128GB eBay? Watch Out For Fraud And Fakes! eBay Flash Memory Sellers bonnieandmitzy – droshodi – entonedeals – timiruno – wapwep2010 – hotlips-ems-mybuying – mivek2010 – lelewis – spudvernon – yongxing2009 – Test Immediately!
Posted by DragonDakel on November 16, 2010
If you bought a flash memory item from any of these eBay sellers you are advised to test item(s) immediately for advertised capacity. Read: H2testw 1.4 – Gold Standard In Detecting USB Counterfeit Drives. You may have purchased a fake flash memory product.
If your memory item fails testing report immediately to SOSFakeFlash. If your eBay seller is deregistered from eBay, it is urgent you report in to SOSFakeFlash. If you do not, they will not be able to investigate and to record in the their database to publish an offical alert listing all items sold. eBay is suspending fake flash memory sellers to avoid buyers leaving feedback or recording the truth.
Never use any flash memory item without testing for capacity. If you purchased a fake you could lose your files and data. Read: Why Is Fake Flash Memory So Dangerous?
Please see Validation Memory links for brand names and flash nand memory chip decoding. Reminder, Gb is Gigabits, not Gigabytes. 8 bits is 1 byte. You must divide by 8, if manufacturer lists size as Gb. Exercise care in disassembly of your item to decode.
Check your eBay Sellers feedback, type in the id: http://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs
Crises on Ebay For Fake Flash Memory Products Sold In 32GB 64GB 128GB 256GB – SOSFakeFlash Reports
bonnieandmitzy – United Kingdom
droshodi – United Kingdom
entonedeals – United States
timiruno – United Kingdom
wapwep2010 – China
hotlips-ems-mybuying – United Kingdom
mivek2010 – United States
lelewis – United States
spudvernon – United Kingdom
yongxing2009 – China
Global Report – eBay Fake Memory 2008 – 2009
Kingston read:
Kingston Technologies Offers Help To eBay Victims Frauded With Counterfeit Flash Memory
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