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My Canadian pharmacy generic Viagra spammers

This article is in response to news that My Canadian Pharmacy and its other web operations have been linked to Alex Polyakov an almost mythical character in the spam a world (possibly of Russian or Ukrainian descent), and his criminal scam organisation ‘Yambo Financials’ identified by Spamhaus as the worlds biggest spam operators. Since 2004 numerous Canadian pharmacies have been relentlessly despatching spam emails across the world selling Generic Viagra. Current internet usage statistics estimates that spam email accounts for over 81% of all emails and around 40% of all internet traffic.

The group operates a number of websites including International Legal RX US Drugs VIP Pharmacy Canadian Health&Care Mall

Yambo Financials never pay for a server, instead they host their sites on other peoples services. They do this by first identifying unsecure servers and hijacking them with Trojan horses. A clever system of switching sites and servers helps hide their tracks. In this way the operators have evaded capture despite being wanted by many law enforcement groups. They are also wanted for other fraudulent activities including credit card fraud, identity theft, and phishing scams. Indeed most customers never receive an order and where merchandise is received the medications usually turn out to be fake, or lack any active ingredient.

It is a testament to the intelligence of the scam that the operation is still running under the same brands that have been used for over 6 years. The Canadian brand was set up to take advantage of the large US market. The USA is the largest consumer nation in the world, and since the cost of prescription medications in the USA are very high US citizens have for many years now looking across to Canada for a cheaper alternative. The exact market placement of the My Canadian Pharmacy site shows a precise and clever understanding of the demands of the US consumer market, that Americans are always seeking cheaper treatments from their Canadian neighbours.

The reality is that operations like this offering generic Viagra are operating outside the US, UK and any other EU country. There is no legislative authority checking the quality of their service and products and no repercussions or penalties that they can incur. The main lesson to be learnt is never respond to any invitation to buy treatments online. Always double check the credentials of the site. Check if they have a phone number that is active. Scammers such as these have shown themselves all to able to avoid capture and detection and one wonders if they will ever be caught. Only by making sure that online users can spot fraudulent sites and are aware of how to protect themselves against scams can these fraudulent operators be discouraged to operate. So take care when shopping online and check out our how to buy Viagra online safely guide.