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 This is the affixed UL label from a product I just bought on Amazon. The QR code isn't a QR code. The listing's manufacturer doesn't exist in the UL database nor do any of these numbers.

I've emailed the UL folks to confirm, but I'm pretty sure this makes Amazon a complicit partner to fraud.

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 @e4530301 UL needs an API to make it easier for places like Amazon to verify claims. Not that they would bother. But it should be something that’s easy to do.