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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.
Get-rich-quick schemes are extremely varied; these include fake franchises, real estate "sure things", get-rich-quick books, wealth-building seminars, self-help gurus, sure-fire inventions, useless products, chain letters, fortune tellers, quack doctors, miracle pharmaceuticals, foreign exchange fraud, Nigerian money scams, fraudulent treasure hunts, and charms and talismans.
MILAN — Divide and conquer seems to be out of fashion these days. In a first for the companies, Facebook and Gucci have teamed to jointly file a lawsuit in the United States District Court ...
On December 6, officers found more than 750 pieces of fake jewelry after inspecting freight containing fake Gucci belts, jewelry labeled as Van Cleef & Arpels and counterfeit watches disguised as ...
Mary Cosby pulled out her fashion police badge when discussing an outfit Heather Gay wore during an episode of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Cosby, 50, appeared on the Tuesday, October 10 ...
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 bogus escrow scam is a straightforward confidence trick in which a scammer operates a bogus escrow service.. Escrow services are intended to ensure security by acting as a middleman in transactions where the two parties do not trust each other.