Scam weight-loss drops marketed to Australians contain ‘basically salty water’, analysis finds

Another website sells similar products, which come in distinctive green boxes and are readily available on the internet. Photograph: The Guardian

A scam weight-loss treatment marketed to Australians as an “oral solution” that mimics the effects of Ozempic contains nothing more than a watery saline solution similar to eye drops, analysis has revealed.

Guardian Australia revealed last month that online “ghost stores” masquerading as Australian businesses had expanded into advertising weight-loss treatments and were impersonating real people to recommend their products.