Can counterfeit cigarette barcodes be scanned out? How to identify real and fake cigarettes

Friends who know cigarettes all know the pain of buying fake cigarettes, so they usually read the barcode first. Can the barcode of fake cigarettes be scanned out? If fake cigarette barcodes can be scanned out, do you know there are so many fake cigarettes on the market? What are the characteristics of fake cigarette barcodes? The editor of China Tobacco Network will give you an introduction below.

Can fake cigarette barcodes be scanned out?

Can fake cigarette barcodes be scanned out? Opinion 1: Some people say it can’t be done; only formal ones can. Opinion 2: Some people say it’s okay. Why can counterfeit cigarettes be scanned out? The reason why it cannot be judged by scanning the QR code is because the box of the same cigarette can be swapped! It is still scary to buy a cigarette now. Therefore, the counterfeit cigarette barcode counterfeiting technology on the market is constantly being updated, so be sure to observe and compare carefully when purchasing. Cigarette shop owners should also pay more attention.

Why are there two codes on a cigarette?

This has happened before: the sales staff carefully checked the barcodes and found that they were from two regions, so the The explanation is: It may be that a previous logistics error occurred in the sorting and distribution process, resulting in a coding error. After the problem was discovered, the coding was re-coded again, so there was a situation where one cigarette had two identities.

For this type of cigarettes, there is news in the market that these cigarettes are "confiscated cigarettes": that is, the cigarettes confiscated during tobacco inspections are not first-hand in the local area. The cigarette dealers purchased them from other places and sold them in other places to make a profit. The price difference was confiscated by the tobacco inspection, and then sold as new with a local code. It was indeed real cigarettes.

So, are the cigarettes with two barcodes real or fake?

Judging from the current situation, cigarettes with two barcodes are basically real, because they are all genuine. It is distributed by the tobacco company, which is a strong guarantee in terms of channels. However, there may also be fake ones. Someone randomly prints a spray code to change the package, and cigarette dealers will also print the code. This requires you, the store owner, to pay attention.

Characteristics of counterfeit cigarette barcodes

1. Counterfeit cigarette barcodes are not completed at one time.

The real cigarette barcode is completed by a one-time instant scan, while the fake cigarette barcode is completed multiple times, and some are even completed word by word. Characteristics of fake cigarette barcodes: As shown in the figure, the fake cigarette barcodes are scanned with digital barcodes on both sides first, then the two ends of the transparent paper are sealed and packaged, and finally the digital barcode in the middle part is scanned in. The middle part is not covered by transparent paper, and is not covered by the transparent paper on both sides. There is a big difference in color and gloss, and there is an obvious bumpy feeling to the touch. However, the digital codes on both sides are covered with transparent paper, so there is no such feeling.

2. The asymmetry of counterfeit cigarette barcodes.

Although the real cigarette barcode may have a slight deviation due to speed or temperature during the scanning process, in general the upper and lower lines of the 32-bit barcode are parallel and symmetrical. And the font is the same. The characteristics of fake cigarette barcodes are prone to vertical asymmetry, non-parallel, and even different fonts.

The characteristics of the fake cigarette barcode are as shown in the fake cigarette picture. The upper and lower correspondences between the first row and the second row are inconsistent, and the fonts between the numbers in the same row are also significantly different.

The following one is more subtle, but you can also see that the third number 0 from the left in the first row and the sixth number 0 are of different thicknesses. Be careful when identifying. #p#subtitle#e#

3. The barcode writing of fake cigarettes does not conform to the characteristics of real cigarettes.

The first five digits in the first row of real smoke show the year, month, day and time. The last two digits in the first row are generally between 01-50. Characteristics of fake cigarette barcodes: There may be omissions in fake cigarette barcodes. As shown in the fake cigarette in the picture, the last two digits in the first row are 86, which does not meet the barcode characteristics of real cigarettes.

4. The regional pinyin abbreviation of fake cigarette barcodes sometimes does not match the corresponding region code.

This is also what is easily overlooked in counterfeit cigarette barcodes. The regional pinyin abbreviation and corresponding region code on the cigarette barcode are very important. Characteristics of fake cigarette barcodes: As shown in the fake cigarette picture, this is an imitation of the code of Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province. The first four abbreviations in the second row are the pinyin for Xinyu Tobacco, but the number that follows is 3603 (Pingxiang, Jiangxi Province). city) instead of the code 3605 of Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province.

5. The fake cigarette barcode is mysterious.

Some unscrupulous cigarette dealers sometimes scratch off the barcodes of real cigarettes, making it impossible to identify which cigarette dealer the cigarette came from. Counterfeiters have also seized on the mentality of some people that the cigarettes whose barcodes have been scratched off may be genuine cigarettes sold illegally by cigarette dealers, and have also scratched the barcodes on counterfeit cigarettes. But what real cigarette dealers often scratch off are the key numbers and letters before and after the second row. As shown in the picture of Real Cigarette Furong King (hard), only the city code in front of the second row can be seen, but the cigarette dealer code cannot be seen.

In order to cover up the defects of counterfeit cigarette barcodes, all the barcodes may be scratched and rendered unrecognizable.

Some real cigarette barcodes will not look clear because the color of the trademark paper or the anti-counterfeiting mark is in the same position as the scanned barcode. For counterfeit cigarette barcodes, a clear barcode is usually left on the box in a position that does not conflict with the color and anti-counterfeiting markings.

The above is the relevant introduction collected by the editor of China Cigarette Network on whether counterfeit cigarette barcodes can be scanned out (can it). After reading the characteristics of the top five fake cigarette barcodes, I believe everyone has a better understanding and more information. Recommended: What does the 32-digit barcode information on cigarettes mean ((Cigarette ID card)) Cigarettes without codes are fake

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