Canadian-drug-shop.com is an online drugs store which operates warehouses in India and sourcing its drugs from India and Pakistan. As shown in the table below the website belongs to an illegal affiliate program. Although the website presents itself as a genuine online pharmacy, the analysis below paints a totally different picture; a potential online Scam. The table below shows a summary of the website review.
| Website | canadian-drug-shop.com | |
| Business Name | Canadian Pharmacy | |
| Business Address | No |  |
| License | No | |
| Country of origin of medications | Pakistan, India |  |
| Countries where warehouses are located | India |  |
| Website belonging to an illegal affiliate program | Yes | |
| Name of the affiliate program |  | |
| Phone numbers/customer support |  | |
| Mirror Websites |  | |
| Cross-border smuggling addressed to the receiver | Yes | |
| Medication counterfeiting | Yes | |
| Compliance with storage requirements during transportation (temperature, humidity and other factors) | No | |
| Risk of poisoning | High | |
| Licenses, Certificates and Approvals | ||
| CIPA, Canadian International Pharmacy Association | No | |
| HHS, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | No | |
| FDA, U.S. Food and Drug Administration | No | |
| NABP, National Association of Boards of Pharmacy | No | |
| Legitscript Legal List | No | |
| DEA, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration | No | |
| EMA, European Medicines Agency | No | |
| PGEU GPUE, Pharmaceutical Group of European Union | No | |
| PharmacyChecker Verification Program | No | |
| More Information About Website | ||
| Customer Support | Yes |  |
| Email support | Yes | |
| Live Chat | No | |
| Check Order Status | No | |
| Delivery | ||
| From | India | |
| Shipping Cost (Standard airmail service) | $10.00 |  |
| Shipping Cost (Trackable service) | $30.00 | |
| Airmail | Yes | |
| EMS | Yes | |
| Fedex | No | |
| TNT | No | |
| DHL | No | |
| Payment | ||
| Safety Payment (HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure) | Yes | |
| MasterCard | Yes | |
| Visa | Yes | |
| American Express | No | |
| JCB | No | |
| E-Check | No | |
| Bitcoin | Yes | |
| canadian-drug-shop.com Coupon Code | ||
| Coupon Code | 5OFF | |
| Special Offers | Yes. 5% discount for second order. 7% discount for third and further orders | |
| Gift | Yes | |
| Domain canadian-drug-shop.com - Whois | ||
| Registrar | Tucows Domains Inc., Toronto, Canada |  |
| Creation Date | 2017-07-26 | |
| Registrant Name | Host Master, Island Nevis | |
| Admin Name | Host Master, Island Nevis | |
| Tech Name | Host Master, Island Nevis |
1.4
Contents
Review
Domain Details
A search of the domain on Scamadviser com shows that the site has very low trust rating meaning that it’s a high-risk site which is not safe for visiting. Moreover, as shown below the site is indicated to be based in the United States but may also be from Saint Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean.
The website has more than 300 mirror sites and may be related to numerous sites with low trust rating.
Registered owners
The website is registered under the name of a company called Canadian Pharmacy whose postal and physical addresses are unknown. Their registration details and status are equally unknown meaning that clients who purchase drugs from the website are doing business with a faceless counterparty.
Dealing with such counterparties poses a real danger in the event of any damage or loss from the consumption of their product since the customers may not seek legal redress due to the unavailability of the seller details.
Registration Status and Regulatory Approvals
We conducted a detailed research with the various regulatory and registration bodies to establish the registration status of the drugs store. Our research was extended to Canadian, American, European Union and other global institutions and agency. The image below shows our inquiry at CIPA (Canadian International Pharmacy Association).
After a thorough inquiry, none of these bodies had any information on the online Canadian-drug-shop.com. Consequently, it is our conclusion that the online pharmacy does not have the necessary licenses, certificates, and approvals from the relevant regulatory authorities.
This is a major dent to their legitimacy claim. Without any tangible evidence of their registration status and compliance to regulation by appropriate bodies, it becomes extremely difficult for us to vouch for their authenticity.
Product Range
Contrary to the behavior of most scammer pharmacies which offer a limited range of products, Canadian-drug-shop.com has an exceptionally wide product range as shown in the image below. This makes it appear, on the face of it, like a genuine online drugs store. But like most other scammer pharmacies, their most popular drugs, as indicated on their homepage, are the virility drugs and those which alleviate decreased sexual desire in women.
Efficacy of the drugs
Due to non-compliance with regulatory and registrations requirement and the failure to adhere to acceptable storage requirements during transportation, the efficacy of their drugs is questionable and this increases the risk of poisoning.
To aggravate the situation, our research showed a high risk of medication counterfeiting and possible cross-border smuggling addressed to receivers.
Shipping
The online pharmacy operates warehouses in India and ships worldwide through either standard airmail service or trackable Express Mail Service (EMS) at a cost of $10 and $30 respectively. It is not possible to ship drugs by FedEx, TNT, or DHL.
It is worth noting that they do not comply with the temperature, humidity and other storage requirements necessary for the transportation of drugs. This significantly increases the risk of damage of drugs while on transit.
Payment mechanism
Although the website provides secure payment process through the use of Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology, and the website is accessible through HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS), it has no proof of PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliance. Therefore, though the transmission of the credit card data may be secure, the storage of the account information may be open to potential data breaches.
The website only accepts two major cards; MasterCard and Visa leaving out American, JCB and E-Check customers. Additionally, and unlike many other online pharmacies, this online pharmacy accepts Bitcoin.
Customer Support
On top of the live chat services, the online drugs store offers telephone and email support through contact details available on site. However, the website lacks facilities for checking order status online.
Canadian-drug-shop.com reviews
Unlike most other E-commerce sites, this online pharmacy does not provide a comments section for clients to record their experience while using the drugs supplied by the store.
The website provides testimonial page which is populated with responses from happy customers. The page looks suspicious since all entries are positive praises for the drug store and yet there is no platform for customers to capture direct feedback on the quality of service provided by the website.
An online search for customer reviews and feedback bears no meaningful results and Scamanalyze.com reports that this online pharmacy has zero activity on social media as shown below.
Canadian-drug-shop.com Coupon
The online pharmacy offers various bonus options including free pills for orders greater than 20 pills of some specific drugs. Additionally, they offer free shipping via standard airmail service for orders greater than $150.
Further, they offer a guaranteed 5% discount on your second order and 7% discount on third and subsequent orders. Moreover, they offer holiday and seasonal discounts like the 5% OFF Halloween discount available at the time of this review using the coupon code 5OFF on the billing page. Also, they offer a 10% and 5% discount on your next order.
Conclusion
From the above analysis, it is our conclusion that it is highly probable that Canadian-drug-shop.com is a scam. The lack of postal and physical address, the unethical behavior outlined above, lack valid licenses, certificates and approvals from relevant bodies all point towards an entity which is not ready to play by the rules.
Possible alternatives
While brick and mortar pharmacies are a safe bet any day, online pharmacies are better, cheaper and more convenient. There is a ton of pharmacies on the internet, and this ends up confusing the consumers, as they do not know who is legitimate and who is out for a quick back. This is where we come in; our experts are constantly scouring the internet, looking for pharmacies and evaluating them based on set criteria.We provide highly relevant information about these pharmacies, which allows you to choose where to shop for your medication and decide what establishments to stay away from. Our content is periodically updated with information about both existing and upcoming online pharmacies.
For more information, take a look at the Highly Credible List of online drug stores on our website!!!
What experiences have you encountered while dealing with online drug stores? Has the quality of service in each pharmacy been exquisite? Has it been satisfying, or would you rather not talk about it? Whichever the case, share your story with us; you never know, it could save another reader a whole lot of trouble. Commenting on our threads is quite easy, and you will not even have to register to do that!
