Locals get scam prescription card offer
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October 22, 2013 |
A number of Boundary County residents have
reported receiving what at first glance appears
to be an official government offer promising to
save users up to 50 percent on prescription
costs, but it's not from the government, and
you'll save yourself some headaches by simply
throwing it in the trash.
The United States Prescription Discounts
prescription savings card, which the letter
touts as being pre-activated and accepted at
pharmacies everywhere, good on all FDA approved
medications, and which no one can be denied, is
being reported across the country as a data
mining scam.
The letter even has an official sounding
Washington, D.C. address.
The cards are accepted at some pharmacies, but
media outlets including the Los Angeles Times
report that who shouldn't expect much in the way
of savings.
What you can expect is that if you use the card,
which works like a coupon, you can expect to be
inundated with a sudden spate of "incredible"
offers ... for despite assurances to the
contrary, once you use the card, your personal
information is provided "United States
Prescription Discounts," one of several names
used by the New York based company ScriptRelief,
itself co-owned by Loeb Enterprises and a
company called Catamaran, which specializes in
negotiating drug prices with pharmacies.
"ScriptRelief makes its money by receiving 'a
few dollars' from drugstores for every
transaction involving its cards, Ed McCabe, a
company spokesman, told
www.TheRxAdvocates.com. "Pharmacies
apparently are betting that they'll still come
out ahead by getting new customers through the
door."
ScriptRelief then sells your information to
third parties, resulting in a flood of
unsolicited and unwanted offers. |
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