Is the Berkey Water Filter a scam? No. I have no concerns at all. There's a guy that made a video claiming that the Berkey Water Filter is a giant scam and people are freaked out and it's just not true. In fact, there's a great unbiased resource that you can look at. There's a company called Tap Score, and this is a company that you can send in a sample of your tap water and they'll tell you what's in it. It's great! There's a YouTuber who did just that, he took a sample of Berkey filtered water