FDA Warns Of Multiple Online Pharmacy Scams

SPARTANBURG, S.C. --

It's a tough pill to swallow when you're hit with a hefty prescription drug bill. So it's no many people go online for relief.

Cathy Pitts says her mom and dad buy their arthritis medication through online pharmacies to save cash and time.

"They're not having to go to the hospitals pharmacy and being told no I'm sorry we don't have that you're going to have to come baCk. They actually have it," said Cathy.

But a Google search warns many of these "sites might be compromised." And when people fall for a bogus online pharmacy, they can not only end up with fake pills, but be victim to a host of scams.

"When one person picks up on your information they're going to sell that list to somebody else and that somebody else is going to do what they can do to make money and this is where the scam comes from," said Pharmacist Tom Armstrong at Smith's Drugs in Spartanburg.

He says that's how online pharmacy users are getting targeted and some tricked into thinking they owe fines for buying medicine online.

Callers claiming to be with the FDA pressuring them into paying fees ranging from 100 to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The reality is of course the FDA won't call you, they go after the creators of these bogus websites. And the agency can't fine you either. That's up to the courts.

How do you spot a scam?

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FDA Warns Of Multiple Online Pharmacy Scams