admin / February 19, 2013
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The online shopping website Amazon.com is popular for discounted items, but it’s also a marketplace for knockoffs.
admin / January 7, 2013
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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, thanks to the work of cybercriminals. “With a depressed economy and fears of the ‘fiscal cliff’ looming, shoppers went online with a vengeance this year looking for...
admin / December 31, 2012
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Record Online Shopping Yields Record Levels of Fraud SANTA MONICA, Calif. – (Dec. 31, 2012) – Noting how consumers have embraced online shopping this holiday season, the Consumer Fraud Center said holiday shoppers went off a “shopping cliff” in terms of being ripped off by counterfeit and fake goods sold by cybercriminals this year in...
admin / December 17, 2012
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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 consumers to be on the lookout for fraudulent solicitations for donations and aid in the wake of the tragedies of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting...
admin / December 14, 2012
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Credit Card Disputes, Law Enforcement Complaints Among Ways of Obtaining Recourse SANTA MONICA, Calif. – (Dec. 13, 2012) – With less than two weeks before Christmas Day, many would-be Santas may be disappointed to find their recent purchases of gifts for loved ones, may in fact be counterfeits or knock-offs. But according to the Consumer...
admin / December 11, 2012
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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 environmental advocacy group against several major retailers concerning the presence of suspected carcinogens in baby products, the Consumer Fraud Center today joined in urging Amazon.com, Inc....
admin / December 7, 2012
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Safeguards Against Counterfeit Kindles Conspicuously Absent from Other Consumer Goods SANTA MONICA, Calif. – (Dec. 7, 2012) – As Amazon unveiled its new Kindle FreeTime Unlimited service to draw more children to the Kindle Fire video and game platform, the Consumer Fraud Center called on Amazon to extend the anti-counterfeiting protections afforded the Kindle, but...
admin / December 6, 2012
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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 channels with the highest potential for the sale of counterfeit consumer goods and a nationwide crackdown by federal authorities on fraudulent websites selling counterfeit goods, the...
admin / December 6, 2012
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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 steam, the Consumer Fraud Center today issued a warning about a fast-growing trend: the sale of goods at bargain-basement prices through so-called “daily deal” sites, which can mask...
admin / November 14, 2012
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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 Monday Alert to warn consumers of the proliferation of counterfeit goods
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