If you bought a flash memory item from any of these eBay sellers: myniaga02 – mettall2000 – glide-bpm – 37plate – misternouk – dzidashop 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 official 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.
If you need help and information on eBay read:
Check your eBay Sellers feedback, type in the id: http://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs
myniaga02 – Malaysia
128GB USB 2.0 Drive Flash Memory Thumb Drive Pen Stick
mettall2000 – Israel
New 256GB USB FLASH DRIVE USB 2.0 PEN STICK MEMORY
glide-bpm – United States – No Returns
Kingston DT R500 Data Traveler 128 GB USB flash drive
About No Returns:
37plate – United States
256gb Kingston usb flash drive high speed 2.0
DT200 256GB – New Capacity Offered By Kingston Technologies. DT200 Now Comes in 256 GB Or Does it?
misternouk – United States
Bulk Buying 50 x Sandisk 32GB Micro SD Card + Adaptor
dzidashop – United States
New 64GB USB 2.0 Flash Memory Drive (FREE SHIPPING)
Fake 32GB SD SDHC And MicroSD Cards On eBay. The Sale Of Fake Memory Cards Increasing on eBay.
See this video by officerdown.
Fake Sandisk SD card from China
He compares a genuine Sandisk SD card with a fake from China along with a generic SD memory card. Includes camera shot rate comparision and what happens if you have a fake. Is this happening to you?
SanDisk: Contact Technical Support for assistence. To report confirmed fakes (counterfeits), you can send an email to brandprotection@sandisk.com with the seller id and ebay items numbers attention SanDisk B.P. Director.
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See this video by By OutlawedMedia on DT310 Kingston DataTraveler Fakes.
Exposing Fake/Counterfeit USB Drive!
See what a fake counterfeit DT310 usb flash drive looks like for yourself. OutlawedMedia opens it up for you to see what is really inside!
Kingston read:
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Kingston DT310/256 Counterfeits Sold On eBay!
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Did You Buy A Kingston Flash Memory Fake On eBay? A Counterfeit?