Real-life consequences of counterfeit drugs

Read real-life stories of consumers who have been harmed from unknowingly purchasing counterfeit medications.

Counterfeit drug rip-offs

December 3, 2019/in Real life stories /by Fraud.org staff

The risks of buying drugs from sketchy online pharmacies include simply throwing your money away and getting nothing in return–or getting worthless counterfeit drugs that won’t help your condition (and could make it worse). Here are just a few examples of complaints from consumers who lost money — and never received any medications — through […]

Death in Colorado

October 24, 2019/in Real life stories /by Fraud.org staff

In June of 2018, seeking relief from a painful flare-up of her chronic pancreatitis, Ashley Romero took a pain pill that she thought was a legitimate prescription. Shockingly, the single pill took Ashley’s life. A mother, a Great Dane lover, and someone who sometimes fed the homeless in her community on Sundays, Ashley was taken […]

Wave of counterfeit-related deaths in Sacramento

October 24, 2019/in Real life stories /by Fraud.org staff

In a brutal month spanning March 23 to April 23 in 2016, 14 people in the Sacramento area died of suspected drug overdoses, and 38 others were poisoned. At first, authorities could only suspect “contaminated drugs.” A month later, testing showed that the culprit was counterfeit pills made with deadly fentanyl. “I lost my son, […]