Meet the teacher who wakes up at 3:30 am for his Labubu business

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Bay Area teacher Ellis Stephens makes thousands of dollars a month customizing Labubu plush toys. Fueled by Pop Mart's blind-box collectibles craze, the Labubu resale market has exploded worldwide, with rare figures selling for as much as $30,000 each.

I accidentally bought a counterfeit backpack on Amazon. Now, I know how to avoid sneaky fake products.

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I (not pictured) ordered a bag on Amazon that I thought was from JanSport.

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Scammers Sent Fake iPhones 'For Repair' to Get $3 Million in Authentic Phones From Apple

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Two men in Maryland who sent thousands of counterfeit iPhones to Apple for repairs to get authentic replacement iPhones in return were found guilty by a federal jury on Tuesday, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. The men now face up to 20 years in prison.

Gen Z is the 'dupe' generation

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Gen Z'ers engaging in online shopping, using browsers that display designer bags with budget-friendly price tags

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A California restaurant owner claims a table of diners left fake $100 bills and walked out before their server could check their money

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A pile of notes and coins on a check sheet in a restaurant

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Check out how different the inside of fake AirPods look compared to the real thing

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A photo of real AirPods next to counterfeit under a CT scan.
Your fake AirPods may be able to fool others at a glance, but Lumafield used a CT scanner to show what's really going on with counterfeits.

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Parmigiano-Reggiano makers are putting edible microchips the size of a grain of sand into their 90-pound cheese wheels to combat counterfeiters

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A worker cutting into a large wheel of Parmigiano-Reggiano.
A worker cuts a wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese at the Casearia Castelli, member of Lactalis Group, at the Caseificio Tricolore in Reggio Emilia, Northern Italy, on April 19, 2023.

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Fake goods are everywhere online, experts say. Here's how to spot them.

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Numerous packages of counterfeit earplugs and headphones found in containers by customs were piled up at a press conference.
Packages of counterfeit earplugs and headphones found in containers by customs in Germany in 2019.

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Fake Rolexes are dangerous in the $20 billion used watch market. How do dealers spot them?

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