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Archive for September 27th, 2009

UK ebayer’s counterfeit Kingston drives snapped up by buyers!!

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masterticketz

These 64GB Kingston DataTraveler flash drives sold by masterticketz are undoubtedly counterfeit and fake capacity. It is impossible to make a genuine 64GB flash drive for the price these are selling at let alone sell them for this price on ebay. Read the rest of this entry »

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September 27, 2009 at 11:47 PM

Seller on ebay Australia with suspect 128GB DT200 flash drives

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jackrang2009

We are fairly certain that the 128GB DataTraveler USB flash drives sold by jackrang2009 will prove to be counterfeit (not made by Kingston) and fake capacity – causing data loss and corruption.

We advise everyone who buys flash memory items to test them with the free program h2testw irrespective of where they were purchased – otherwise you run the risk of data loss and corruption.

Report in to SOSFakeFlash if your testing confirms you have purchased a false capacity device on ebay

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September 27, 2009 at 9:40 PM

Another baby gremlin selling the fraudsters’ favourite on ebay

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fuhua88982009

gremlin2sFeels a bit like every time you log into ebay there’s another gremlin listing the fraudster’s favourite!

As ever we can say that without doubt the leather USB flash drive shown in this listing from fuhua88982009 will be nothing like 16GB. It is likely to corrupt any data saved on it after (probably) about 1.7GB or (less likely) about 3.5-3.7GB.

These flash drives are simply not safe to use – take it from someone who has a few that were supplied by the fraud gangs in China who spawn these gremlins!

As usual we strongly advise ebayers to test all flash memory with the free program h2testw.

Report in to SOSFakeFlash if your testing confirms you have a false capacity device.

Written by fightflashfraud

September 27, 2009 at 7:30 PM

UK ebay member sold Counterfeit and fake capacity Kingston

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sandydxxx

UK ebay member sandydxxx sold 10 of these counterfeit and fake capacity 64Gb DataTraveler flash drives. No one can sell a genuine 64GB flash drive at this price. Read the rest of this entry »

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September 27, 2009 at 5:17 PM

You cannot buy genuine 16GB USB flash drives for this price

ganniniang1

gremlin2sSeems that ganniniang1 is a new gremlin ID set up by a familiar fraud gang to sell fake flash drives on ebay. You cannot buy a genuine 16GB flash drive for this price – all you will get is a fake which will cause your files to be lost or corrupted.

As usual we strongly advise ebayers to test all flash memory with the free program h2testw.

Report in to SOSFakeFlash if your testing confirms you have a false capacity device.

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September 27, 2009 at 4:15 PM

Looks like yet another baby gremlin from China on ebay

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ssdhfiu_d

gremlin2sLooks like another disposable baby gremlin sent on fakeflash sales duty by our fraudster friends in China with no feedback to act as a buffer against the inevitible negative comments.

We are sure that the flash drives sold by ssdhfiu_d will prove to be fake capacity. As usual we strongly advise ebayers to test all flash memory with the free program h2testw.

Report in to SOSFakeFlash if your testing confirms you have a false capacity device.

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September 27, 2009 at 1:46 PM

Another gremlin on ebay selling classic fake flash drives

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miss_wong88

gremlin2sSeller miss_wong88 quite rightly describes this supposedly 32GB flash drive as “classic” – it is a classic fake that has been sold on ebay by fraudsters for years!

This has been the fraudsters’ favourite flash drive for reprogramming from a small capacity (usually 4GB at most) to any fake capacity the fraudster chooses. Read the rest of this entry »

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September 27, 2009 at 11:32 AM

These Kingston DT 150 flash drives seem a little on the cheap side

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$4jk4

These 64GB Kingston DataTraveler seem a bit on the cheap side so we wonder if they will turn out to be counterfeit and fake capacity. Seller $4jk4 may be unaware that there is a big problem with counterfeit Kingston flash drives being sold by fraudulent wholesalers. A quick check of serial numbers with Kingston would reveal whether they are genuine or (as we suspect they could be) counterfeit.

We advise everyone who buys flash memory items to test them with the free program h2testw irrespective of where they were purchased – otherwise you run the risk of data loss and corruption.

Report in to SOSFakeFlash if your testing confirms you have purchased a false capacity device on ebay

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September 27, 2009 at 9:18 AM

Heigh ho off we go with another gremlin listing fake flash on ebay

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sdfhuisl

gremlin2sHere we go again – one of the apparently disposable gremlin IDs registered on ebay China listing a familiar model of flash drive.

We are pretty sure the USB flash drives from sdfhuisl will prove to be fake capacity – anyone buying these would be making a big mistake. Fake capacity flash memory items will eventually cause file loss and corruption for anyone using them.

As usual we strongly advise ebayers to test all flash memory with the free program h2testw.

Report in to SOSFakeFlash if your testing confirms you have a false capacity device.

Written by fightflashfraud

September 27, 2009 at 6:54 AM