haoyunbeijing-2008 Ebay Fake Flash Seller Alert Deregistered – China

haoyunbeijing-2008 was an eBay seller of Counterfeit Flash USB drives. Based in China, haoyunbeijing-2008 sold over 1500+ flash usb pen drives in the 16GB capacity range. This seller deregistered from eBay on November 7th, 2008, earning earning £19000 in fake flash sales. over If you bought a flash drive from this seller, do not store any data on the drive until you can confirm you have the advertised capacity. To claim with PayPal, you must enter your dispute immediately.

henseller Ebay Fake Flash Seller Alert – Hong Kong

henseller is a seller of counterfeit flash drives on eBay. Based in Hong Hong this seller is unloading a fake flash plague of over 40 listings daily for 16GB usb pendrives! These counterfeit 16GB drives sold for as low as $14 dollars – much below the cost of 2x 8GB flash chips manufacturing cost, a dead give away. Sellers don’t sell to lose money in such volume. There is a panic starting for fake flash sellers in the Orient. They are aware that an organization now exists to combat and report on the fraud. As a result they are attempting to dump drives as quickly as they can. There is also pressure as the prices of true capacity drives start to drop. If you bought a drive from this seller – please test for the true capacity of your drive immediately. To see the negative feedback…

diaoweifeng2008 Ebay Fake Flash Seller Alert – Deregisters – China

diaoweifeng2008 was a seller of counterfeit flash drives on eBay – this seller id was designed to “Hit and Run” in selling counterfeit flash drives. Based in China diaoweifeng2008 appeared on eBay September 21, 2008 and disappeared on November 9th, 2008. In three short weeks almost 950 fake flash drives(8GB and 16GB) were dumped on unsuspecting buyers around the world. All 16GB models were hidden behind private auction listings – a violation of eBay’s intent for this listing type.

diaoweifeng2008 has demonstrated how easy it is to get around eBay and PayPal. It also sends a message from this region of the world that they don’t take eBay seriously. eBay will be their pipeline to distribute fake flash around the world and rake in profit. eBay not clever. They very much clever.

Fake flash sellers adapt quickly to any attempts by eBay or anybody else to stop them. Exploiting the weaknesses that exist in eBay they have send of plague of fake flash and data loss around the world. diaoweifeng2008 has demonstated this all too well.

If you bought a drive from diaoweifeng2008, you can still claim.

fukkee Ebay Fake Flash Seller Alert – Hong Kong

fukkee is an eBay seller of Counterfeit Flash USB drives. Based in Hong Kong this seller has cleverly built his postive feedback by selling covers for Ipod and iphones at prices of 01 to .30 to boost postive feedback ratings. The big ticket item is fake flash drives. Worse still, is fukkee’s attempts to hide his fake flash merchandise from being found out, abusing eBay’s intent for private auctions. fukkee has now been detected and confirmed as a fake flash seller.

If you bought a drive from this seller, please test it immediately and do not store important data until you can confirm that you have the true advertised capacity – you are at risk of data loss.

Ebay Fake Flash Guides – PayPal – Attempts to Silence the Truth

The FrankenFlash Project, eBayers Against False Capacity Flash and SOSFakeFlash have been investigating the fake flash issue since May 2008. Attempts are being make to shut down the project as we are getting too close to the truth. We have the information everyone is searching for and needs.

Repairing Counterfeit Flash Drives

SOSFakeFlash has been asked by many victims of fake flash drive purchases – how to restore to the original true capacity? Electrostorm has provided excellent information to the tools you would need to deprogramme FrankenFlash.

See Repairing Counterfeit Fake MP Players For MP Players.

Alert – tianfumzdisk2009 – Ebay Fake Flash Seller

tianfumzdisk2009 has been identified as an eBay seller of Counterfeit flash drives. Based in China, this fake flash seller has listed 30 drives daily and sold 241 so far in 8GB and 16GB models. If you bought a drive from this seller test immediately for capacity and do not store any data on a drive unless you can confirm the true capacity.

Alert – comingworld2008 – Ebay Fake Flash Seller – Deregistered

comingworld2008 is an eBay seller of Counterfeit flash drives. If the “Coming World” for 2008 is one filled with fake flash drives, perhaps it is time to return to pencil and paper. This seller sold many 32GB fake flash drives. Based in China, comingworld2008 deregistered on October 14th, 2008. If you bought a drive you are at risk of data loss.

If you bought a flash drive from comingworld2008, you are at risk of data loss. You should test the drive and file a claim IMMEDIATELY with PayPal to recover your purchase price. Failure to act immediately jeopardizes any possiblity of recovering your funds.

Flash Drive Education 101

This article will be revised.  It is possible now for 16GB drives to be manufactured in China and some 32GB drives.  There have been a few drives investigated that finally are genuine!  They are few and are sold at fair prices – not bargain basement.

Before proceeding to Flash Drive Education 101 education and your shopping trip.  Please see this new article:

Fake 8GB 16GB 32GB USB Flash Pendrives Drives On eBay YouTube Videos – A Buyer And A Seller Speak

Not one usb flash drive investigated by SOSFakeFlash has delivered a true capacity of more than 8 GB. So far SOSFakeFlash has been concentrating on eBay. Why? It seems to be the largest distribution tunnel of counterfeit USB drives – for internet shopping. eBay has a Global presence – members in many countries. A great place to shop with bargains glore. But when it comes to usb flash drives, it no paradise – it is a nightmare. Honest sellers are buried under the listings for fake drives.

Time for flash drive education, are you ready for a little shopping tour? Let’s head off into cyberspace – destination China. Let’s see the drives as they are offered by the manufactures, their true capacity before they are reprogrammed by the devious into frankenflash!

Flash Drive Education 102

Where can you buy a 16Gb or 32GB true capacity USB flash Drive? Who makes them? What are the brand names and the lesser brand names? Why are they so hard to find on eBay? Are you ready to take Flash Drive Education 102? This is the second lesson in the series and we are off for another shopping trip – destination – United States.

szeho663 – eBay Seller Of Fake Flash – Under Investigation By eBay

szeho663 frauded many eBayers with fake flash usb drives. He is known as the The Grand Daddy Of Fake Flash Drives On eBay. For a long time he was able to sell and go unnoticed by eBay. His name pops up on eBay warning guides and at internet forums.

FlashRanger has been busy and so have we at SOSfakeflash, szeho663 may be powerseller on eBay but that doesn’t mean he could not be stopped.

How Fraudulent Sellers Stay One Step Ahead Of Ebay and PayPal

Have you ever wondered how a fraudlent seller manages to stay on eBay? Gets around PayPal? Why sellers of counterfeit flash drives stay in the game – even when complaints mount against them? How when a fake flash sellers are removed from eBay – four new ones sprout to take their places?

H2testw 1.4 – Gold Standard In Detecting USB Counterfeit Drives

H2testw 1.4 has proven itself to be the best of breed for detecting counterfeit Flash drives. It is extremely easy to use and proves detailed information. Created by Harald Bögeholz, the interface is in German but has the option to run in English. It is free and standalone.

New!  This article contains a poll you can vote on.

Nothing is installed into the operating system. Designed for Windows it can run under Linux if Wine is installed. It will not run under Macs as it is a Windows Software . If your computer can not run the software – ask a colleague or friend who has a windows based computer to help you test.  However if you are a Linux or Mac user we have good news for you,  keep reading. A software has been developed based on the idea of H2testw,  just for you.

To learn more and for download information

eBay Fraud Sellers List 201006 * to K. Fake USB Flash Memory – Pen Sticks, Memory Cards, MP Players From SOSFakeFlash

eBay Sellers of Fake Flash Memory (False Capacity) usb flash drives, memory cards, mp players as of 20100613 documented by SOSFakeFlash. 1158 sellers listed. The ebay sellers on this list have been documented and investigated. SOSFakeFlash has made it easy for you to research. The list is now in two pages: * to K , L to Z.

If you are a victim please report in using the Report A Fake Tab. You matter! You, can help the list grow and increase the counts against these fraudsters!

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eBay Fraud Sellers List 201006 L to Z. Fake USB Flash Memory – Pen Sticks, Memory Cards, MP Players From SOSFakeFlash

eBay Sellers of Fake Flash Memory (False Capacity) usb flash drives, memory cards, mp players as of 20100613 documented by SOSFakeFlash. 1158 sellers listed. The ebay sellers on this list have been documented and investigated. SOSFakeFlash has made it easy for you to research. The list is now in two pages: * to K , L to Z.

If you are a victim please report in using the Report A Fake Tab. You matter! You, can help the list grow and increase the counts against these fraudsters!

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eBay Fraud Sellers List 201004 * to K. Fake USB Flash Memory – Pen Sticks, Memory Cards, MP Players From SOSFakeFlash

eBay Sellers of Fake Flash Memory (False Capacity) usb flash drives, memory cards, mp players as of 20100510 documented by SOSFakeFlash. 1103 sellers listed. The ebay sellers on this list have been documented and investigated. SOSFakeFlash has made it easy for you to research. The list is now in two pages: * to K , L to Z.

If you are a victim please report in using the Report A Fake Tab. You matter! You, can help the list grow and increase the counts against these fraudsters!

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eBay Fraud Sellers List 201004 L to Z. Fake USB Flash Memory – Pen Sticks, Memory Cards, MP Players From SOSFakeFlash

eBay Sellers of Fake Flash Memory (False Capacity) usb flash drives, memory cards, mp players as of 20100510 documented by SOSFakeFlash. 1103 sellers listed. The ebay sellers on this list have been documented and investigated. SOSFakeFlash has made it easy for you to research. The list is now in two pages: * to K , L to Z.

If you are a victim please report in using the Report A Fake Tab. You matter! You, can help the list grow and increase the counts against these fraudsters!

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eBay Fraud Sellers List 201002 * to K. Fake USB Flash Memory – Pen Sticks, Memory Cards, MP Players From SOSFakeFlash

eBay Sellers of Fake Flash Memory (False Capacity) usb flash drives, memory cards, mp players as of 20100211 documented by SOSFakeFlash. 916 sellers listed. The ebay sellers on this list have been documented and investigated. SOSFakeFlash has made it easy for you to research. The list is now in two pages: * to K , L to Z.

If you are a victim please report in using the Report A Fake Tab. You matter! You, can help the list grow and increase the counts against these fraudsters!

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