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As I continued researching the shadiest online pharmacies I could find, I found this site.  At first glance, it looks like a legitimate online drug store, until you look at the name: DRUG STORE.  This is like walking into a bank called "BANK." It looked the kind of site that's linked to a massive spam operation, with a generic design they can keep switching to new temporary URLs. That's what I wanted: the Internet equivalent of the guy selling stereo speakers out of the back of his van. After my previous attempt at getting Viagra for a baby from Canada, I was pleased to see this site was located in India. Hey, I saw "Slumdog Millionaire." In India, you can probably buy a baby that's worked in a Viagra factory.  You know it's official, when it's called OFFICIAL MEDICINE. "We deliver all certified and innocent pharmaceuticals," the site explained, assuring me that none of my pills would be convincted of homicide. Broken English: check.  "Our profound experience and knowledge of the products let us state that no unpleasant consequences will affect you," it went on, reassuring me that it's safe to give Viagra to a baby. Reckless, unregulated drug supply: check. "Our commitment to provide you with the best inspire us and gives assurance that you will get cured." Here I had to pause, since the point of pills is not to cure, but to manage. The only cure for pills should be more pills. I was concerned they didn't understand this basic rule of the pharma industry, but I moved ahead anyway.  I filled out the surprisingly brief order form. Fortunately, the "Medical Questionary" was optional, meaning I didn't have to provide them with pesky health histories or potentially fatal drug interactions. Whew!  I loved that you got two free Cialis or Levitra pills with your order. Man, I wish Walgreen's would do that.  "Since you're buying the Vicodin, please enjoy a sample of Oxycontin ... on us!" I put in my credit card information, noting with some concern that the site was an http:// site, not a secure https:// site.  In the name of comedy, I entered my credit card anyway, getting the confirmation message: "To see your order status and check all information, please visit: check-order-status.com" I'll let you check my order there, to see if you find what I found. Yep. Thought so.  "WAAAAHHHHH! VIAGWA MAN WIPOFF DADDY!" I checked my credit card account, which immediately showed a charge from MEDS-BILL10.COM RIGA LV. I shut down the credit card right away, feeling like the senior citizen desperately hoping the nice young door-to-door salesman will come back with her $2000 vacuum cleaner, since she just paid him in cash. To my surprise, however, I got a nice confirmation email on my order, which read: Any charge-backs to credit cards without communicating with us first are treated as Fraudulent. All details, including original order form, username, IP addresses and access logs bearing members IP addresses and/or e-mail addresses and username will be forwarded to the issuing Credit Card Company (Fraud Division), F.B.I. (Credit Card Fraud Division) and all Credit Reference Agencies which will probably result in a query into members credit card payment habits. This sounded like scammer behavior: make them afraid to report the crime, because then everyone will know they're ordering Viagra for a baby. Fortunately, everyone already knows I'm ordering Viagra for a baby. Take that! Their email said my drugs would be here in 7-10 business days. If that's true, I'll give them full credit for shipping my unethical medication. But when you have a contact page like this one, you have to assume guilty until proven innocent. So far, I was down $50, but not ready to give up the fight. Next I tried the one country where I knew I wouldn't get ripped off: Switzerland. | |||||||||||||
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