Buying Prescription Drugs Online?

November 21, 2011
AARP Bulletin
By Sid Kirchheimer

For nearly three years, scammers have been posing as FDA officials in extortion cons aimed at Americans who buy medications from Internet pharmacies. Now the scammers have found a new role — the fake DEA agent.

But the intent remains the same as when Scam Alert previously reported this ploy: to squeeze money out of people who have bought prescription drugs online or by phone from "telepharmacies." Pay a fine, they tell you, or face arrest for making an illegal purchase. Read more

 

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