Who Says Email Is Eating at Postal Revenues?
Summary: A UCSD study found rogue online pharmacies spend 11 to 12 percent of annual revenue on shipping, prompting large spam affiliate programs like RX-Partners, Mailien and Stimulcash to warehouse popular drugs in the U.S. and ship them domestically via USPS through mules. Researchers' test buys from RX-Partners' US2US sites arrived by USPS within a few days for about $50, with a return address at a steakhouse in West Palm Beach, Fla., postmarked from Miami.
Why it matters: The same affiliate infrastructure tied to convicted spammer Leo Kuvayev is now moving counterfeit drugs through domestic mail, and a $50 USPS package with a fake return address shows how little the delivery channel distinguishes legitimate shipments from illicit ones.
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