How to identify fake iphone adaptor

need to compare original and fake iphone charger, adaptor. Found about usb cable comparison but cannot find anything to check originality of cable adaptor.
thnks

my ac charger had a recall and in the apple authorised store they checking inside the usb connector for a serial number to tell fake vs. official ones apart the women in the line before me was rejected because her ac charger did not have that serial

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