If you have the intention of purchasing Apple charging devices on Amazon, please be alert! They have recently said 90% of Apple chargers on Amazon are fake.
Mobile Star – the supplier of fake Apple chargers
According to Apple, the devices which are being sold on Amazon are not the genuine Apple products. They bought those charging components themselves to check the authenticity of those. After careful inspections, the company has come to the conclusion that 90% of their charging accessories on Amazon are counterfeit. Apple decided to publicize the information to all customers in order to warn them.
To explain for this issue, Amazon told Apple that the fake devices were supplied by the third party called Mobile Star. This is a New Jersey company, which was claimed to be the culprit in the whole counterfeit goods. Apple is filing a lawsuit against this company. According to Apple, the inauthenticity might cause acute consequences to users’ health. They pose a significant risk of overheating, fire, and electrical shock.
Back to China in 2013, there were some incidents reported which related to iPhone and iPad users were getting shock. Especially a 23-year-old women was killed when she answered a call on her iPhone 5. After such scandals, Apple proceeded to exchange all bad quality chargers and cables to high quality ones produced by themselves.
Apple chargers: be a smart consumer!
Apple is worrying that some of their customers might buy such counterfeit devices on Amazon. That’s the reason why they want to warn everybody so as to help them not to waste money and avoid health problems. It is always far better when buying any electrical devices from their manufactures. In case you are going to buy an Apple charging accessories, you should purchase it at Apple’s store or authentic shops to avoid the problems. (Source)