Brits going abroad have been warned that thousands of fake and dangerous travel adapters are being sold online. The charity Electrical Safety First (ESF) said it found 15 fake models being sold on sites including Amazon, eBay, TikTok Shop and Wish.
Researchers bought two models described as ‘universal travel adaptors’ from TikTok Shop. Both were designed with retractable pins to fit sockets in the UK, Europe, Australia and the US.
The charity said that one of the adapters, which was black (pictured) and has been sold over 50,000 times worldwide, failed every safety test it conducted.
It had more than one set of pins exposed at one time when plugged in and live, posing a risk of severe electric shock up to 240 volts if touched with wet hands.
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