Scammers fake it ‘til they make it with bogus goods — and we’re all paying the price
Cindy Adams Opinion Scammers fake it ‘til they make it with bogus goods — and we’re all paying the price By Cindy Adams Published July 28, 2026, 7:46 p.m. ET Street vendors selling counterfeit goods on a sidewalk in Manhattan on July 19, 2026. Ribeiro for NY Post See more of our coverage in your search results.
- ▪Cindy Adams Opinion Scammers fake it ‘til they make it with bogus goods — and we’re all paying the price By Cindy Adams Published July 28, 2026, 7:46 p.m.
- ▪ET Street vendors selling counterfeit goods on a sidewalk in Manhattan on July 19, 2026.
- ▪Ribeiro for NY Post See more of our coverage in your search results.
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| Publication time | Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:46:20 -0400 |
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Cindy Adams Opinion Scammers fake it ‘til they make it with bogus goods — and we’re all paying the price By Cindy Adams Published July 28, 2026, 7:46 p.m. ET Street vendors selling counterfeit goods on a sidewalk in Manhattan on July 19, 2026. Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Real talk on faking fakers Counterfeiting is popping like that old $2 bill. $500 billion lost yearly in nearly every manufacturing sector. The world is all screwed somewhere — and with fakes. Khedouri Ezair, CEO of QED Vault, focused on digital product passports, proof of authenticity and supply-chain merchandise: “Counterfeiting is a half-trillion-dollar global crisis — roughly $467 billion.
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