Narcotics

My email spouts a good deal of spam that escapes the filters. Some of it promotes Viagra. It seems that by misspelling or with phonetic substitutions for the word, some of these messages get through the filters. Many of the deleted messages hint at narcotic names, Oxycodone, Vicodan and others. They would be illegal to sell over the internet. Could they be fraudulent offerings?

It brings up an interesting question. Would it be illegal to sell something legal under the pretext that it might be illegal? Two negatives make a positive, right. These messages cleverly bypass the filters. That says, big bucks.

Iatrogenicly addicted persons might be tempted to make a connection to obtain the blue pill of their desire. Just from observation, there must be a great number of prescription addicts out there. They might be a pushover for this kind of fraud. There would certainly be no recourse.

Promise a product with a similar spelling and the presumption that the misspelling avoids detection. Deliver the product, a sugar pill, labeled exactly like in the email and the perpetrators have fulfilled their part of the online contract. The addict now has exactly what he or she paid a high price for with no recourse other than the anti-spam laws.