Where do most counterfeit items come from?
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According to figures released in a Senate hearing, US companies lose up to $250 billion from counterfeit goods. Last year federal officials seized $138 million knockoffs, as opposed to $94 million in 2003. According to reports counterfeit clothing accounts for 18 percent of all confiscated items. Most counterfeit goods come from China , the United Arab Emirates , Pakistan and Russia , say US Customs officials. \n\n8 September 2005
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This is illegal.  If you take it anywhere to sell, the shop keeper (or equivalent) will confiscate it as required by law.  Counterfeiting is a crime and is handled by the Secret Service.  Trust me, you don't want to go there.
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By federal law the store cannot give it back if it knows it is counterfeit. They are obligated to inform the authorities.
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depends where you buy it from
2693
No, many great things come from China. Including but not limited to many of the parts in your computer.
847512
not sure what your dabbling in but if you are suspicious about a company you are purchasing something from via ebay for example, your first red flag that somethings up when they have a common sounding name out of a country far from you.. or another country period... contact the company directly and try to get a customer service number so you can talk to a rep with your questions..
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Take a look at\nhttp://www.mypoupette.com/\n\nThis entire site is dedicated to answering your question.\n\n\nPersonally, I'd find one of the "super" fakes (right material, symmetrical printing, right hardware, etc.) and pay a fraction of the price for it. No one but you would ever know it isn't the real deal.
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It depends on where you bought them from. Chances are they are gone, but if it is a reputable place, they may have them online. Where was this?
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Hard to say without knowing what kind of bag it is. I would go to the website of the manufacturer and see what they have to say about counterfits and knock-offs. A lot of top end manufacturers have a problem with it and have taken measures to add a feature that is hard to copy. Check it out. Bottom line. Things that are too good to be true are not usually true. It's always been that way.
864493
There are some on eBay.
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Dude, you ought to disregard all these answers from people who prefer to remain blissfully ignorant; they say 'Hey, like if it doesn't affect me, like directly, then like, why should I like, care?'\n\nSometimes, it is a darn shame that the right to express their opinions, and waste breath, is extended to their like.\n\nYeah, I have seen that demonstration before, and I find it disturbing that the Government would do this, as well as, I understand the explanation the Government gives for doing this.\nThey justify it by saying that North Korea, Iran or Russia, maybe China, is counterfeiting our currency to such an intricate extent, that the other, more obvious methods of counterfeit detection are useless, so they embed these little RFID chips, to tell the difference.\n\nBut what good does that do, at the supermarket, at the ballgame, wherever you spend the cash?  It can only be used for two purposes, that I can see:  \n1) to track our usage, or our cash we carry;\n2) to later, at some time of emergency, maybe track enemies within these borders.\n\n\nThen all of these other answers will squeel, but then, it's too late.
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look very hard, be very careful. fakes are a dime a dozen. but yes there is a few.
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you can't know if it's fake; use your eyes and look for things that shouldn't be there, like a suspicious border or blank area that looks edited.\n\nthere's probably an image database you can check an image against, or a digital watermark, if you have the digital and not a printout.\n\nIt's darn near impossible to figure out if a picture was a modified version of something else unless there's a digital watermark on part of it, a © logo on part of it, or it looks like it was edited.
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simply photocopy the serial numbers on the face of the bills....this is undeniable proof of stealing.\n(Provided you catch them "red-handed" with the bills in question, of course...)\n\nI don't advise "making" money (marked or not) as this is counterfeiting & is a federal offense.
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Where on earth do you get them from?  You have me splittingmy sides here lol
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eBay.com and Amazon.com\nYou have to list them as replicas or faux Gucci etc.....
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Read this site: http://money.howstuffworks.com/counterfeit.htm