Sentence examples for be counterfeit from inspiring English sources

Many of the pharmaceuticals sold through Web sites promoted by spammers are believed to be counterfeit.

"We're being used to provide credibility for something that may be counterfeit," he said.

"Today it could be counterfeit goods; tomorrow it could be something more dangerous".

"If it's ridiculously cheap," says Terry, "it's either going to be counterfeit or stolen".

A second tablet, sold as a treatment for anxiety, was found to be counterfeit and contained undeclared ingredients.

Individuals and companies are not allowed to pass on coins they know to be counterfeit, so ending up with fakes can be costly.

Mr. Townsend said that less than 1percentt of the more than $500 billion in U.S. currency in circulation throughout the world is estimated to be counterfeit.

Fake drugs, which can be toxic, are an enormous problem: the World Health Organization has estimated that more than 30 percent of drugs sold in developing countries in Africa and parts of Asia and Latin America can be counterfeit.

Unfortunately, he said, between 15% and 20% of those dollars were believed to be counterfeit, OSupernotes,O and he added that "the situation was so bad that German banks would no longer accept $100 bills from Russian citizens".

But the check had not cleared: the Mosches got a call about a week later from their bank informing them the cashier's check turned out to be counterfeit and that the bank was deducting $8,800 from their savings account.

CHRISTMAS IN WONDERLAND A comedy, directed by James Orr, about a pair of troubled children who go on a shopping spree with a bag of money that turns out to be counterfeit.