Table 1.

Guidelines for potential consumers as were given by the INTERPOL [13].

Never buy	Only buy
From unknown websites or in a marketplace	Medicines prescribed by doctors
From pharmacies making promises like “too good to be true”, “cures all types” of a major illness, “money-back guarantee”, or “no risk”	From websites that require prescription and have authenticity certificate
Substantially cheaper product, it is likely to be a fake	After checking the price against usually bought products from reputable providers
If the product contains different ingredients, claims to have different properties, has a different shape, is not correctly labeled, has an out-of-date or missing expiry date, or the packaging looks badly made	After comparing the medicine against the usually prescribed one