Interestingly, I just got a Hakko FX-888D last year, so I did a little googling to see what you were talking about, and sure enough, there's apparently a bunch

Interestingly, I just got a Hakko FX-888D last year, so I did a little googling to see what you were talking about, and sure enough, there's apparently a bunch of fakes being sold. However, the people who posted about fakes all seemed to be saying the same thing: they bought it (usually on Ebay) from a seller in China. Well, what do you expect? Yes, if you buy something name-brand from a seller in China, who sends it directly to you from China, you can expect it to be a counterfeit.