| On December 15th, 2005 the FDA completed | | | | in 2006, and as of June 2007 there is already |
| several investigations concluding that many | | | | 3.2 billion reported, more than the entire |
| online pharmacies are not fully licensed | | | | previous year. It is quite clear that |
| pharmacies and they are supplying counterfeit | | | | stronger safeguards and measures are required |
| medications from as many as 27 different | | | | to offset the astonishing growth of the |
| countries around the globe. These findings | | | | Internet, and starting with the online |
| are a result of intercepting packages as they | | | | pharmaceutical market (one of the largest and |
| are cleared into the USA in New York, Miami, | | | | fastest growing in the world) is no |
| and Los Angeles airports. This brings to | | | | exception. |
| attention an alarming amount of trust that is | | | | |
| placed on these foreign pharmacies and until | | | | Detecting a fraudulent online pharmacy is not |
| more consumers start using the services of | | | | always an easy thing to do but through the |
| fraud protection websites such as the | | | | use of an escrow service a consumer can shop |
| pharmacy escrow service sites that connects | | | | in confidence knowing their interests are |
| the buyer with a few fully licensed | | | | always being protected. An escrow works by |
| pharmacies in a safe and trustworthy | | | | holding the funds of the buyer in a special |
| environment. | | | | escrow account while the transaction between |
| | | | the buyer and the seller is completed. If |
| "There are just so many (websites) to choose | | | | there are ever any problems with the |
| from - how can one possibly know which | | | | transaction the escrow company will work to |
| pharmacy is legit and which one is going to | | | | resolve the issue and in this regard provide |
| take my money and run away?" asks John R, a | | | | protection for both the buyer and the seller. |
| senior citizen residing in Ohio USA. "If it | | | | When you combine the protection of a well |
| weren't for DrugDelivery.ca and its guarantee | | | | established escrow service with strict due |
| backed escrow service I wouldn't have a clue | | | | diligence requirements of all pharmacies |
| whether my medication would even arrive, let | | | | dispensing the medications, then and only |
| alone if it were fake or not. It's a scary | | | | then can you truly have a worry free |
| world out there!" According to ePayNews.com, | | | | experience when ordering your medications |
| there was over 3 billion USD in online fraud | | | | online. |