Christmas fakes

Soon Christmas is coming. Pushed for cash as the Christmas season approaches, many people consider buying cheap fakes and imitations.

How many fakes will your family have under the tree this year?

Chinese fake brands

Fake brands are common in China sold with unreasonably low prices at different markets.

See all of the Chinese fake brands here

Fake beauty on billboards

What happened to natural beauty?

The Chinese Could Fake Everything

It has been a hot debate on the recent Olympic Opening Ceremony faking issue in Beijing, China. The cute looking little girl who sing for the opening ceremony is nothing more than an lip-syncher while the actual singer is someone else who didn't look as cute as she is.

Part of the spectacular fireworks broadcast to the work is pre-recorded and it is not 100% live! It looks like these faking job has become part of the Chinese culture. Everything is made to looks perfect but it is not exactly real.

'It's for the nation's interest',
A rather simple reason given behind all those faking things happen which has tricked billions of people worldwide into believing.

Now as the government could do fake things to the world, I couldn't imagine how the they could curb all the counterfeit issues which is highly famous in China!

China Fake USB Thumbdrive

You've heard about it but has you seen it? The infamous fake USB Thumbdrive from China news which has been circulating over the internet some years ago.

Well, they do have some creativity but it was used in the wrong way, the evil way!

Sony 32GB, 64GB, 128GB USB Thumb Drive



Take this! I bet your eyes will pop up and your saliva will be dripping non-stop looking at the amount of space offered by these new thumbdrive. A freaking 128GB!
Now, the highest capacity of USB Thumb drive in the market now is only 16GB, what makes you think that Sony could produce 128GB thumb drive when thumbdrive is not even Sony's core business. They're not the leading expert in making thumb drive.

I had once buying a Sony 2GB USB Thumb drive a few years back but found out that it could only store 1GB of data although it register having 2GB of space in the computer. The same thing like these new 128GB thumb drive, it does register with 128GB of space in the computer but when you start pumping data into the drive, eventually some of the data will not be retrieveable.
Sony 4300mAH, 4600mAH, 6400mAH Rechargeable AA Battery

Please bare in mind that the maximum capacity for AA size rechargeable battery is only 2700mAH! Perhaps the Chinese like the brand SONY so much that the start producing these fake Sony rechargeable battery.
They can be easily available on Ebay or other online stores. Myself also almost fell into this trap when I wanted to but myself a set of rechargeable battery for my camera. Luckily I manage to cancel the order before its too late.

China Fake Money

I know many country in the world has this fake bank notes problem. Even our own Bolehland is not spared. But when I went to China, the fake money problem is just some common issues they had on daily basis. Try walk to a roadside stall, buy something with a $100 note and get the change from them. Chances that you may get some fake notes were there. So, if you were to buy things from the road side stall, make sure you have enough small money to prevent your change into fake money. You could spend the large amount of money notes at some reputable stores but that also wasn't a guarantee!

Fake Camera Film

Well, several years back during my trip to Shanghai, China. I was using a film camera because my digital camera freeze up as the temperature was only about 5 degrees C. I was told not to buy camera film at the small booth in certain area because it is known that some people there sells fake camera film!
You would only realize that it is fake when you bring it to a shop to do the photo printing. Its only some plastic film which is inside the roll, not a real negative film!

Movie Piracy

Well, movie piracy happens everywhere but in China, things could gone to a level some other country wont find. Not only you would find original movies being pirated, you would also find movies which never existed sold in the DVD shop there. I mean, how would you like your favourite movie idol appear in some photoshoped movie title cover which never existed, lol!

Apart from that, there are just too many cases of fake and counterfeit things which happens in China that made into the news headline. I still remember the scary fake milk powder news which reported few years ago. Infants was severely suffered with malnutrition and some even killed by those irresponsible people who made those fake milk powder just for the sake of making money.

source: http://ipohchai.com/the-chinese-could-fake-everything.php

How to fake fuller lips?

If you're not into the tingle of a lip plumper, faking a plush pout is all about optical illusions. Your easiest cheat? Simply switch that dark, dramatic lippie for a lighter, glassy gloss — as it bounces light away from your lips, they will instantly look bigger.

But my killer trick is to first highlight the 'V' of my cupid's bow with a spot of illuminiser (a subtly shimmering gold or flesh pink eye shadow works in emergencies) and lowlight the middle of my bottom lip with a liner that's just a smidge darker than my natural colour. The big, cushiony idea: while the illuminiser draws the eye up, the liner pulls focus down, making it look like I'm packing extra plushness in between.

Fake Rolex Replica Watches And Designer Watches For Everyone

Think about this site next time when you buy cheap Rolex :)
http://www.amatorywatches.com/
"At Amatory, we take our Rolex watches seriously. We’ve been in the business of creating replica Rolex watches for years, and business has never slowed - in fact, it’s grown and grown."

Don't get scammed with a fake money order

Once good as gold, the money order has been tarnished by a new generation of fakes so realistic that even banks can be fooled. Here's how to protect yourself.

By Bankrate.com

Don't be stunned if you try to deposit a money order and find a hold has been placed on it, tying up your funds for days. Try to cash it on the spot and the bank might refuse if you're not a customer. If you are a customer, you may be asked to deposit it and wait for it to clear.

Read the whole article

China: Fake beer, fake money, and fake milk powder

Police in Humen, Guangdong Province busted a fake beer producer yesterday, reports today's Dongguan Times. The article said that the producer replaced the labels and caps of cheap Shanshui-brand beer with those of the more expensive Tsingtao beer, creating three thousand fake Tsingtao beer bottles in a single day. The big photo on the front page shows the water tank which was used to remove the labels.

Beneath the big photo is a small photo of Luo Jing, the CCTV Network News anchor. The 46-year-old had been rumored to have contracted cancer. The article said that Luo himself admitted to the newspaper that he has "health problems," but he wasn't specific as to what kind of problems those were. CCTV's Network News is the most-watched TV program in China, and Luo is one of its most senior broadcasters.

Chinese Business View reported on a trial of three men in Chongqing that took place on September 8th. In 2004, The men withdraw 86,000 yuan from different ATMs after they deposited counterfeit banknotes with a face value of 120,000 yuan. They were put behind bars because of their own indiscretion: someone told their story to the police after hearing them talk about the crime.

In regard to the public's concerns about ATM safety, the newspaper said that new ATMs are much better at recognizing fake money.

Also in the Chinese Business View is a report on infants diagnosed with kidney stones in Gansu and Shaanxi Province. At least one of the babies, who were only a few months old, died of the condition. The disease is highly rare among that age group, and is suspected to have been caused by milk powder: all the affected babies had been drinking Sanlu brand powder.

In response, the company said the milk powder must have been a counterfeit product marked with their company label.
Links and Sources

* Dongguan Times (Chinese): Making a profit by repackaging cheap beer
* Yangtse Evening post via Sina (Chinese): Using fake money to withdraw real cash from ATM
* Xinhua: Baby dies of kidney stones in NW China, fake milk powder suspected