This is what BeenBurned actually said:
"However there have been cases where Korean fake (Coach) bags were listed and relisted by more than one Japanese sellers."
She was NOT referring to the current fakes, but to some that both she and I reported multiple times over the last 2 or 3 years that were being sold by well-known Japanese sellers but that were obvious Korean-made fakes of Coach items, mostly bags and briefcases, that were probaly made as long as 20 or 30 years ago. Even though the formerly-trusted Japanese sellers were notified that the items were being reported and removed, they kept re-listing them.
ON THE SUBJECT OF KOREAN FAKES
Korean makers have a history of selling fake Coach handbags, briefcases and wallets that goes back 30 years, to when Coach first began selling their bags in Japan. We're not "picking on" Korea, we've been reporting those fakes and figuring out the history of Korea's fake "Coaches" for almost 20 years. I probably have several hundred photographs of fake purses, wallets and briefcases stamped Made in Korea, and the historical records indicate that Coach had filed lawsuits in the Korean courts all through the early and mid-1990s against at least 6 Korean individuals or companies that tried to "hijack" or to register the Coach name as their own trademark and then started to make purses that were copies of genuine US-made Coaches including the name, hangtag, and creed statement, although very few of them had valid Coach serial numbers or Coach's high-quality full-grain aniline-dyed leather.
Just a few examples, click on the thumbnails to enlarge
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and from fake wallets and bags
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and a fake Made In Korea briefcase listed and removed multiple times by Japanese seller " eLADY01 "
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Korea has also been mentioned often as a major source of "AAA" or "7-star" fakes of all major brands from Coach to Chanel to Louis Vuitton. Although BeenBurned NEVER SAID that the accessory bag fakes being sold by this ring of sellers apparently located in Japan were coming from Korea, Counterfeit name brands from Korean makers have a long and well-known history.
