Home Affairs Select Committee chairman, Labour MP Keith Vaz, warned against complacency over the passport fakers.

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The authors of one book argued that of Vietnam veterans getting benefits for PTSD, 75 percent were fakers.

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Companies, too, have to protect their good names from fakers and other cheats.

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Amazon especially must now re-examine their reviews system and think about how they can find and remove the fakers.

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Look for too rigid eye contact, or eyes that are looking your way, but not focused, to spot the fakers.

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Goya enjoys a 25% market share among authentic Hispanic food brands (the category excludes fakers like Taco Bell), according to Neilsen.

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This can cause 'fakers' to pretend and write posts in your name.

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For the first time, we used a service called "Fakers" as part of the formula to eliminate followers that are either inactive or are fake twitter accounts.

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Some status updates and pictures could attract these 'fakers'.

BBC: A teen guide to staying safe online

Most times, the fakers seem to stick with items that are relatively easy to replicate, making everyone's lives a good bit easier when it comes to choosing between the authentic and the knockoff, but JaiQi Toys has upped the copycat ante a bit with its full-fledged lineup of Wowwee rips.

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