The Better Business Bureau serving Greater Maryland warned consumers to avoid a
Pandora Rings Sale lookalike website that's selling imitations from China.
Shoppers who bought merchandise on pandorapick.com may have believed they were purchasing from Pandora, a Danish company with U.S. headquarters in Baltimore, according to the BBB's scam tracker.
Jewelry purchased through the site, which closely resembles the actual site, ended up being "cheap imitations from China," and not as it appeared online, the BBB said.
Disney World Pandora, which markets its products as high-quality jewelry at affordable prices, sells its charms, bracelets, rings, earrings, necklaces and other pieces in 100 countries through stores and its website.
Pandora Charms Sale did not respond to a request for comment on the pandorapick.com site, but the company says on its website that it's been targeted by counterfeiters attempting to take on its identity and sell fake products.
Pandora Bracelet Sale said it relies on global surveillance and registration programs to protect its intellectual property rights."We take serious action on a local level, as well as internationally, to stop counterfeiting of our products, and we strongly believe that our efforts will decrease the amount of infringers attempting to mislead you into believing that you are buying authentic Pandora jewelery," the company said.