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Archive for February 6th, 2010

Another fraudster in China selling favourite flash drive on ebay

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Seller hellobeijing2009 is yet another fraudster from China selling the fraudsters’ favourite flash drive – easy to program to any fake capacity the seller likes. This USB flash drive corrupts files.

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 your fake if testing confirms you have purchased fake capacity flash memory on ebay.

Written by fightflashfraud

February 6, 2010 at 10:15 PM

These USB flash drives on ebay USA are fake fake fakity fake

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Although seller greenredyellow may not realise it these 64GB USB flash drives (and the 128GB model) listed on ebay are fake capacity items that corrupt files. This seller obviously bought from a fraudulent supplier.

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 your fake if testing confirms you have purchased fake capacity flash memory on ebay.

Written by fightflashfraud

February 6, 2010 at 8:11 PM

Fake 32GB USB flash drives from China sold in private listings

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This USB flash drive listed on ebay by lixinjie12009 is a notorious fake that corrupts files – if you see one of these for sale steer well clear!

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 your fake if testing confirms you have purchased fake capacity flash memory on ebay.

We think it unlikely that this is a genuine 64GB Kingston DT200

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We doubt very much if the 63GB Kingston DataTraveler 150 USB flash drives listed on ebay Australia by seller timoantti will prove to be genuine. We have a feeling that this seller bought from a fraudulent supplier and that they will prove to be counterfeits. The seller should check serial numbers with Kingston – if we are wrong then Kingston will be able to verify the drives. If a flash drive is counterfeit it is also fake capacity and corrupts files.

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 your fake if testing confirms you have purchased fake capacity flash memory on ebay.

Seller on ebay Germany bought Kingston from fraudulent supplier

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It seems that seller felix*2603 has been shopping with one of the many fraudulent outlets supplying counterfeit and fake capacity memory items that corrupt files. The seller has a number of Kingston models on offer and we are certain all are fakes. The seller (like many ebayers) may not even know there is such a thing as a fake flash drive.

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 your fake if testing confirms you have purchased fake capacity flash memory on ebay.

128GB Kingston on ebay Australia too cheap to be genuine

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This 128GB Kingston DataTraveler 200 USB flash drive listed by big_robby2k is too cheap to be genuine. The seller no doubt bought from one of the fraudulent suppliers who sell counterfeit and fake capacity flash memory wholesale at prices below the cost of manufacturing genuine devices. A counterfeit USB flash drive corrupts files. The seller should check serial numbers with Kingston – we are certain Kingston will not verify them as they can with genuine flash drives.

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 your fake if testing confirms you have purchased fake capacity flash memory on ebay.

Looks like another ebay seller with fake DataTraveler flash drives

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We are sure the Kingston DataTraveler USB flash drives sold by gozya (registered in the USA) will prove to be counterfeits. A counterfeit USB flash drive is also a fake capacity USB flash drive that corrupts files.

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 your fake if testing confirms you have purchased fake capacity flash memory on ebay.

Singapore fraudster sells fake 64GB USB flash drives on ebay

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The ID y5y6.y7y8 seems to be part of a growing fraud ring based in Singapore which sells fake USB flash drives and dodgy phone batteries on ebay. If you see a picture in an ebay listing like the one shown above – steer well clear! This USB flash drive corrupts files!

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 your fake if testing confirms you have purchased fake capacity flash memory on ebay.

Written by fightflashfraud

February 6, 2010 at 9:14 AM

US ebay seller relists fake Kingston USB flash drives for sale

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Having failed to sell these fake 128GB Kingston DataTraveler USB flash drives the first time round seller sunrize-esales (registered in the USA) has re-listed them (ebay item number 260547020091) for sale. Does this seller not realises that fakes corrupt files?? Read the rest of this entry »

128GB USB flash drives on ebay Germany certain to be fake

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We have never come across any genuine USB flash drives of this type – every one we tested was fake capacity. They are programmed to show the capacity advertised when you plug them in and look at the properties displayed by the operating system.

This has always been far from the truth – most that we tested had a true capacity of 2GB or less. Not only that, the memory chips were mostly poor quality factory rejects. A fake USB flash drive corrupts files – which is what we think these ones from seller sm10sm will do. The seller may know nothing about flash memory and may beleive what the operating system shows.

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 your fake if testing confirms you have purchased fake capacity flash memory on ebay.

Written by fightflashfraud

February 6, 2010 at 5:24 AM

Top rated ebay fraudster selling fake 128GB Kingston flash drives

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This fake 128GB Kingston USB flash drive has been listed by topixus, a seller in China who has been given top seller rating by ebay. Do not be fooled by ebay seller ratings – they seem to be more about how much money ebay makes than anything else!

This flash drive undoubtedly corrupts files – it is a fake. At £21.36 it could not possibly be anything else – even if it wasn’t a counterfeit Kingston; and entirely the wrong model for this capacity, at that!

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 your fake if testing confirms you have purchased fake capacity flash memory on ebay.

Written by fightflashfraud

February 6, 2010 at 12:29 AM