Dangerous fake electric goods sold on Amazon and eBay, research says
by Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent from Technology | The Guardian on (#3RQN2)
One in three UK consumers have mistakenly purchased a counterfeit electrical item online, according to new findings
Popular e-commerce sites such as Amazon, eBay and Fruugo are being misused by third party sellers to exploit online UK shoppers and expose them to thousands of fake and potentially dangerous electrical goods, an investigation has claimed today.
The charity Electrical Safety First (ESF) found that one in three UK consumers - about 18 million people - has mistakenly purchased a counterfeit electrical item online. They were led to believe that the product was genuine, only to find it was a knockoff item at risk of causing an electric shock or even a fire.
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