What are the consequences and possible dangers of purchasing counterfeit products?
When you purchase a counterfeit product you may be: • placing yourself or your family in danger. Counterfeiters spend nothing on quality control. They do not care what happens to consumers who buy and use sub-standard counterfeit products. Examples: • Counterfeit electrical devices have caught fire causing injury and serious damage to property. • Counterfeit pharmaceutical products often contain no active ingredients or, worse still, toxic ingredients and have caused death. • Counterfeit children’s clothing containing no fire retardant. • funding organized crime or terrorist groups. • hurting the legitimate economy resulting in the loss of jobs/tax revenue.
