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Customers Get Burned By Counterfeit Goods From Amazon’s Marketplace

The online shopping website Amazon.com is popular for discounted items, but it’s also a marketplace for knockoffs.

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Consumers Go Off "shopping cliff" in Online Scams

View the Video KUSA – Many turned to online shopping this holiday season for a convenient way to score some deals. Not everyone got what they bargained for, ...

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ONLINE SHOPPERS BUY $2 BILLION IN COUNTERFEIT GOODS DURING HOLIDAYS

Record Online Shopping Yields Record Levels of Fraud SANTA MONICA, Calif. – (Dec. 31, 2012) – Noting how consumers have embraced online shopping this holiday season, ...

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CFC Issues Its Cyber Monday Shopping Alert

In advance of the biggest online shopping day of the year, the Consumer Fraud Center issued its annual Cyber Monday Shopping Alert to warn consumers of the growing ...

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High-Powered Magnet Sets Recalled by Reiss Innovations Due to Ingestion Hazard; Sold Exclusively on Amazon.com

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CFC URGES CAUTION IN RESPONDING TO SOLICITATIONS

Consumers Are Urged to Double Check And Be On Lookout for Scam Solicitations SANTA MONICA, Calif. – (Dec. 17, 2012) – The Consumer Fraud Center issued a warning to ...

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CONSUMER FRAUD CENTER PROVIDES HOLIDAY TIPS

Credit Card Disputes, Law Enforcement Complaints Among Ways of Obtaining Recourse SANTA MONICA, Calif. – (Dec. 13, 2012) – With less than two weeks before Christmas ...

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CONSUMER FRAUD CENTER URGES AMAZON TO HALT UNINSPECTED SHIPMENTS FROM CHINA INTO ITS WAREHOUSES BECAUSE OF THREAT OF CARCINOGENS

Action Urged on Heels of Warning From Environmental Advocacy Group SANTA MONICA, Calif. – (Dec. 11, 2012) – Coming on the heels of a legal action launched by an ...

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CONSUMER FRAUD CENTER URGES AMAZON TO EXTEND KINDLE ANTI-COUNTERFEITING MEASURES TO ALL PRODUCTS SOLD ON ITS SITE

Safeguards Against Counterfeit Kindles Conspicuously Absent from Other Consumer Goods SANTA MONICA, Calif. – (Dec. 7, 2012) – As Amazon unveiled its new Kindle ...

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ROLLOUT OF AMAZON PAGES DRAWS STRONG WARNING

Amazon Pages Comes With No Disclaimers or Warnings for Consumers SANTA MONICA, Calif. – (Dec. 6, 2012) – On the heels of citing Amazon Marketplace as one of the ...

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CONSUMER FRAUD CENTER ISSUES NEW WARNING ABOUT “DEAL OF THE DAY” SITES LIKE SHNOOP.COM

Goods Sold at Extreme Discount Can Be Counterfeit, Consumer Group Warns SANTA MONICA, Calif. – (Dec. 6, 2012) – As the holiday buying season continues to gather ...

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Cyber-Monday Crackdown Shuts 130 Websites

During the biggest online shopping day of the year with consumers estimated to spend $1.5 billion, federal officials teamed up with European law enforcement agencies ...

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PRESS RELEASE: CFC Issues Annual Cyber Monday Alert

Calling Cyber Monday one of the biggest days for online fraud, the Consumer Fraud Center, a counterfeit goods consumer information center, issued its Annual Cyber ...

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