Overpriced N95 Face Masks That You Bought on Shopping Sites Could Be Fake - News18
4 years, 8 months ago

Overpriced N95 Face Masks That You Bought on Shopping Sites Could Be Fake - News18

News 18  

With the outbreak of Covid-19 in India, ensued a maddening rush to local medical shops among all of us to buy face masks — an act that even India's most hideously polluted cities failed to make us do. As a result, since many of us resorted to buying our face masks from online e-commerce stores, it now comes to light that numerous sellers on e-commerce shopping websites listed counterfeit N95 face masks. Dhirendra Singh, founder-director of Brand Protectors India, undertook an investigation into the sale of fake N95 masks at inflated prices across e-commerce stores in India, which included Flipkart, Snapdeal and ShopClues. Fake, overpriced masks Speaking to News18, Singh said, “Each of these masks were being sold by opportune sellers at a heavily inflated price point. The same were being sold across sites such as Flipkart, Snapdeal and ShopClues at significantly higher prices, marking up to 9x inflation in the prices of these masks.” Singh, whose organisation works closely with brands to identify counterfeits in the market, stated that both 3M and Honeywell individually confirmed that the said N95 masks found on e-commerce platforms were indeed fake.

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Where To Buy N95 And KN95 Masks That Aren't Counterfeit
3 years ago

Where To Buy N95 And KN95 Masks That Aren't Counterfeit

Huff Post  

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3 years ago

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Dutch News  

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Price of face masks plummets following Dutch government fire sale
3 years ago

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Dutch News  

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3 years, 10 months ago

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CNN  

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4 years, 5 months ago

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NPR  

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4 years, 6 months ago

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Live Law  

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4 years, 7 months ago

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Live Law  

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How To Tell If Your Coronavirus Mask Is Counterfeit Or Safe
4 years, 8 months ago

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Huff Post  

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Counterfeit N95 masks are leaking into the supply chain
4 years, 9 months ago

Counterfeit N95 masks are leaking into the supply chain

CNN  

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12,000 fake N95 masks seized in a raid by Bengaluru Crime Branch
4 years, 9 months ago

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Op India  

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Police foil major face mask scam, warn about corona fraud
4 years, 9 months ago

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Dutch News  

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Police foil major face mask scam, warn about corona fraud
4 years, 9 months ago

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Dutch News  

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Himachal chemist booked for selling overpriced N-95 masks
4 years, 9 months ago

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Op India  

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Want N95 mask? Get doctor’s prescription
4 years, 10 months ago

Want N95 mask? Get doctor’s prescription

The Hindu  

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4 years, 10 months ago

Price of N 95 mask shoots up ten fold

Deccan Chronicle  

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4 years, 10 months ago

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Live Mint  

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