MEDICAL SPAM PUSHERS
Dangerous medical spam is on the increase, thanks to legions of consumers who buy drugs from it.
Noticed how your inbox is filling up, rammed more than ever with medical spam, mostly of the erection-enhancing variety? Friends and colleagues all report the same problem, an unheralded deluge of the stuff in the past few months. It’s not just a blood-pressuring annoyance: doctors and regulators are warning that it’s an increasingly dangerous business.
Researchers are all saying the same thing - it’s our fault. People are buying things in response to being spammed. Just like junk mail, the spammers do it because it makes money. Recipients buy tablets for sexual performance, weight loss and body building.
It seems hard to believe that people actually send spammers money, but a recent survey in Network Computing claims that out of every 150 people who click on a spam drug e-mail, one buys something.
The problem has reached such proportions that doctors now ask patients whether they are taking medicines purchased online. One subscriber to Pharmacy Shark Patrol, JS from Ohio purchased a packet of Viagra-type erection pills that didn’t even match the unknown internet vendor’s original description. JS said "I bought ‘Viagra’ and I was sent Kamagra. I had no problem with the pills, though.”
JS was very lucky. The Pharmacy Shark Patrol (PSP), has spent years researching for trusted online pharmacies who delivery on time, with no cheating. In addition Pharmacy Shark Patrol obtains significant feedback from subscribers, online affiliate publishers and pharmacies themselves. There are always pricing issues, missed deliveries or quality checks that require PSP follow up on behalf of subscribers.
Some unscrupulous operators use fake pills. Robbie from UK mentions one of the Euro drug sellers online and thought it was "..wicked as the price was good. No joy. I was really sick and was in so much pain. I went to the doctor and he said that it wasn’t that dangerous, but it was some sort of filler that has really bad side-effects and may in the long term be bad for me; he told me to stop taking them (not that he needed to tell me).” Robbie, purchased from a pharmacy with a name closely resembling a well established pharmacy.
The bottomline - if you need to buy online at least checkout the credentials of the seller. Subscribe to Pharmacy Shark Patrol, it is free to join, research the PSP archives, view the lists of top online pharmacies and their performance ratings. Also, check out the avoid list of pharmacies. PSP lists the better pharmacies that will most closely replace the products sought from the avoid listed pharmacies.
Noticed how your inbox is filling up, rammed more than ever with medical spam, mostly of the erection-enhancing variety? Friends and colleagues all report the same problem, an unheralded deluge of the stuff in the past few months. It’s not just a blood-pressuring annoyance: doctors and regulators are warning that it’s an increasingly dangerous business.
Researchers are all saying the same thing - it’s our fault. People are buying things in response to being spammed. Just like junk mail, the spammers do it because it makes money. Recipients buy tablets for sexual performance, weight loss and body building.
It seems hard to believe that people actually send spammers money, but a recent survey in Network Computing claims that out of every 150 people who click on a spam drug e-mail, one buys something.
The problem has reached such proportions that doctors now ask patients whether they are taking medicines purchased online. One subscriber to Pharmacy Shark Patrol, JS from Ohio purchased a packet of Viagra-type erection pills that didn’t even match the unknown internet vendor’s original description. JS said "I bought ‘Viagra’ and I was sent Kamagra. I had no problem with the pills, though.”
JS was very lucky. The Pharmacy Shark Patrol (PSP), has spent years researching for trusted online pharmacies who delivery on time, with no cheating. In addition Pharmacy Shark Patrol obtains significant feedback from subscribers, online affiliate publishers and pharmacies themselves. There are always pricing issues, missed deliveries or quality checks that require PSP follow up on behalf of subscribers.
Some unscrupulous operators use fake pills. Robbie from UK mentions one of the Euro drug sellers online and thought it was "..wicked as the price was good. No joy. I was really sick and was in so much pain. I went to the doctor and he said that it wasn’t that dangerous, but it was some sort of filler that has really bad side-effects and may in the long term be bad for me; he told me to stop taking them (not that he needed to tell me).” Robbie, purchased from a pharmacy with a name closely resembling a well established pharmacy.
The bottomline - if you need to buy online at least checkout the credentials of the seller. Subscribe to Pharmacy Shark Patrol, it is free to join, research the PSP archives, view the lists of top online pharmacies and their performance ratings. Also, check out the avoid list of pharmacies. PSP lists the better pharmacies that will most closely replace the products sought from the avoid listed pharmacies.
posted by Lindsay at 7:40 AM
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