Mithileshkumar R Naik
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Ticketing & Event Fraud Needs Its Own Monitoring Category
Ticket fraud runs on a different clock than product counterfeiting — a fake listing has no shelf life past the event date, so a slow takedown recovers nothing.
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P2P Resale Platforms: The Brand Protection Blind Spot
OLX, Facebook Marketplace and Instagram resale accounts sit outside standard marketplace-scanner coverage, where genuine resale and counterfeit look identical.
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Supplement & Vitamin Brands: The Counterfeit Risk Your Marketplace Scanner Should Catch
A counterfeit supplement reaching a real customer is a product-liability and regulatory exposure for the brand, not just a lost sale.
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Website Spoofing vs. Clone Sites: What’s the Real Difference (and How to Catch Both)
Learn the real difference between typosquatting and full site cloning, how clone sites get built, and the four signals that catch one before it costs you customers.
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The Festival Shopping Surge Is a Monitoring Problem, Not a Takedown Problem
Counterfeit and unauthorised-listing volume rises weeks before major sales events — a brand that only checks in once the sale starts is already behind.
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Influencer Partnership Fraud: Real Account, Fake Sponsorship
A real, verified influencer account can still be the vehicle for counterfeit fraud through a fraudulent brand-partnership claim.
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Livestream Commerce: The Counterfeit Channel Brands Aren’t Monitoring
Livestream shopping is the counterfeit channel most brand-protection stacks still can’t see. Here’s why static-listing scanners miss it, and what to do now.
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Fake Reviews Are a Counterfeit-Seller Signal
A burst of reviews landing right after a seller account is created, faster than any organic sales pattern could produce, is a leading indicator of a counterfeit seller.
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Fake Pharmacy Domains: A Brand Protection Case for Healthcare Companies
Fake pharmacy websites don’t just steal sales — they put your brand name on a product you never made, sold by a business you have no control over.
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Dark Web Brand Exposure: What Every Business Needs to Know
Dark web brand activity — counterfeit sourcing hubs, stolen assets, traded customer data — is a leading indicator, often preceding marketplace and social surges by weeks.