Beware of Fake Swine Drugs
Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Reena Daruwalla | Comments 0
According to this Wall Street Journal report, there is a real need for consumers to be very cautious when buying online drugs to treat the H1N1 Swine Flu virus.
Roche’s Tamiflu and GlaxoSmithKline’s Relenza are two of the most popular brands of the generic swine flu drug, Oseltamivir and there is actually a short fall in supply of these drugs when compared to demand.
To meet this shortfall, online scamsters are selling fake drugs online fooling gullible people into parting with their cash and also endangering their lives. While swine flu itself may not be a lethal infection, drugs such as these fake ones sold online could actually prove far more dangerous than the actual illness.
According to the report, British security software firm Sophos has found thousands of fake drug web sites and millions of bogus promotional materials, many being generated by Russian criminals. In a statement last week, the company said some criminals were claiming to be making “more than $100,000 every day” from gullible buyers of fake flu drugs. The report adds that the drugs will not work, and the identities of the purchasers may be stolen as criminal networks use their credit card details to further defraud them.
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