Fakes are 'worth at least $200bn'
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At least $200bn (Â£100bn) worth of counterfeit goods were sold in 2005, an OECD report has said.
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Secure shopping websites have made it much more attractive for consumers to spend billions of pounds on the web.   But many shoppers are ignoring basic internet security procedures, opening themselves up to online fraud.
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Brisk bidding for German code machine Those of you who didn't have sufficiently deep pockets to bid for the Enigma machine which last year sold on eBay for a cool â¬55k might be interested in another example that's currently going for $16,200 (â¬11,700).â¦
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Cheap everyday items such as pens and disposable razors are increasingly being counterfeited and many retailers unwittingly stock their shelves with fake products, companies and officials say.
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French customs officials have intercepted  a shipment of 224,000 fake Viagra and Cialis anti-impotence  pills worth 2.4 million euros ($3.5 million), the Budget  Ministry said on Monday.
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Fraud is costing the UK at least Â£20bn a year, or Â£330 for each person in the UK, a police study warns.
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Half of the Viagra tablets bought on the internet could be fakes, research suggested today. Researchers analysed samples of the impotence drug bought online using
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An "audacious" band of counterfeiters tried to con the Bank of England out of a whopping 28 billion pounds with badly-made fake notes, a London court heard Monday.
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By KATHARINE BARNEY  A MAN who made Pounds 170,000 a year selling fake fashion goods on eBay has been jailed for 12 months.   Simon Waugh, from Tolworth, was found guilty of importing thousands of counterfeit items.
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Food scares are the latest indications that producing fake goods is still woven into the fabric of Chinaâs economy.
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Let us be very clear: It's too good to be true.
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A man who inadvertently left Â£1,200 in an item of clothing he gave to a charity shop is told the money has been banked.
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Online auction house eBay confirms reports that some of its users have been hit by fake e-mails that could steal their account details.
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Russians' appetite for counterfeits costs manufacturers tens of billions of dollars each year, a senior police official said Thursday.
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The UK has seen an 8,000% increase in fake internet banking scams in the past two years, peers are told.
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Local law enforcement is now making 'counterfeit chic' seizures, but should taxpayers pay to protect corporate bottom lines?
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An image of 18th century economist Adam Smith features on a new twenty pound banknote that the Bank of England (BoE) hopes will slash fraud and counterfeits.