Alert – Loongbays – Ebay Fake Flash Seller

Loongbays has been identified as an eBay seller of Counterfeit flash drives. He sold two models of 32GB flash drives. SOSFakeFlash has one of them investigated and confirmed. This Hong Kong based seller when reports of fakes started to come in, switched to private auctions to avoid further detection. This is a violation of eBay’s intent for private auctions. Search this site to understand how diabolical a private auction is. Guilt is clear. Test any drive you brought from this seller.

If you are a victim of a private auction by seller of fake flash, make sure to describe that it was a 32GB flash drive and put in the ebay item number so others can see the listing.

Report in to us with your fake flash confirmation. See report a fake for details.

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October 27th, 2008 – we have 1 eBay listings confirmed fake.

This is the the model sold under the eBay seller Loongbays It is confirmed as Counterfeit, recorded with eBayer ID and eBay Item Number – Standard Procedure. Presented as listed at auction. Counterfeit items tied to criminal activity enjoy no protection. If you bought one of these usb fake flash drives from Loongbays, you should test immediately with the software H2testw 1.4 . Do not store any important data on the drive until you can confirm you have the advertised capacity (minus formatting overhead).

This is the 32GB Model sold by Loongbays, SOSFakeFlash has on file.

Should your drive not report the true advertised capacity:

1. Immediately attempt to move any data you have stored on the drive to another source. Be advised if you have stored more than the reported size from H2testw 1.4, you will not be able to recover it all – you can expect to see errors in the copy back.
2. Immediately report to eBay and PayPal to add your voice against this seller.

If the eBay Item number has disappeared from your won list. Please go to PayPal and search through your transactions for the approximate time frame of your purchase. You will find the details of your transaction and ebay item number. PayPal keeps this information for a long time. Use the email address:

Please include:

1. PayPal Transaction Number
2. Ebay Item Number
3. Date Of PayPal Transaction
4. Date Of eBay Item Listing
5. Your eBayer Id
6. Cite eBay Seller Loongbays
7. The results from your testing with H2testw 1.4
8. Any information concerning data loss and it’s value to you

You are to inform them you wish to be part of the investigation against this seller and are adding yourself to the evidence. You expect to be fully refunded for the purchase and shipping and if you can prove data loss compensation for it as well. Furthermore, it is a fact that PayPal and eBay are aware of cases pouring in. You are invited to copy:

on your correspondence.