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Razer ordered to pay $1.1 million in refunds over its Zephyr RGB mask N95 claims

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Not as advertised, according to the FTC
The FTC has ordered Razer to pay over $1.1 million in refunds to those who purchased the Razer Zephyr RGB mask which was supposedly „N95-grade“. It wasn’t. 
First reported by IGN, The Federal Trade Commission has said that the $1.1 million total must be returned to users due to its misrepresentation of the Razer Zephyr mask. The company claimed its face masks were N95-grade (which are commonly found in surgical applications) but no such official certification was ever passed, and the company changed the fine print on its website to reflect that back in 2022. 
FTC Director of Bureau of Consumer Protection Sam Levine said: „These businesses falsely claimed, in the midst of a global pandemic, that their face mask was the equivalent of an N95 certified respirator“ and that Razer only „stopped the false advertising following negative press coverage and consumer outrage at the deceptive claims“.

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