The Globe and Mail
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Jul 18, 2026
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Amazon has a problem with counterfeits–and this app could be the fix
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Amazon has a problem with counterfeits–and this app could be the fix
DANIELLE GROEN
ONLINE CULTURE REPORTER
PUBLISHED 30 MINUTES AGO
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Amazon's marketplace is cluttered with bogus electronics and booster seats and sneakers and oven mitts – so many kinds of knockoffs, in fact, that Amazon assembled a Counterfeit Crimes Unit to sniff them out.
JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
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