China Selling Imitation Military Scopes on Amazon

I had just finished building a Yugo M72b Carbine and decided to put a scope on it. My other AKs have Romanian scopes so I thought I'd see what was the latest on Ebay and Kalinka. I never knew Amazon carried the Soviet block scopes from NPZ and Belomo but they showed up on a net-wide search. While on the Amazon site I discovered many Belomo and NPZ scopes so I looked around. I found a variable scope from NPZ for a little over two-hundred Dollars. It didn't feel right so I looked at it for a couple of hours and read every word. I saw that the scope's origin was in China. The word "Origin is completely different from the word "Manufactured" so I thought to myself that perhaps these are scopes that were manufactured in Russia and somehow made their way to China and was being offered for sale a bit cheaper than usual. I checked the logo and other marking over and over and it was plain that these scopes were made in Russia. I just refused to believe that Amazon would let Chinese manufacturers hoodwink American buyers with imitation scopes with clear NPZ markings in NPZ boxes with Russian writing all over it. So I ordered it...
The next day I thought about buying another one since the price was so good. I happened onto Ebay where those exact same scopes were being sold but they were clearly marked "Made in China." I decided to do some in-depth research albeit a bit too late.
I found that a Chinese company by the name of Eraines Tactical Optics manufactured these scopes in Dongyang, China and advertises on "Made in China dot Com." They offer three styles, all with NPZ logos and emblems. Quite clearly a fraud. They advertise that they can supply up to 2000 a month and if bought in quantity they can be as cheap as $99 each. I have made a video about this situation : Please pass it on and let others know about this fraud so they won't get burnt. I have attempted to contact Amazon but have been unsuccessful. If anyone out there knows of an email address for Amazon I would appreciate it.
But on the good news side I have found a Belomo supplier just outside of Atlanta who imports the same optics that Kalinka does but are somewhat cheaper. A $339 Belomo 4X24 scope can be bought from them for $269 no tax and free shipping. They are: http://saiga-12.com/ and https://www.ebay.com/itm/RUSSIAN-Bel....c100033.m2042
They wrote:
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We’ve been buying these directly from Belomo and importing from Belarus since 2013 - these are 100% guaranteed authentic.

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China Selling Imitation Military Scopes on Amazon