22 eBay Sellers Identified Selling Fake 128GB USB Flash Memory – They are linked.
Posted by KittyFireFlash on March 26, 2010
22 eBay sellers have something in common and it is not selling true 128GB capacity usb flash drives. Is your seller on this list published by FakeMemorySentinel?
Tips received by SOSFakeFlash have identified these sellers having something in common. eBay also knows and has rushed to suspend many to ensure there is no record on the internet of their scam operation. More seller id’s are suspected.
While investigators were researching, listings began disappearing. At exactly the same time, new seller ids opened shop with the same “something” in common. It is clear that Kingston DT200 DataTraveler fakes are flooding eBay with alarming speed. One new seller sold more than 100 in just a few hours of operation.
Additional Reading:
- 128GB Flash Drives Penstick Memory eBay Urgent Warning To All eBay Members. Tsunami Wave Of False Capacity Flash Drives. eBay Unable To Cope With Fake Memory Sellers Who Scam!
- SOSFakeFlash Announces Operation Fake Flash Storm Against eBay. Objective? Demonstrate How Widespread Selling Of False Capacity Flash Memory. USB Flash Drives. Memory Cards. MP Players.
- Crises on Ebay For Fake Flash Memory Products Sold In 32GB 64GB 128GB 256GB – SOSFakeFlash Reports
Kingston read:
- Kingston USB Flash Drives. How To Check You Have A Genuine One And Not A Counterfeit – Easy Guide. Kingston Technologies Fighting To Protect Consumers And Itself From Counterfeits.
- Kingston Technologies Under Attack From Fake Flash Memory Seller Piranhas In The Orient. DT200 Counterfeits 8GB 16GB 32GB Flood Global Market.
- Current Prices For Genuine Kingston DataTraveler 200 128GB USB2.0 Flash Drives DT200/128GB And For Fakes – A Guide
Sony read:
SOSFakeFlash 
InspectorTech said
BTW, these id’s are also linked. Might not be at the sentinel site:
thefamilystorage
penglancon
linan-ok
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Hillimonster said
wang_yunga77 on e-bay is selling the 64GB model of the ones you show.
Robert McMillen said
Hello everybody,
I purchase and mp3 player from bid2buying less than 2gb are useable out of 16gb after
I ran the H2testw. BR, Robert
Error reading file ‘J:\6.h2w’, offset 0x1b00000.
(The system cannot find the file specified. Code 2)
Warning: Only 13370 of 15103 MByte tested.
The media is likely to be defective.
0 KByte OK (0 sectors)
5.0 GByte DATA LOST (10541056 sectors)
Details:3.7 GByte overwritten (7905792 sectors)
0 KByte slightly changed (< 8 bit/sector, 0 sectors)
1.2 GByte corrupted (2635264 sectors)
24 KByte aliased memory (48 sectors)
First error at offset: 0x0000000000000000
Expected: 0x0000000000000000
Found: 0x06c7ec6043425355
H2testw version 1.3
Writing speed: 10.2 MByte/s
Reading speed: 8.18 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
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Michelle Chng said
Beware of current seller – guashudiluo123
listings of fake drives.
listing item no. – 170755428356
Location – Hong Kong.