Comments on: Research: U.S accounts for 72% of fraudulent pharmaceutical orders http://blog.webroot.com/2012/03/16/research-u-s-accounts-for-72-of-fraudulent-pharmaceutical-orders/ WEBROOT - INSIGHTS INTO THREATS AND TRENDS FROM OUR INTERNET SECURITY EXPERTS Thu, 23 May 2013 07:00:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Pharmaceutical scammers spamvertise YouTube themed emails, entice users into purchasing counterfeit drugs « Webroot Threat Blog – Internet Security Threat Updates from Around the World http://blog.webroot.com/2012/03/16/research-u-s-accounts-for-72-of-fraudulent-pharmaceutical-orders/#comment-98460 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:19:12 +0000 http://blog.webroot.com/?p=6333#comment-98460 [...] users into initiating a transaction through it. Which is sadly an isolated incident. According to recently published research, hundreds of thousands of U.S based users click on links found in these fraudulent emails, and [...]

]]> By: Spamvertised ‘YouTube Video Approved’ and ‘Twitter Support” themed emails lead to pharmaceutical scams « Webroot Threat Blog http://blog.webroot.com/2012/03/16/research-u-s-accounts-for-72-of-fraudulent-pharmaceutical-orders/#comment-50498 Tue, 22 May 2012 20:11:27 +0000 http://blog.webroot.com/?p=6333#comment-50498 [...] From compromised web shells on web sites with high page rank, the impersonation of legitimate brands, to the development of co-branding campaigns, pharmaceutical scammers persistently rotate the traffic acquisition tactics in an attempt to trick more end users into purchasing their counterfeit pharmaceutical items. [...]

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