Fake Goods Get Prime Google & Ebay Ad Space

That search that revealed a super hot deal advertised in a prime space at the top of your favorite search engine – might be just another online scam – promoting fake goods.

Ad space on some of the most trusted web sites peddles expertly-designed, counterfeit products to unsuspecting Americans. But, as Jeff Rossen reports, some say these e-tail giants are profiting along with the cunning con artists behind the fakes.–MSNBC

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the Justice Department has caught Google doing business with criminals before. Last summer, the company paid $500 million to avoid prosecution on charges that it knowingly sold ads to illegal online pharmacies.–MSNBC

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