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In the final months of 2022, online users reported seeing ads that claimed Twitter owner Elon Musk and Tesla, the company that he had been the CEO of for years, had endorsed a product named Pro Power Saver or Power Save Pro. According to articles connected to the ads, the device could help homeowners save up to 90% off their homes' electricity bills. However, the truth is that Musk's image and likeness, and the Tesla name, were both being used without permission, meaning neither Musk nor Tesla had anything to do with any of this. Further, we don't recommend trusting any claims that say homeowners will be able to save such an enormous percentage off of their electricity bills. Had this truly been possible, it would be one of the most popular products around today. As we mentioned under the fact-check rating above, it's worth remembering that if something seems too good to be true, then it probably is. As of January 2023, a search of Google brought up an ad that read, Power Saver Pro - Elon Musk Power Saver. The words for the product name were not in the right order, but it still showed the same device. Upon clicking the ad, we were led to a page on consumerreviewsite.com that did not mention Musk at all. Again, he had nothing to do with any of this. In addition to the misleading Google ad, the idea that Musk had something to do with Pro Power Saver apparently stemmed from a scammy article that was designed to somewhat resemble the design of articles that can be found on FoxNews.com. One of these stories was originally hosted on the gadgetreviewking.com website, but was no longer accessible. While we couldn't find an active link to the elusive fake Fox News article, what we did locate were posts that showed social media users had copied and pasted the text of the story. When readers clicked on an ad that led to the fake Fox News story, the article would automatically fill in a state name based on the user's current IP address. In this case, the state was California: The article then went on to tell a sad story of a woman who purportedly died in a Tesla factory. According to the story, her death inspired Musk to create Pro Power Saver: None of this is true. It is all fiction, including the supposed story of a woman named Dorothy Smith having died of heat stroke in a Tesla factory. If any readers notice ads for this kind of a miracle electricity-saving product with the claim that Musk or some other celebrity or other well-known person endorsed it, please contact us. Screenshots are helpful, but links are even better. If readers can send in both screenshots and links, that would assist us in our reporting.
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