- Criminals found to be adding metal weights inside a number of counterfeit adapters to dupe consumers
- 92% of all devices tested failed a critical safety test risking serious electric shock
- 116 UK & EU counterfeit and look-a-like Apple power adapters were tested
- Shoppers warned counterfeiters are working harder to deceive them
Producers of counterfeit power adapters are developing new and dangerous tactics to dupe consumers into thinking their product is genuine, experts reveal.
The warning comes as findings from a new report, assessing 116 UK & EU 20 watt counterfeit and look-alike Apple adapters revealed new ways criminals were actively seeking to subvert consumer suspicion to trick them into thinking the device was genuine.
Independent testing by Electrical Safety First of counterfeit and look-alike Apple power adapters revealed metal weights had been inserted into a number of the fakes to compensate for the missing weight that would usually be made up of genuine high-quality components, typically found in a genuine adapter.
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