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How fake weight loss jab operation tricked TikTok
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November 13, 2025
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10:13Now PlayingAlluvi is the brand at the centre of the world’s biggest fake weight loss drug seizure, and it’s been playing TikTok.
Our investigation reveals how Alluvi, a major seller of counterfeit versions of the still-experimental drug retatrutide, managed to manipulate TikTok’s systems to silence critics.
Alluvi-linked accounts posed as legitimate influencers, by cloning their names and profile pictures, then reported the real ones as “fakes”, getting them banned.
When we shared our findings with TikTok, the platform shut down Alluvi’s official account.
This film exposes the murky online networks selling fake weight-loss jabs, the influencers they recruit, and how global social media platforms are being weaponised.
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Reported and produced by Sophie Braybrook
Filmed and edited by Samantha Everett
Graphics by Ian Watkins
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