Amazon Says Counterfeit Products Will Remain

Amazon executive team refuses to remove confirmed counterfeit items.

June 5, 2018, Los Angeles, CA – In shocking contrast to Amazon's often touted, but illusory counterfeit policy, Amazon has confirmed it will not remove counterfeit products from some of its global websites, leaving consumers vulnerable to dangerous and deadly fakes.

Despite existing law and Amazon's Counterfeit Policy; "The sale of counterfeit products is strictly prohibited. Prohibited products include bootlegs, fakes, or pirated copies of products or content; products that have been illegally replicated, reproduced, or manufactured; and products that infringe another party’s intellectual property rights," consumers face of flood of counterfeits on Amazon's websites.

In repeated emails from Amazon opening with "Jeff Bezos received your email and I am responding on his behalf," The Counterfeit Report, a consumer advocate and industry watchdog, has been informed that inarguable counterfeit items will not be removed from many of Amazon's various 13 global websites. Amazon uses a crafty excuse; "Trademarks must be validly registered for European countries to take action on European nations" or "Your trademark must be in registered status in [each country the item is sold in]."

For example, the counterfeit items below were repeatedly purchased from the same Amazon sellers and shipped to the USA. The items were not from the listing countries, but from China or other global locations. The Counterfeit Report submits notices of infringement authorized by the right holders, and of course, the FBI, Secret Service and NYPD do not sell their badges and ID on e-commerce websites. Amazon still refuses to remove many of the counterfeit listings and consumers are left with little protection from dangerous and potentially deadly items. Amazon takes a transaction fee for each item sold.

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Federal, State and local laws regulate the sale, purchase, possession and display of counterfeit badges, as of course does common sense. Replica current issue U.S. Secret Service, FBI and police badges are available on Amazon to terrorists, child predators and other criminals. 18,000 U.S. federal, state and local law enforcement agencies employ 1.1 million men and women who rely on easily recognizable identification to secure public trust and reassure confidence. The consequences or misuse of counterfeits is indisputable. Over 2,270 counterfeits were found on Amazon and some were repeatedly purchased by The Counterfeit Report. Notices to Amazon management for of the alarming practice have been ignored. The items remain.

Drew Technologies' Mongoose® interface cables are used by vehicle technicians and auto dealers to program vehicle computers including; braking, emissions, mileage settings, cruise controls, airbags and safety equipment. Counterfeit Mongoose products may severely damage your vehicle, install malware on your computer, and leave you or other motorists at risk of injury or death. The items shown are counterfeit, but remain on Amazon.

About 50% of Amazon sales are not from Amazon, but from Amazon's 2-million third-party "Marketplace" account holders that are allowed to sell just about anything they want, including an inexhaustible supply of counterfeit merchandise. Amazon is also direct retailer of counterfeit goods; "Ships from and sold by Amazon.com." Smaller manufacturers are complaining that their business is being destroyed by Amazon counterfeit sales, while consumers are left unprotected, spending good money for bad products.

The consequence is destroyed U.S companies and retailers, lost U.S. jobs and duped consumers. The value of counterfeit and pirated goods is forecast to grow to $2.8 trillion, and cost 5.4 million net job losses by 2022 states a 2017 International Chamber of Commerce Report.