Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 10160772, member: 2844&quot;]I agree, burn it. Don&#039;t support the fakes industry, even if second hand. It is run by criminals who not only steal intellectual property, but also exploit workers in poor countries and pollute the environment.</p><p><br /></p><p>A word of advice, don&#039;t buy any more &#039;designer&#039; items. If you don&#039;t know what to look for, you&#039;ll keep buying fakes simply because the market is flooded with them.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;According to Europol’s report titled “<a href="https://www.europol.europa.eu/publications-events/publications/uncovering-ecosystem-of-intellectual-property-crime" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.europol.europa.eu/publications-events/publications/uncovering-ecosystem-of-intellectual-property-crime" rel="nofollow">Uncovering the ecosystem of intellectual property crime</a>, ”approximately 86 million fake items were seized in the European Union (EU) in 2022 alone, with an estimated total value exceeding EUR 2 billion (US$ 2.1 billion).&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/10/europol-warns-about-counterfeit-goods-and-the-criminals-behind-them?utm_source=iterable&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=b2c_pro_oth_20241104_novemberweeklynewsletter_v1_173071598285&amp;utm_content=europol" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/10/europol-warns-about-counterfeit-goods-and-the-criminals-behind-them?utm_source=iterable&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=b2c_pro_oth_20241104_novemberweeklynewsletter_v1_173071598285&amp;utm_content=europol" rel="nofollow">https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/10/europol-warns-about-counterfeit-goods-and-the-criminals-behind-them?utm_source=iterable&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=b2c_pro_oth_20241104_novemberweeklynewsletter_v1_173071598285&amp;utm_content=europol</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in