Counterfeit products tend to have fake company logos and brands resulting in patent or trademark infringement in the case of goods, have a reputation for being lower quality and may even include toxic elements such as lead. This has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, due to automobile and aviation accidents, poisoning, or ceasing to take essential compounds. The counterfeiting of money is usually attacked aggressively by governments worldwide. Paper money is the most popular product counterfeited.

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