conninc may make loss on ebay auctions if DT300 flash drives are genuine

If the 256GB Kingston DT 300 flash drives listed at auction on ebay by seller conninc are genuine then the seller could make a big loss by auctioning them rather than using a buy it now listing. Buyers can check whether or not a Kingston flash drive is genuine quite easily – here are the steps:

1. Look at the back of the pack – is there a serial number?

If there is no serial number (there should be a label showing this) then it is sure to be a fake capacity counterfeit that corrupts files – but the presence of a serial number does not, in itself, gaurantee it is genuine.

2. Look at the USB connector – is there engraving on it giving details about the flash drive?

If there is no engraving you can be sure it is a counterfeit that will trash your files – but again, the presence of engraving does not in itself gaurantee it is genuine.

3. If both a serial number and engraving are present try verifying the serial number with Kingston.

If Kingston cannot verify the serial number then you have a fake capacity counterfeit and your data will become lost or corrupted after a while.

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.

IMPORTANT UPDATE:
We have noticed a development in this seller’s listings that lead us to suspect that this may be a case of deliberate fraud as the seller now offers the option of a 32GB flash drive (apparently tested) as an alternative for the same price – this suggests that conninc knows these are fakes.

are 64GB DT150 flash drives from ebayer opeteck genuine?

If the 64GB Kingston DataTraveler 150 flash drives from opeteck are genuine the seller could well make a loss by auctioning them on ebay. can check whether or not a Kingston flash drive is genuine quite easily – here are the steps:

1. Look at the back of the pack – is there a serial number?

If there is no serial number (there should be a label showing this) then it is sure to be a fake capacity counterfeit that corrupts files – but the presence of a serial number does not, in itself, gaurantee it is genuine.

2. Look at the USB connector – is there engraving on it giving details about the flash drive?

If there is no engraving you can be sure it is a counterfeit that will trash your files – but again, the presence of engraving does not in itself gaurantee it is genuine.

3. If both a serial number and engraving are present try verifying the serial number with Kingston.

If Kingston cannot verify the serial number then you have a fake capacity counterfeit and your data will become lost or corrupted after a while.

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.

cxxx2010 selling fake capacity & counterfeit flash memory on ebay

As well as the fake capacity counterfeit 64GB Kingston flash drive in the listing above ebay fake flash fraudster cxxx2010 also offers counterfeit Sandisk and Kingston memory cards as well as generic fake capacity SD and micro SD cards. Any flash memory item purchased from this ebay scammer will corrupt your 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.

keeda9 is another ebayer with an “unwanted gift” of a high capacity Kingston flash drive

Here we have yet another ebayer auctioning a high capacity Kingston flash drives with the “unwanted gift” claim. It’s amazing how many people have friends or relatives who throw away large sums of money on buying a gift without having a clue whether the recipient actually wants it or not.

Do you spend large sums on a gift for someone without the slightest clue whether the person you bought it for might want it or not?

Do we beleive this seller? Of course we don’t – especially since keeda9 would have had a lot of generous gifts if a word of this listing was true! See the following ebay item numbers from keeda9:

230527672350, 230528073730, 230528019262, 230528126025m 230528085274, 230528089867, 230528089679, 230528019309, 230528108619, 230528125941, 230528085401, 230527615729, 230528074002 and 230528095524 – that’s a heck of a lot of unwanted gifts!!

This looks very like a case of deliberate fraud to us! Normally we’d advise checking serial numbers with Kingston but in this case we are certain buyers won’t be able to verify them.

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.

UPDATE 05/11/10

We knew instantly that keeda9 had firey pants – subsequent sales have proved us right but so far no buyer seems to have realised that the Kingston flash drive purchased from this seller is a fake capacity counterfeit that corrupts files.

128GB Kingston DT200 flash drives from q7w77 are counterfeit

Anyone who buys a 128GB Kingston DataTraveler 200 USB flash drive from q7w77 will find they have a fake capacity counterfeit that corrupts files. You’d be doing well to get a genuine 16GB flash drive on ebay at this price let alone a 128GB one – after all it costs a lot more than this for the flash memory chips to manufacture 128gb 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.

manost2007 auctions fake 128GB Corsair flash drives on ebay

A genuine 128GB Corsair flash drive does not look like the one in this ebay listing from manost2007 – the model shown is not made in this capacity as anyone who checks the Corsair website will see. Be assured that this USB flash drive is a fake capacity counterfeit that corrupts files. Seller manost2007 no doubt got them from a fraudulent supplier in China. The use of private auctions to sell these suggests that the seller may be aware they are fakes.

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.

thinktankonline lists obvious fake 16GB Kingston flash drive on ebay

Seller thinktankonline has obviously been shopping in fake flash land as the DT300 flash drive is not made in 16GB capacity – this is a fake capacity counterfeit manufactured by fraudsters in China and it corrupts files. As these are fakes it is pretty certaing that the 256GB Kingston DataTraveler 310 flash drives listed on ebay by thinktankonline will also be fake capacity counterfeits.

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.

Kingston DataTraveler 310 on ebay from calahan0000

There is no sign of a serial number on the back of the pack in the second picture provided by seller calahan0000 in this ebay listing (Item number: 300470733184 ) so we are pretty certain this 256GB Kingston DataTraveler 310 USB flash drive is a a fake capacity counterfeit that corrupts files.

Buyers can check whether or not a Kingston flash drive is genuine quite easily – here are the steps:

1. Look at the back of the pack – is there a serial number?

If there is no serial number (there should be a label showing this) then it is sure to be a fake capacity counterfeit that corrupts files – but the presence of a serial number does not, in itself, gaurantee it is genuine.

2. Look at the USB connector – is there engraving on it giving details about the flash drive?

If there is no engraving you can be sure it is a counterfeit that will trash your files – but again, the presence of engraving does not in itself gaurantee it is genuine.

3. If both a serial number and engraving are present try verifying the serial number with Kingston.

If Kingston cannot verify the serial number then you have a fake capacity counterfeit and your data will become lost or corrupted after a while.

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.

Is 64GB Kingston DT200 from ebayer hamoda1980 genuine?

It amazes us how many listings we see from ebayer like hamoda1980 who have been given high capacity Kingston flash drives as unwanted gifts. In this case someone very generous with money to throw away on expensive gifts has aparrently given hamoda1980 a 64GB Kingston DataTraveler 200 flash drive.

can check whether or not a Kingston flash drive is genuine quite easily – here are the steps:

1. Look at the back of the pack – is there a serial number?

If there is no serial number (there should be a label showing this) then it is sure to be a fake capacity counterfeit that corrupts files – but the presence of a serial number does not, in itself, gaurantee it is genuine.

2. Look at the USB connector – is there engraving on it giving details about the flash drive?

If there is no engraving you can be sure it is a counterfeit that will trash your files – but again, the presence of engraving does not in itself gaurantee it is genuine.

3. If both a serial number and engraving are present try verifying the serial number with Kingston.

If Kingston cannot verify the serial number then you have a fake capacity counterfeit and your data will become lost or corrupted after a while.

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.

mjc1881 auctions fake 32GB flash drive purchased on ebay

It appears that this known model of fake flash drive listed at auction by mjc1881 was purchased by the seller for £19.99 with free P&P from moon.pyter – an impossibly low price for a genuine flash drive.

We published an article about moon.pyter back on the 8th of August when we spotted a listing for this known model of fake flash drive in 16GB capacity. It appears mjc1881 that also bought the 16GB version (for £12.99 with free postage) from moon.pyter.

If there is anything we think worse than the fake flash sellers from China it is ebayers elsewhere who try to re-sell the fakes they bought from sellers in the far east.

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.

How many “used” DT200 flash drives does ebayer sooznsfinds have?

How many “used” 128GB Kingston DataTraveler 200 flash drives does ebayer sooznsfinds have? Can we expect more such listings? We had a dig around and found that the listing above (ebay item number 160482874687) is not the first. It seems that sooznsfinds sold one on 28 Aug, 2010 (ebay item number 160471343480) for US $49.50 with US $8.50 P&P.

Hmm… are we overly suspicious in thinking that this flash drivesfrom sooznsfinds is likely to be a fake capacity counterfeit that corrupts files after a while?

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.

If 256GB Kingston DT310 ebayer gdube751500 may make a loss

Seller gdube751500 is very likely to make a loss by auctioning this 256GB Kingston DataTraveler 310 flash drive on ebay if it is genuine. can check whether or not a Kingston flash drive is genuine quite easily – here are the steps:

1. Look at the back of the pack – is there a serial number?

If there is no serial number (there should be a label showing this) then it is sure to be a fake capacity counterfeit that corrupts files – but the presence of a serial number does not, in itself, gaurantee it is genuine.

2. Look at the USB connector – is there engraving on it giving details about the flash drive?

If there is no engraving you can be sure it is a counterfeit that will trash your files – but again, the presence of engraving does not in itself gaurantee it is genuine.

3. If both a serial number and engraving are present try verifying the serial number with Kingston.

If Kingston cannot verify the serial number then you have a fake capacity counterfeit and your data will become lost or corrupted after a while.

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.

UPDATE 27/09/2010: seller gdube751500 has listed a well known model of fake flash drive at auction so we are pretty sure all flash drives and memory cards from this seller will prove to be fakes.

256GB Kingston DT310 from yenffgh177789 is counterfeit

The 256GB Kingston DataTraveler 310 flash drives listed on ebay by yenffgh177789 are fake capacity counterfeits and anyone who buys one will find it corrupts their files. The same goes for the 128GB DT200 flash drives and 32GB Sandisk memory cards from this seller.

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.

digitdude78 risks loss if Kingston flash drives in ebay auctions are genuine

Seller digitdude78 could well make a loss by auctioning 64GB Kingston DataTraveler 200 flash drives on ebay if they are genuine. Buyers can check whether or not a Kingston flash drive is genuine quite easily – here are the steps:

1. Look at the back of the pack – is there a serial number?

If there is no serial number (there should be a label showing this) then it is sure to be a fake capacity counterfeit that corrupts files – but the presence of a serial number does not, in itself, gaurantee it is genuine.

2. Look at the USB connector – is there engraving on it giving details about the flash drive?

If there is no engraving you can be sure it is a counterfeit that will trash your files – but again, the presence of engraving does not in itself gaurantee it is genuine.

3. If both a serial number and engraving are present try verifying the serial number with Kingston.

If Kingston cannot verify the serial number then you have a fake capacity counterfeit and your data will become lost or corrupted after a while.

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.