There's a lot of phone chargers out there that don't ship with the phones they were meant to charge (and aren't even made by the companies of the phones they are designed to charge), and aren't even made by major electronics manufactures (such as Intel, GE, Sony, or other companies you would tend to trust with making electronics). These chargers often have no logo on them at all, or have some logo you don't recognize, because they come from some company that most Americans never would have heard of. These chargers tend to be made by small Chinese companies. And from my understanding they tend to be defective too, especially in the category of electrical safety. They tend to be very cheap, like in the $1 to $5 price range, and can be found at many stores that aren't even electronics stores. You know how a lot of stores have a rack of cheap items (usually things like candy bars) they hope you will buy on your way out, right near the checkstand? Some stores have other super-cheap Chinese junk electronics in these same areas, and I've even seen some of these cheap Chinese phone chargers (as well as similarly cheap LED flashlights, etc).
I've actually heard quite a few bad things about these cheap chargers. I've literally heard about people electrocuted by them. Well, at least I THINK it's these cheap junk chargers (and not legit ones made by Samsung, Apple, etc) that caused the electrocution. Unfortunately I can't verify this, as when I have read stories about this, they usually simply mention that somebody got electrocuted by using their phone as it was charging, making absolutely ZERO MENTION as to whether the charger was an original charger that came with the phone, another charger from the same company that made the phone, some charger from another trusted company, or a cheap junk "dollar store" type charger that was made by some no-name company.
Does anybody here have more info on some of these incidents, info that maybe wasn't mentioned in the news stories put out by major news companies?