as clickbait eventually leading to a bottle of pills.
One of the ads displayed the headline, “In 7 days, your memory will be as healthy as it was at age 25.” Another said, “Your Memory Will Be As Good As It Was In Your 20s.”
Fake USA Today Article
The Facebook and Instagram ads led to fake EverGreen Farms CBD Gummies review articles. Scammers designed the articles to fool consumers into believing they stumbled upon the USA Today website, complete with the publisher’s logo and page layout. An attempt to archive the story resulted in the website displaying a facade for an online store — the classic cover for scammers looking to conceal their fraudulent efforts.
The article displayed the headline and subheading, “With the help of Tucker Carlson, Ben Carson shattered medical perceptions and reversed dementia, creating a medical miracle! The renowned American medical scientist Ben Carson spoke about a simple method to improve memory.”
Regarding the promise “reversing dementia,” the British Alzheimer’s Society once reported, “There are no research studies that prove cannabis, or products such as cannabis oil (CBD oil), can stop, slow, reverse or prevent the diseases that cause dementia.”
The completely false and fictional story began:
Dr. Ben Carson, a medical expert from California, USA, gathered 10 neuroscientists in Texas to secretly conduct research on natural therapies for improving memory, supported by $3.5 million in funding from Tucker Carlson. Within just two years, their product, EverGreen Farms CBD Gummies, has completely revolutionized the dementia market in the USA and Canada. During the Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month held in September by the Alzheimer’s Association, they are now ready to conquer the global market.
Upon its launch, many celebrities were among the first to use their product. Let’s take a look at their feedback:
Reba McEntire
Mom has Alzheimer’s disease for 5 years and it all started when she forgot little things like her keys or why she came into the room and sometimes what she wanted to say. Luckily, I purchased this EverGreen Farms CBD Gummies and I can’t tell you how grateful I am that the Alzheimer’s is gone and it’s great to see her enjoying playing with my son again!
Clint Eastwood
I started a new prescription my doctor suggested and had several negative side effects. Tucker gave me a sample of EverGreen Farms CBD Gummies and the product is a miracle worker. It only took a few days for me to notice the difference.
Laura Ingraham
It worked for my grandmother! It works just like Dr. Ben Carson told me it would. It works so well that I just want to let others know when it works.
The page also falsely claimed, “Over 1,000,000 people use EverGreen Farms CBD Gummies to treat memory and dementia-related issues.” Again, a Google search produced no results leading to an official website or genuine EverGreen Farms CBD Gummies reviews.
The Scourge of Gummy Scams
For at least several years prior to 2025, online scammers marketed hundreds of different names of CBD and keto gummies products. The fraudulent reviews for EverGreen Farms CBD Gummies posted on the fake USA Today website represented a drop in the bucket of the countless similar scams that have circulated for quite some time.
On July 1, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission published a press release with the headline and subheading, “FTC Acts to Stop Unauthorized Billing Scams That Have Taken in Over $200 Million from Consumers. Defendants Allegedly Participated in Unauthorized Billing Scheme Involving CBD and Keto-Related Products.”
A U.S. district court in central Florida today unsealed a Federal Trade Commission complaint charging two related groups of defendants with defrauding consumers nationwide by enrolling them, without their knowledge, into continuity plans where they are shipped and charged repeatedly for personal care products that they did not agree to purchase.
The defendants allegedly deceived consumers with ads for “free” CBD and Keto-related personal care products, billing many for products they did not consent to purchase, signing many up for unwanted continuity plans, and debiting money from their bank accounts without prior authorization. In addition, the FTC alleges that some of the defendants laundered credit card payments by setting up bank accounts for shell companies using straw signers.
“These defendants bilked consumers out of millions of dollars by repeatedly charging them for products they never ordered or agreed to purchase,” said Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “The FTC is committed to aggressively pursuing companies and individuals involved in these unauthorized billing scams.”
If the scammers victimized any readers, please let me know in the comments below. As of this writing, I failed to locate an email address, mailing address or phone number pertaining to the product.