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Counterfeit consumer goods are goods illegally made or sold without the brand owner's authorization, often violating trademarks.Counterfeit goods can be found in nearly every industry, from luxury products like designer handbags and watches to everyday goods like electronics and medications.
It can also be done by the seller, generally by creating fraudulent online stores [1] or creating fake listings on sites such as eBay or Mercari. This makes it very hard to perform a chargeback, as the tracking shows the item has been delivered. [2] This is also known as an FTID scam, standing for Fake Tracking ID.
Bridgeville, California (population 25) was the first town to be sold on eBay in 2002, and has been up for sale three times since. [1] In January 2003, Thatch Cay, the last privately held and undeveloped U.S. Virgin Island, was listed for auction by Idealight International. The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2]
The store is filled with elaborate sets and is run by a large team of con artists. Often a building is rented and furnished to seem like a substantial business. [65] The "betting parlor" setup in The Sting is an example. In 2014, a rural co-operative in Nanjing, China constructed an entire brick-and-mortar fake bank with uniformed clerks behind ...
Fake news website that has published claims about the pilot of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 reappearing, a billionaire wanting to recruit 1,000 women to bear his children, and an Adam Sandler death hoax. [173] [174] [175] LiveMonitor livemonitor.co.za Fake news website in South Africa, per Africa Check, an IFCN signatory. [133] lockerdome.com
Example of a counterfeit watch, fake Rolex Daytona bought on the streets in New York City A counterfeit watch (or replica watch ) is an unauthorised copy of an authentic watch . High-end luxury watches such as Rolex , Patek Philippe and Richard Mille are frequently counterfeited and sold on city streets and online.
Fake news websites played a large part in the online news community during the election, reinforced by extreme exposure on Facebook and Google. [35] Approximately 115 pro-Trump fake stories were shared on Facebook a total of 30 million times, and 41 pro-Clinton fake stories shared a total of 7.6 million times.
Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire. Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks , typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.