FDA Flags Fake Agency Warning Letters as Possible Extortion Scam
- Affected consumers tried to buy medicines on web or over phone
- Agency has been notified of more than three dozen such letters
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People who tried to order medicine online or over the phone have received fake U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning letters instead of the products they bought, in what appears to be an international extortion scam, the agency said on Friday.
In the past few weeks, the FDA has received more than three dozen notifications about the letters from consumers.