12/8/2011 6:00:00 AM By: Nestor E. Arellano
Online sites selling counterfeit products get as much as 53 million hits each year. Here's how not to become a victim when doing your Holiday online shopping.
Did you know that genuine Microsoft software for North American sales is actually marked Made in Puerto Rico. It's the bogus products that are labelled Made in USA.
As online shopping shifts into full gear with the onsite of the Holiday Season, consumers need to guard against fraudsters and counterfeiters in the Internet. Surveys indicate that sites peddling pirated software and other counterfeit products generate more than 53 billion visits each year.
In this video titled Spotting counterfeit software, Chris Tortorice, corporate counsel for Microsoft Canada, provides a number of tips on how to recognize fake Microsoft software from the real thing.
Spotting counterfeit software
