AIGS Warns About Fake Gem Reports

By Rapaport News / July 22, 2018 / www.diamonds.net / Article Link

RAPAPORT... The Asian Institute of Gemological Sciences (AIGS) hasissued a warning to the international diamond industry over fake gemstonereports bearing its logo.The counterfeit reports contain a working QR code thatdirects users to a fake website with the suffix co, rather than com."Some unscrupulous people have decided to rip off customersby using AIGS's name," AIGS chairman Kennedyy Ho said last week. "Indeed, theyhave created fake AIGS reports which look like genuine ones."The only way to be sure a report is genuine is to check theAIGS website directly, or to send AIGS a photo of the report by email, henoted.The AIGS intends to take legal action against thecounterfeiters, Ho added.Images: fake report (left), genuine report (right). Credit: AIGS

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