For years, and especially more so since about 2006, there has been a major surge in emailed spam for so-called 'Canadian Pharmacies'. According to reports, this has also caused significant harm to the legitimate pharmacies in Canada according to their industry associations.
Several gangs exist, primarily Yambo Financials, and a Russia-mafia group that is headed by Leo Kuvayev and Alex Polyakov, and possibly other criminal gangs. Leo Kuvayev was arrested in the United States and while awaiting trial on charges of selling prescription drugs online, was granted bail, upon release on bail left the country, and soon was sending large quantities of email spam for pharmaceuticals, largely prescription drugs.
Many spammers use identifiable domain names. One gang uses domains with two words run together, such as prizechange, always followed by .com, and the other uses nonsense words, like qiyidevoh, always followed by .cn (domain extension for China). Most of the sites look very similar, although at times there are differences, or new versions of the pages appear.
Most of the offerings of the spam gang sites are for anti-impotence drugs such as Viagra and Cialis, or opioid painkillers such as Vicodin or Oxycontin. Most of the medicines shipped are counterfeits with little or no active ingredient.
Several gangs exist, primarily Yambo Financials, and a Russia-mafia group that is headed by Leo Kuvayev and Alex Polyakov, and possibly other criminal gangs. Leo Kuvayev was arrested in the United States and while awaiting trial on charges of selling prescription drugs online, was granted bail, upon release on bail left the country, and soon was sending large quantities of email spam for pharmaceuticals, largely prescription drugs.
Many spammers use identifiable domain names. One gang uses domains with two words run together, such as prizechange, always followed by .com, and the other uses nonsense words, like qiyidevoh, always followed by .cn (domain extension for China). Most of the sites look very similar, although at times there are differences, or new versions of the pages appear.
Most of the offerings of the spam gang sites are for anti-impotence drugs such as Viagra and Cialis, or opioid painkillers such as Vicodin or Oxycontin. Most of the medicines shipped are counterfeits with little or no active ingredient.
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