There is an old saying that states "if it sounds too good to be true it probably is". The myriad of cure-all products advertised in magazines, infomercials, mail order and most recently the internet surely fall into this category. Many desperate people who are concerned about their health become victims of medical scams every day.
A scam can take any form but the most common are promises of penis enlargement, restoration of hair, weight loss and fake online pharmacies. One common thread of these offers is a promise of miracle cures for diseases that have no cures. Many are described as all natural and have no side effects for people who are using them.
The weight loss business generates over forty billion dollars a year and most of the supplements and appetite suppressants fall into the scam description. They may offer a pill that causes weight loss without any significant changes in your lifestyle or eating habits but the truth is to lose weight and keep it off you must reduce your caloric intake and increase the amount of exercise you do on a daily basis.
A serious danger to the public is fake online pharmacies. These companies take advantage of people by promising to provide their medication at reduced prices or without prescriptions. In truth the customer takes the chance of receiving drugs that are past their expiration date or manufactured in illegal or foreign labs. They may also be sent pills that look like the medication the need but in fact have no medicinal value at all.
Another aspect of fake pharmacies is that they identify and focus on people who suffer from the worst of incurable diseases. Those who have diabetes, terminal cancer or HIV are their main targets. They use e-mail advertisements to contact them and many times use that initial contact to seize their credit information for illegal purposes.
To get past your spam filters many of these companies will misspell words or drop letters from the subject line. Officials recommend that you should never open e-mails from sources that you do not know. When you do you are inviting spy ware and viruses into your computer.
If the online pharmacy is offering to supply drugs to you at greatly reduced prices you can be pretty sure that there may be a problem with the medications. It is illegal to sell prescription medications without a prescription so if the company you are looking at offers to do this it may be a sure sign that the medicines you receive are fakes. Legitimate pharmacies can be found online and one way to easily recognize them is to check for physical address information and phone numbers. Once you research the company and verify that it is legitimate you may feel more comfortable placing your order.
There are so many ways that people are taken advantage of because they are gullible or too trusting. They want to find new or miracle cures for health issues and will believe individual testimonials from purported customers without following up with research through their doctors or pharmacists. Many times this practice can lead to far more serious problems for patients because they have delayed treatment in favor of some miracle cure that was found online.
A scam can take any form but the most common are promises of penis enlargement, restoration of hair, weight loss and fake online pharmacies. One common thread of these offers is a promise of miracle cures for diseases that have no cures. Many are described as all natural and have no side effects for people who are using them.
The weight loss business generates over forty billion dollars a year and most of the supplements and appetite suppressants fall into the scam description. They may offer a pill that causes weight loss without any significant changes in your lifestyle or eating habits but the truth is to lose weight and keep it off you must reduce your caloric intake and increase the amount of exercise you do on a daily basis.
A serious danger to the public is fake online pharmacies. These companies take advantage of people by promising to provide their medication at reduced prices or without prescriptions. In truth the customer takes the chance of receiving drugs that are past their expiration date or manufactured in illegal or foreign labs. They may also be sent pills that look like the medication the need but in fact have no medicinal value at all.
Another aspect of fake pharmacies is that they identify and focus on people who suffer from the worst of incurable diseases. Those who have diabetes, terminal cancer or HIV are their main targets. They use e-mail advertisements to contact them and many times use that initial contact to seize their credit information for illegal purposes.
To get past your spam filters many of these companies will misspell words or drop letters from the subject line. Officials recommend that you should never open e-mails from sources that you do not know. When you do you are inviting spy ware and viruses into your computer.
If the online pharmacy is offering to supply drugs to you at greatly reduced prices you can be pretty sure that there may be a problem with the medications. It is illegal to sell prescription medications without a prescription so if the company you are looking at offers to do this it may be a sure sign that the medicines you receive are fakes. Legitimate pharmacies can be found online and one way to easily recognize them is to check for physical address information and phone numbers. Once you research the company and verify that it is legitimate you may feel more comfortable placing your order.
There are so many ways that people are taken advantage of because they are gullible or too trusting. They want to find new or miracle cures for health issues and will believe individual testimonials from purported customers without following up with research through their doctors or pharmacists. Many times this practice can lead to far more serious problems for patients because they have delayed treatment in favor of some miracle cure that was found online.
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