Consumers may be looking right at a counterfeit auto airbag while driving each day. An estimated 200,000 vehicles have counterfeit airbags installed that likely will not work according the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Counterfeit fragrances are just one example of how easily consumers are fooled by counterfeit products. Authentic looking counterfeit perfumes and colognes of all the major manufacturers are purchased by unsuspecting consumers.

Consumers are being fooled by a global avalanche of counterfeit products. While most consumers are familiar with counterfeit Rolex watches and Coach Handbags, counterfeiters are producing thousands of counterfeit products consumers wouldn't suspect.

Price and quality were usually the indication that Rolex Watches and Coach Handbags from street vendors were counterfeit. But now, serious problems await unsuspecting consumers.

Counterfeiting is a $700 billion a year global enterprise. The popular counterfeits seized in 2012 were electronics, pharmaceuticals and fashion accessories and apparel.

Purchasing a poor-quality product sounds bad - nobody wants shoes that don't last, fuzzy DVD's or batteries that leak, but the problem is much bigger than that. The counterfeit product industry is an exploding $700 billion global criminal industry.

Purchasing a poor-quality product sounds bad -- nobody wants shoes that don’t last, fuzzy DVD's or batteries that leak, but the problem is much bigger than that.

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