Canadian RX Drugs

## Description

* Always Great - http://always-great.com/
* Canadian Online Meds - http://canadianonlinemedicine.com/
* Canadian Online Pharmacy
* Cheap Meds List - http://cheap-meds-list.com/
* Drugs For Us - http://drugsforus.com/
* Golden StethoScope - http://golden-stethoscope.com/
* Great RX Pharmacy - http://great-rx-pharmacy.com/
* Health-Refill - http://healthreorder.com/
* Health Online Leader - http://health-online-leader.com/
* HealthRefill
* Internet Drugs Pedia - http://i-drugspedia.com/
* MedrugsPlus - http://med-drugs-plus.com/
* Meds For Us - http://meds-for-us.com/
* Meds Leader - Top Online Pharmacy Supplier - http://medicleader.com/
* Men Drugs Shop - http://drugsshopformen.com/
* Number One Clinic - http://numberoneclinic.com/
* Pure RX Shop
* RX Pharmacy Center - http://rxpharmacy-center.com/
* RXED On Green - http://rxed-on-green.com/
* StallionsRX - http://stallionsrx.com/
* Star Of Health - http://star-of-health.com/
* The Canadian Rx Drugs - http://canadianrx-drugs.com/ and http://herbiedrugs.com/
* The US Drugs - http://the-us-drugs.com/ (different from the Bulker.biz brand US Drugs)
* Trusted Meds Online - http://trusted-drugs-online.com/
* World Of Drugs - http://world-of-drugs.com/

Visitors to these sites are cautioned against placing an order for any of the products advertised. With so much obvious fraud in the set up of the web sites, any reasonable person would be justified in having doubts about passing identity and credit card details to such blatant fraudsters.
The contact page has a form for inquiries as well as a phone number (currently 1-800-998-7978) and the mailto link. The website also displays this phone number for customer support, giving the appearance of legitimacy. Read on to see how legitimate the sites are.

## False Pretenses

### False: Secure link claim

https://secure.payment-rx.com/checkout\_gw4.pl?xml=1&site\_id=51
Where was this secure payment system registered? 2007 info showed

```
Domain Name: PAYMENT-RX.COM
Registrar: BIZCN.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.bizcn.com
Referral URL: http://www.bizcn.com
Name Server: NS3.CNMSN.COM
Name Server: NS4.CNMSN.COM
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 28-nov-2006
Creation Date: 28-nov-2006
Expiration Date: 28-nov-2007

```

It was registered with a Chinese registrar, frequently abused by spammers and criminal fraudsters.
Who was the registrant?

```
Registrant Contact:
  galen Inc
  kevin fairlie donavon@payment-rx.com
  1000707733 fax: 1000285717
  Suite 522
  Manama Manama 6372
  GB

```

Manama is the capital city in Bahrain and has phone prefix +973 and 8-digit local phone numbers. Manama is certainly not in GB (Great Britain).
It is currently registered with Privacy Protection, another bad sign. A real pharmacy has to have a real location. If it's a real pharmacy and they aren't hiding from law enforcement, why can't they register the domain at that location?
This secure page currently the following statement:

```
For your convenience in case of any questions or concerns feel free to contact our Customer

```

In 2007, when first observed, the support domain was pharmacycs.com.
Who was the registrar for pharmacycs.com?

```
Domain Name: PHARMACYCS.COM
Registrar: BIZCN.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.bizcn.com
Referral URL: http://www.bizcn.com
Name Server: NS3.CNMSN.COM
Name Server: NS4.CNMSN.COM
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 28-nov-2006
Creation Date: 28-nov-2006
Expiration Date: 28-nov-2007

```

Who was the registrant?

```
Registrant Contact:
  gabe Inc
  noland rudie felix@pharmacycs.com
  1000080971 fax: 1000441258
  Suite 430
  Athens Athens 1290
  GB

```

Note the similarity in fake company names (galen and gabe), fake phone numbers, and now we have Athens
geographically misplaced in Great Britain.

```
Domain Name: PAYMENT-RX.COM
Registrar: BIZCN.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.bizcn.com
Referral URL: http://www.bizcn.com
Name Server: NS1.PENDING-RENEWAL-DOMAIN.COM
Name Server: NS2.PENDING-RENEWAL-DOMAIN.COM
Status: redemptionPeriod
Updated Date: 08-jan-2010

```

The criminals continued to claim the connection was secure, with pictures of secure connections, but the actual connection was not secure.
Note the faked padlock with "Secure order form" and the subtitle "Secure card transaction" - which it was not.
Note the "Positive SSL" logo, where the site was not using SSL.
Note the depiction of an address bar with "https://" - which would normally indicate a secure connection.
But note that in actual fact the page was using "http://" not "https://". They were tryig to defraud you.

The site is now using the slightly different domain paymentrx.com, registered with eNom, and with SSL -- for as long as that lasts. But they have tipped their hand that they are willing to use deception to be able to take money while transmitting your medical information and credit card number in plain view.
**September 2011**
At the bottom of the page is the "Support" link
http://www.rx-order-support.com/ ut when you try to go there:

```
   Server not found
   Firefox can't find the server at http://www.rx-order-support.com.

```

Looking up the domain name for the support for RX Promotions -

```
Domain Name: RX-ORDER-SUPPORT.COM
Registrar: INTERNET.BS CORP.
Name Server: NS-CANADA.TOPDNS.COM
Name Server: NS-UK.TOPDNS.COM
Name Server: NS-USA.TOPDNS.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 09-aug-2011
Creation Date: 09-aug-2011

```

Those name servers do not contain any information about the support site, which leads to the conclusion that it has been withdrawn

```
ns-usa.topdns.com [216.67.232.70] [Says that there is no a record for rx-order-support.com]
ns-canada.topdns.com [67.212.92.253] [Says that there is no a record for rx-order-support.com]
ns-uk.topdns.com [83.170.72.109] [Says that there is no a record for rx-order-support.com]

```

**April 2010**

```
domain:     FINLEYMED.RU
nserver:    ns1.prnservme.ru.
nserver:    ns2.prnservme.ru.
nserver:    ns3.prnservme.ru.
nserver:    ns4.prnservme.ru.
state:      REGISTERED, DELEGATED, VERIFIED
person:     Private Person
phone:      +7 926 8787645
e-mail:     malogrig@list.ru
registrar:  NAUNET-REG-RIPN
created:    2010.04.21
paid-till:  2011.04.21

```

**Oct 2010**

```
 Domain Name: RXFASTPAY.COM
 Registrar: ENOM, INC.
 Whois Server: whois.enom.com
 Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
 Name Server: DNS1.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM
 Name Server: DNS2.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM
 Name Server: DNS3.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM
 Name Server: DNS4.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM
 Status: clientTransferProhibited
 Updated Date: 26-oct-2010
 Creation Date: 26-oct-2010
 Expiration Date: 26-oct-2011

```

The domain used for the support lime is drugssupport24.com registered in India at the end of 2010

```
Domain Name: DRUGSSUPPORT24.COM
Registrar: SUN MOUNTAIN LLC
Whois Server: whois.sunmounta.in
Referral URL: http://www.sunmounta.in
Name Server: NS1.BODIS.COM
Name Server: NS2.BODIS.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 28-dec-2010
Creation Date: 27-dec-2010

```

False: Claims to have "Pharma Checker" approval
The fraud continues. Sites pretend to be authenticated by Pharmacy Checker - which they are not. So they set up a link to a fake *Pharma Checker* instead of the genuine *Pharmacy Checker*. Notice the fake logo on the left, compared with the genuine one on the right.

**Pharmacy Checker response**

```
We do not endorse this company and they are not affiliated with PharmacyChecker.com
in any manner. The PharmacyChecker.com seal that they publish (“Pharma Checker”) is
an unauthorized and adulterated copy.

Donna Miller, Customer Services

```

False: Claim of "CIMA Rx" approval

If you click the image, you see that it is not even a link.

False: Claim to be Canadian1. Registrant addresses, when they are provided any at all, are never verifiable Canadian or even US addresses.
2. Name servers have IP addresses that show they are located in the Czech Republic or the Ukraine.
3. Web sites have been located at IP address 210.211.98.50 which is located in Viet Nam

```
inetnum:      210.211.96.0 - 210.211.127.255
netname:      VTDC-VNNIC-VN
descr:        Viettel-CHT Company Ltd
descr:        Hoa Lac Hitech Park, Km29, Lang Hoa Lac Road
descr:        Thach That, Ha Noi
country:      VN

```

Lack of Pharmacist Oversight
Numerous affiliate programs' pharma sites have begun competing for customers by putting "free Viagra" in the electronic shopping cart with every item ordered. (It's actually not real Viagra; whether it is even generic sildenafil is questionable.) Like the others, the Rx-promotions sites betray their complete lack of involvement of anyone with even the most minimal pharmacy training by including the "Viagra" when someone orders nitrate drugs -- a **potentially lethal interaction**. There is more detail in the wiki article for Canadian Pharmacy and there is a photo documenting this practice here.

Invalid contact details

The domain name in this contact has been suspended by the registrar:

```
 Domain Name: DRUGSSUPPORT24.COM
 Registrar: ENOM, INC.
 Whois Server: whois.enom.com
 Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
 Name Server: BLOCKEDDUETOSPAM.PLEASECONTACTSUPPORT.COM
 Name Server: DUMMYSECONDARY.PLEASECONTACTSUPPORT.COM
 Status: **clientHold**
 Updated Date: 14-apr-2010
 Creation Date: 09-oct-2009
 Expiration Date: 09-oct-2010

```

Affiliates also will have a problem making contact. The affilates web site has been suspended by the registrar:

```
 Domain Name: SPAMPROMO.COM
 Registrar: TODAYNIC.COM, INC.
 Whois Server: whois.todaynic.com
 Referral URL: http://www.NOW.CN
 Name Server: NS3.01ISP.COM
 Name Server: NS4.01ISP.NET
 Status: **clientHold**
 Status: clientTransferProhibited
 Updated Date: 27-dec-2009
 Creation Date: 17-dec-2008
 Expiration Date: 17-dec-2010

```

The web site at gives the contact address for Canadian RX Drugs as
Suite 2, Portland House, Glacis Road, Gibraltar which is depicted in a photograph
This address can also be found in a Google search:
* Rogue antivirus distributor
* Registered address of an Adult web site provider

it has an IP address 91.212.135.134 which is located in Russia

```
inetnum:        91.212.135.0 - 91.212.135.255
netname:        YABA-NET
descr:          YabaMedia Ltd
country:        RU

organisation:   ORG-YL4-RIPE
org-name:       YabaMedia Ltd
org-type:       OTHER
address:        Shipilovskaya st. 18/1
address:        Moscow, 120312, Russia
e-mail:         alexander@yabadaba.ru

person:         Alexander Andreev
address:        Shipilovskaya st. 18/1
address:        Moscow, 120312, Russia
phone:          +7 925 8782503
e-mail:         alexander@yabadaba.ru

```

FDA Warning Letter
The US Food and Drug Administration FDA) issued an official Warning Letter on October 8, 2010.

```
Inspections, Compliance, Enforcement, and Criminal Investigations
TO: support@rx-drugs-support.com
FROM: Food and Drug Administration Internet Pharmacy Task Force
RE: Internet Marketing of Unapproved and Misbranded Drugs
DATE: October 8, 2010

```

Included in the letter were these Canadian Online Pharmacy sites, still operating 6 weeks later despite a deadline of 15 working days -
* buy-oxycontin.us
* buyoxycontin.us
* buyoxycontinonline.us
* cheapoxycontin.us
* orderoxycontin.us
* oxycontin-without-prescription.us
* oxycontinbuy.us
* oxycontinnoprescription.us
* oxycontinwithoutprescription.us

Extract:
*Acomplia (rimonabant) is well-known as the name of a drug previously approved in the European Union. It has never been approved by FDA, and in June 2007, FDA’s Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee unanimously voted not to recommend approval of the drug because of increased risk of neurological and psychiatric side effects including seizures, depression, anxiety, insomnia, aggressiveness, and suicidal thoughts among patients.*

Spam Examples

```
Subject: Subject: Friend *username*, enter our shop Izesgykeh

The evolution of insect wings has been a subject of debate.
Leung King, Tuen Mun Hospital, Fung Tei.
http://xhx.rodolfodrugs.ru/?f825f2b53cb-5b61a83626e8-d3d163de635
Dragonfly naiads use jet propulsion, forcibly expelling water out of their rectal chamber.
They included Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Ken Linseman, and Mike Gartner.
http://q.rodolfodrugs.ru/?7df68546302e-e41641c38bc-1d52413b5d1

```

Hosting Sites
This has become a far more prevalent brand than before. In April 2010 the spam abuse rate increased to match or better that of Canadian Pharmacy

Sample name server domains* aa1ns.ru
* abrnswowk.ru
* abvnameshere.ru
* aebnstree.ru
* akimdnservice.ru
* alinanameserv.ru
* alushyearns.ru
* ansernameg.ru
* aprnamesplace.ru
* armfreenet.ru
* arnamebz.ru
* augnameservr.ru
* azjnameserver.ru
* g1ns.ru
* gg2ns.com
* gg9ns.com
* hh4ns.com
* o5nserv.ru
* prnservme.ru

URIBL lists of sites* aa1ns.ru http://rss.uribl.com/ns/aa1ns\_ru.html
* abrnswowk.ru http://rss.uribl.com/ns/abrnswowk\_ru.html
* abvnameshere.ru http://rss.uribl.com/ns/abvnameshere\_ru.html
* aebnstree.ru http://rss.uribl.com/ns/aebnstree\_ru.html
* akimdnservice.ru http://rss.uribl.com/ns/akimdnservice\_ru.html
* alinanameserv.ru http://rss.uribl.com/ns/alinanameserv\_ru.html
* alushyearns.ru http://rss.uribl.com/ns/alushyearns\_ru.html
* ansernameg.ru http://rss.uribl.com/ns/ansernameg\_ru.html
* aprnamesplace.ru http://rss.uribl.com/ns/aprnamesplace\_ru.html
* armfreenet.ru http://rss.uribl.com/ns/armfreenet\_ru.html
* arnamebz.ru http://rss.uribl.com/ns/arnamebz\_ru.html
* augnameservr.ru http://rss.uribl.com/ns/augnameservr\_ru.html
* azjnameserver.ru http://rss.uribl.com/ns/azjnameserver\_ru.html
* g1ns.ru http://rss.uribl.com/ns/g1ns\_ru.html
* gg2ns.com http://rss.uribl.com/ns/gg2ns\_com.html
* gg9ns.com http://rss.uribl.com/ns/gg9ns\_com.html
* hh4ns.com http://rss.uribl.com/ns/hh4ns\_com.html
* o5nserv.ru http://rss.uribl.com/ns/o5nserv\_ru.html
* prnservme.ru http://rss.uribl.com/ns/prnservme\_ru.html

Sample Name Server IP addresses
**CZ bad IPs** - CERT email = cert@cert.cz
* 90.176.146.222
* 188.130.250.227
* 193.104.106.81
* 193.104.106.82
* 193.104.106.85

**UA bad IPs** - CERT email = cert@cert.gov.ua
* 91.206.201.6
* 124.248.32.111
* 193.104.12.125
* 193.104.12.126
* 193.104.12.127
* 193.104.12.128
* 202.165.179.23

How to report this spam
The Complainterator is configured to request removal of these fraudulent sites. Add a link to this page as evidence.
Send an email to the Czech and Ukraine country CERT teams at the email addresses shown above. Request that these illegal IP addresses be put in a routing black hole. Again, add a link here for the criminal evidence.

Related spam operations
Canadian Pharmacy and PharmSite share many similarities. A single agent may register domains for sale to multiple spam affiliate programs, so there may indeed be a connection. And there is likely plenty of plagiarism of things like images of fake seals.|}