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Put the serial number under a scratch off. Once the serial number is registered by a customer via an online database, future verification would show other purc
by Steltek 8y ago
Put the serial number under a scratch off. Once the serial number is registered by a customer via an online database, future verification would show other purchases as counterfeit.
It has some drawbacks:
- You need a significant number of people to start registering their purchases online, which no one does
- I've heard counterfeiters sometimes operate from the same factory. Legit serials could be generated for fake parts.
- Customers will obliviously try to pursue returns with the victim manufacturer instead of Amazon.
- pixl97 8y ago>I've heard counterfeiters sometimes operate from the same factory. Legit serials could be generated for fake parts. A few years ago I ordered 60 computers from Dell with office 2016. About half of the 2016 serial cards were from the US, they all worked. Of the other half from China, half were already registered under office accounts. These were cards with scratch off covering part of the serial.