SOSFakeFlash News June 3rd 2009

The FrankenFlash Project is busy crunching numbers. Team members have to hand in their data. The deadline is on thursday. The project will be publishing some interesting information shortly.

1. You want to know what the average bid price is for a fake MP Player, Memory Card or Usb flash drive is?
2. What the bid price was by year quarter?
3. What continents buy fake MP players, memory cards or usb flash drives in percentages?

Yes, we have been tracking this information. What are the trends? Where is the big fake flash money being made on eBay? Stay tuned…

Keep reporting with the report a fake tab. Incomplete information side tracks us and at the moment, it is going to a “to do file” – we can’t chase after missing information – so please send in the basics otherwise we will not add to the database or issue an alert. SOSFakeFlash has to investigate. An alert is serious on the internet – it stays! If we do not get back to you right away know that we enter your information.

If you found you have a fake, please contact other buyers for you fake flash seller and get them to test! If you want the seller gone, there is only one way – round up the victims of the seller and march to the paypal dispute console!

Monitor our sites and feel free to comment and help others out. Type in your sellers name into the search box to see if we have a post. If we do, share your experiences. Vent. Rant. Rave. Let people know how you feel. That includes the seller, ebay and paypal too!

The conversation between a fake flash seller and a victim will launch our new stories. The metrics are going to shock you.

cckelectronic99 Ebay Fake Flash Seller Alert – Hong Kong

cckelectronic99 was an eBay seller of Counterfeit (Fake) Flash USB drives. Based in Hong Kong cckelectronic99 is the fake flash seller who got away. Unfortunately no one reported him to SOSFakeFlash in time. How much damage cckelectronic99 did is unknown. Currently under eBay suspension this fake flash seller may return. Victims do find us and we can still enter information if you report in!

Important Reading:

• eBay – What To Do When Sellers Demands You Change Your Negative Feedback To Positive For A Refund Or Demands Positive As A Condition Of Refund – A Guide
• USB Flash Drives Best Price Bargains Fair Value To Sell Or Buy 8GB 16GB 32GB
• Why Leave Immediate Negative Feedback For an eBay Fake Flash Seller?

Report in to SOSFakeFlash if your testing confirms you have a false capacity device.

Don’t forget to leave the calling card of “SOSFakeFlash” and “H2testw” in your feedback to help others. Do not change your feedback to get a refund – you will only create more victims.

XU GANG Hong Kong Counterfeit Ring Confirmed

SOSFakeFlash has uncovered another counterfeit ring in Hong Kong and named it XU GANG . Currently the following eBay seller ids have been connected: ebestshop58r , lovehuangfeifei2008 , jameshome621 . Fake memory cards, mp players and usb flash drives have been sold, including branded Kingston DT150’s.

jameshome621 Ebay Fake Flash Seller Alert- USA Counterfeit Kingston DT150 64GB DataTraveler

jameshome621 is an eBay seller of Counterfeit (Fake) Flash USB drives. Based in the United States, jameshome621 has been selling fake Kingston DataTraveler 150 usb flash pen sticks advertised at 64GB. So far these counterfeit usb flash drives have been confirmed in both Australia and in the United States on eBay. This seller is registered in the United States but the return address is:

XU GANG
G/F,Block 26,428 Yuen
Kong Tsuen, Yuen Long
Hong Kong

Is there something more sinister afoot? Yes there is and will be revealed shortly.

Please help the FrankenFlash Project track and trace these Counterfeit Kingston DT150 32GB DataTraveler usb flash drives. They are spreading!

1. Quick Detection Genuine or Counterfeit Kingston DT150 32GB DataTraveler Michael’s Guide
2. Genuine or Counterfeit Kingston DT150 64GB DataTraveler – Quick Detection – A Guide
3. eBay Counterfeit Kingston DT150 64GB DataTraveler USB Flash Drives Revealed – Case of eBay Seller fufu$$

Important Reading:

• eBay – What To Do When Sellers Demands You Change Your Negative Feedback To Positive For A Refund Or Demands Positive As A Condition Of Refund – A Guide
• USB Flash Drives Best Price Bargains Fair Value To Sell Or Buy 8GB 16GB 32GB
• Why Leave Immediate Negative Feedback For an eBay Fake Flash Seller?

Report in to SOSFakeFlash if your testing confirms you have a false capacity device.

Don’t forget to leave the calling card of “SOSFakeFlash” and “H2testw” in your feedback to help others. Do not change your feedback to get a refund – you will only create more victims. See what we have on file.

olds0416 Ebay Fake Flash Seller Alert – Australia Counterfeit Kingston DT150 64GB DataTraveler

olds0416 is an eBay seller of Counterfeit (Fake) Flash USB drives. Based in Australia olds0416 has been selling fake Kingston DataTraveler 150 usb flash pen sticks advertised at 64GB. So far these counterfeit usb flash drives have been confirmed in both Australia and in the United States on eBay.

olds0416 has followed in fellow Austrailian fake flash seller fufu$$ footsteps by making his feedback “Private”.

Please help the FrankenFlash Project track and trace these Counterfeit Kingston DT150 32GB DataTraveler usb flash drives. They are spreading!

1. Quick Detection Genuine or Counterfeit Kingston DT150 32GB DataTraveler Michael’s Guide
2. Genuine or Counterfeit Kingston DT150 64GB DataTraveler – Quick Detection – A Guide
3. eBay Counterfeit Kingston DT150 64GB DataTraveler USB Flash Drives Revealed – Case of eBay Seller fufu$$

Important Reading:

• eBay – What To Do When Sellers Demands You Change Your Negative Feedback To Positive For A Refund Or Demands Positive As A Condition Of Refund – A Guide
• USB Flash Drives Best Price Bargains Fair Value To Sell Or Buy 8GB 16GB 32GB
• Why Leave Immediate Negative Feedback For an eBay Fake Flash Seller?

Report in to SOSFakeFlash if your testing confirms you have a false capacity device.

Don’t forget to leave the calling card of “SOSFakeFlash” and “H2testw” in your feedback to help others. Do not change your feedback to get a refund – you will only create more victims. See what we have on file.

white0386 Ebay Fake Flash Seller Alert – Australia

white0386 is an eBay seller of Counterfeit (Fake) Flash USB drives. Based in Australia white0386 has been selling Kingston DataTraveler fakes. Australia at the moment on eBay is NOT the place to buy any Kingston usb flash drives. Sellers there need to do their homework and research the brand name’s website test their product properly prior to offering it for sale!

Important Reading:

• eBay – What To Do When Sellers Demands You Change Your Negative Feedback To Positive For A Refund Or Demands Positive As A Condition Of Refund – A Guide
• USB Flash Drives Best Price Bargains Fair Value To Sell Or Buy 8GB 16GB 32GB
• Why Leave Immediate Negative Feedback For an eBay Fake Flash Seller?

Report in to SOSFakeFlash if your testing confirms you have a false capacity device.

Don’t forget to leave the calling card of “SOSFakeFlash” and “H2testw” in your feedback to help others. Do not change your feedback to get a refund – you will only create more victims. See what we have on file.

spring4blue Ebay Fake Flash Seller Alert – USA

spring4blue is an eBay seller of Counterfeit (Fake) Flash USB drives. Based in the United States spring4blue sold those familar 8GB fakes but in the third generation packaging which is a little more sexy than the previous two that came out in 2007 and early 2008. It does not make a lot of difference though, a fake is a fake and these do not have a real capacity of more than 1 GB! There is nothing “defective here. You can not make a little flash drive chip store more than it’s true capacity. The only thing that can be done is reprogramme the controller chip to lie about the real size – with data loss waiting in the wings.
The seller said:

Our 8gb Flash Drives are brand new. They have superior Samsung memory. Samsung accounts for 50% of the memory market. Do not confuse these drives with inferior memory products. These drives are Hi-Speed USB 2.0 drives.

Now if seller spring4blue meant bits instead of bytes, that would account for 1 of the drives turning out to be 1GB true capacity, but to explain the other only being 512MB?

Important Reading:

• eBay – What To Do When Sellers Demands You Change Your Negative Feedback To Positive For A Refund Or Demands Positive As A Condition Of Refund – A Guide
• USB Flash Drives Best Price Bargains Fair Value To Sell Or Buy 8GB 16GB 32GB
• Why Leave Immediate Negative Feedback For an eBay Fake Flash Seller?

Report in to SOSFakeFlash if your testing confirms you have a false capacity device.

Don’t forget to leave the calling card of “SOSFakeFlash” and “H2testw” in your feedback to help others. Do not change your feedback to get a refund – you will only create more victims. See what we have on file.

mediumsizebill Ebay Fake Flash Seller Alert – USA

mediumsizebill is an eBay seller of Counterfeit (Fake) Flash USB drives. Based in the United Statues mediumsizebill sold those ancient and most classic of fakes at an advertised capacity of 8GB. SOSFakeFlash knows them only too well, they are still floating about in bargain bins. eBay sellers out for quick profit snap them up only to have the fake usb flash chips snap right back when buyers discover the awful truth.

If you see this second generation packaging, do not bid, do not buy, DO NOT SELL IT! Unless it is advertised at 256MB to 1GB! Beware of those little stickers – they are the calling sign of false capacity! Never rely on any size reported by an operating system and make sure you test with the recommended software before storing any data on them! The good news is that these drives are easy to take apart to decode the controller chip and flash drive chip to find repair software. But do you really want to? Your real capacity is going to be small!

Important Reading:

• eBay – What To Do When Sellers Demands You Change Your Negative Feedback To Positive For A Refund Or Demands Positive As A Condition Of Refund – A Guide
• USB Flash Drives Best Price Bargains Fair Value To Sell Or Buy 8GB 16GB 32GB
• Why Leave Immediate Negative Feedback For an eBay Fake Flash Seller?

Report in to SOSFakeFlash if your testing confirms you have a false capacity device.

Don’t forget to leave the calling card of “SOSFakeFlash” and “H2testw” in your feedback to help others. Do not change your feedback to get a refund – you will only create more victims. See what we have on file.

chekel2007 Ebay Fake Flash Seller Alert – USA

chekel2007 is an eBay seller of Counterfeit (Fake) Flash USB drives. Based in the United States chekel2007 sold those familar 8GB fakes. He guaranteed that the drives would be

8GB USB flash drive. NEW !!! GUARANTEED 8GB !!!!!!!!!!!

unfortunately you can not make a 512MB flash chip grow into an 8GB. If you ever see any packaging like this, please do not bid or buy! They are the second generation of fake usb drives that started appearing in the end of 2007 early 2008. The smaller the actual capacity the older they tend to be.

Important Reading:

• eBay – What To Do When Sellers Demands You Change Your Negative Feedback To Positive For A Refund Or Demands Positive As A Condition Of Refund – A Guide
• USB Flash Drives Best Price Bargains Fair Value To Sell Or Buy 8GB 16GB 32GB
• Why Leave Immediate Negative Feedback For an eBay Fake Flash Seller?

Report in to SOSFakeFlash if your testing confirms you have a false capacity device.

Don’t forget to leave the calling card of “SOSFakeFlash” and “H2testw” in your feedback to help others. Do not change your feedback to get a refund – you will only create more victims. See what we have on file.

Continues to Fraud! intertrade-connection aka i.c.distribution aka i.c_electronics eBay is this sellers Playground! eBay Bows To Fraudsters For The Sake Of Profit!

Please STOP this dribble from intertrade-connection aka i.c.distribution – this is a long time heavy duty fake flash seller of MP Players, memory cards and usb flash drives. He makes a killing and frauds thousands of eBay members. eBay is afraid of intertrade-connection, are you?

Unpaid Item Strike eBay – What To Do When A Fake Flash Seller Gets Vindictive

You bought a fake MP Player, usb flash drive or memory card and discovered the Truth. You dragged the fake flash seller to the PayPal dispute console and forced him to return your money. Your money is refunded, then suddenly you find an unpaid item strike against you from eBay. What is going on? What should you do?