MalwareTips: americagadgets.com TrueVision glasses use a fabricated Shark Tank pitch
MalwareTips says americagadgets.com sells TrueVision glasses with a fabricated Shark Tank / Mark Cuban story and conflicting checkout and membership terms. Shark Tank is not involved.
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Source: malwaretips.com · published
What happened
MalwareTips published an investigation on 6 November 2026 calling the TrueVision glasses promotion at americagadgets.com a deceptive offer built around a fabricated Shark Tank story. The advertorial claims a Minnesota entrepreneur won a $10 million investment from Mark Cuban on a Shark Tank episode dated 11 March 2026, but Cuban's own biography places his final Shark Tank appearance in May 2025. Shark Tank and Mark Cuban are not involved.
How the scam works
The sales page is dressed as a consumer report with a specialist byline, and it describes lenses that automatically handle near and far vision and suggests the product can stop eyesight decline and end the need for prescriptions. The merchant's ordinary TrueVision product page instead describes manual side dials and says the glasses do not replace an eye examination or prescribed lenses. An earlier video-documented version of the pitch described a rejected $30 million offer rather than an accepted $10 million one, and identical customer stories appear under different names. Some image filenames reference Gemini or ChatGPT image-editing tools.
MalwareTips says direct checkout at secureorder.americagadgets.com starts with three pairs and paid shipping rather than one pair with free delivery, and that a separate product route displays consent to a recurring membership whose billing interval conflicts with the terms, with a VIP route at cancel.americagadgets.com/login. Return promises vary between 30 and 180 days. The FTC has warned about doctored Shark Tank endorsements in general; that is not a finding against this merchant.
MalwareTips notes the deceptive promotion does not prove every buyer accepted a subscription or received the same lenses. Buyers should save the exact checkout page and guarantee shown, check statements for recurring charges, and see an eye care professional rather than rely on adjustable reading glasses as a replacement for a prescription.
Source
MalwareTips investigation, 6 November 2026: https://malwaretips.com/blogs/truevision-glasses-fake-shark-tank-membership/
Red flags
- A product story built on a TV deal that the show's own timeline does not support.
- Glasses promised to end the need for prescriptions or eye exams.
- Different pages describing automatic and manual focusing for the same product.
- A checkout that starts with multiple units and paid shipping.
- Recurring-membership consent hidden on a product route.
- Return guarantees that change between 30 and 180 days.
If you were targeted
- 1Pay only by credit card or a payment method with buyer protection, never by bank transfer.
- 2Screenshot the product page, prices, delivery promise and return terms before you pay.
- 3If an order goes wrong, contact the seller in writing and keep every reply.
- 4If the seller does not resolve it, open a dispute with your card issuer or payment provider.
- 5Buy from the brand's own site or authorised retailers when authenticity or origin matters.
- 6Check your card statement for recurring charges after any purchase and cancel unwanted memberships in writing.