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Real or Fake? How to Spot Counterfeits...

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How Counterfeits Devalue the Real Thing
There are two different camps on whether counterfeit items devalue truly the real thing. Listen to the manufacturers, and they have no doubt about it, and ha...
Identifying a Counterfeit Handbag
There are probably far more fake designer handbags on the streets than the real thing – most people don’t have the money to spend on a collection of real...
The Market for Fake Documentation
There’s a thriving market for all kinds of fake documentation these days. Whilst much of it covers the kind of official documents that can let someone live...
Information on Big Brand Fakes
It's all very well knowing that there are so many fakes out there, and having guidelines to help avoid them, like those on this site. But the fakers are cons...
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How the Software Industry is Fighting Counterfeits
As anyone who purchases it knows, software can be very expensive. If you need to buy an operating system for your computer, for instance, expect to pay over...
What the Office of Fair Trading Can Do
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is a government agency that acts and both protector and advocate for the consumer. It helps shape policy, gives advice and w...
The Most Counterfeited Brand
It’s no surprise that the most counterfeited brand in the world belongs to one of the major designers. It’s perhaps a little more astonishing to learn th...
Fake Weddings Cakes
The whole intent of a counterfeit is to fool people. Most of the time it’s done for monetary gain, but perhaps the sweetest counterfeit – in every sense...
Fake Apple Items
In February 2011, counterfeit Apple items estimated to be worth $10 million (about £7 million) were seized from a warehouse in Los Angeles. Many of the prod...
The Ultimate Price for Fake Money
These days we expect those caught counterfeiting, even currency forgers, to receive jail sentences of no more than a few years. But it wasn’t always that w...
Anatasios Arnaouti and the Counterfeit Money
How could a man who had recently been released from jail and was supposedly unemployed afford a house worth £250,000 and drive a £70,000 Mercedes? That was...
Pirating E-books
The rise in the popularity of e-book readers has highlighted a new phenomenon – e-book piracy. It’s no different from the piracy of music, movies or soft...
Which Counterfeits Hit the Market Before the Real Thing?
Some counterfeit items are bigger business than others. Where there’s a great deal of anticipation for a product it can even happen that the fakes are out...
Fake Cigars Are Big Business
Most people might not consider fake cigars to be a problem. But when the cost of real Cuban cigars is high, and as the popularity of cigar smoking has risen,...
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