Kingston USB Flash Drives – Detect Counterfeits And Fakes – Product Verification

Did you buy an 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 120GB, 128GB or 256GB Kingston USB Flash drive you think is a fake or counterfeit? Countries in Asia are very vunerable to these counterfeit items, but Europe and even North America are experiencing an increase of these items circulating for sale. What does Kingston have to say? Is there a tool you can use to check quickly to determine if you have an authentic item? Yes Kingston is aware of the problem and they have set up a web page to help. Yes there is a tool.   SOSFakeFlash also found technical support numbers you can call.

Updated – 20100226.

eBay Fake Flash Sellers Of MP Players – USB Flash Drives – Memory Cards – About Their IDs

SOSFakeFlash and victims have wondered for a long time, how do fake flash eBay sellers in the Orient just keep coming back? Why do some of them have such old start dates on eBay?

Hong Kong eBay Fake USB Flash Drives – MP Players – Counterfeit Ring

SOSFakeFlash asks what is so special about 935 Choi Ping House at Choi Yuen Estate in Sheung Shui, N.T., Hong Kong? It is the place many fake usb flash drives and MP Players are mailed from to unsuspecting eBay members. The FrankenFlash Project has been monitoring for a long time.  Four ebay seller id’s all have something in common, a person by the name of Yu zhikang. The common eBay seller id’s are: fox.town, chaiching28, davidtam000, i.t.smart_electronic . There could be more id’s involved. The articles published so far:

eBay Member Reveals Latest Information As eBay Struggles To Address Issue of Fake USB Flash Drives, MP Players and Memory Cards being sold

SOSFakeFlash along with other groups in the FrankenFlash Project have been steadily turning up the heat in an effort to force eBay to address the problem of false capacity items being sold there. A difficult challenge, but one eBay victims are committed to. After 6 years of victims – it must stop. It is mulit million dollar fraud.

The lastest eBayer to join the effort and investigate is Badger. If you want to see what eBay is up to, what they have done or are doing you need to read this. Badger is offering his communications for everyone to see for themselves. If you are a recent victim or were a victim of a flash flash device purchase since 2003 on eBay this is a must read for you as well!

eBay Private Auction Listings – eBay Fake Flash Sellers Prefer – Victims Learn The Meaning The Hard Way – A Guide

eBay sellers of fake flash MP Players, memory cards and usb flash drives prefer private auction listings. They avoid detection the longest, make antonishing profit and create the longest list of victims who will be made obsured by this listing category. Sellers who use this listing type are not found only in the Orient, you will find them everywhere including in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe. Some begin selling this way, others resort to this listing type when negative feedback starts to come in revealing the truth about what they are selling.

16GB Fake Flash USB Tidal Waves Continue On eBay – Victims of False Capacity Devices Pour Into SOSFakeFlash For Help

Fake 16GB Flash Memory USB drives are being dumped on eBay and there is no sign of it stopping. On December 6th, 2008 SOSFakeflash issued a warning to the global community about buying 16GB Flash drives on eBay that was published by FakeFlashNews. See:

16GB Flash Memory Thumb Pen Stick eBay Bargains SOSFakeFlash Issues Warning

Observed since November 2008, eBay Sellers of fake flash devices have unloaded these items in astonishing quantities. It is not unusual for these sellers to list more than 2000+ in a period of three weeks. What the FrankenFlash project feared, an increase in the number of victims is now reality.

Master Report Ebay Fake Flash USB Drives – Memory Cards – MP Players 200804 – 200812 – To Help You Recognize The Fakes

Ebay Master Report on Fake Flash for 8 months from the FrankenFlash Project. It Includes not only the documented fakes listed on ebay but all the other models listed and sold by a seller caught. Not all victims have reported in. This report will help you identify fakes that you have purchased but are not on file with us. The report only includes sellers we have investigated. We have others in the database, waiting for a victim to report in. Ebay listings may disappear but we have preserved the information. You can still report in for a seller (see report a fake tab at SOSFakeFlash) using the information in this report and also your ebay item number. Make sure to specifythe page, column and row item number for your seller for your model on our report.

Report Ebay Fake Flash USB Drives – Memory Cards – MP Players 200804 – 200812 – To Help You Recognize The Fakes

Ebay full report on Fake Flash for 8 months from the FrankenFlash Project. See the fakes listed on ebay, investigated and confirmed to be fake (counterfeit). A must have for anyone interested in trying to by flash items such as USB drives, memory cards and MP Players on eBay.

See the Flash devices sporting their counterfeit cloths. A Full report 175 eBay Sellers exposed, 404 models . It covers 200805-200812. This is the report everyone wants and for many eBayers wished they had before they bid on a counterfeit drive.

eBay Fake Flash Plague How Many Countries Have Been Impacted By Fake Flash Memory Cards – USB Drives – MP Players?

eBay is one of the major distribution conduits on a global scale for fake (false capacity) flash memory cards, usb drives and MP Players. It has been for quiet a few years. The damage in data loss, financial loss and personal trauma to eBay members can not fully measured. Only eBay has the data, or so they would like to think.

The FrankenFlash Project is releasing in this article the countries and tallies reported for an eight month period. But first a little background on how it all started…

16GB Fake Flash Drives Being Dumped On eBay With Alarming Speed

16GB unbranded fake (false capacity drives) are being unloaded on unsuspecting buyers as eBay fake flash drive sellers struggle to continue their profitable selling. The FrankenFlash Project has actively been fighting to have them removed from eBay. Our sites are now receiving incoming traffic from the Orient as our addresses have being posted in forums there. We suspect there are many victims in the Orient. But there are also fake flash sellers having been caught and removed as a result of our efforts trying to find out more about us. After all eBay was their fake flash selling heaven, until recently that is. Your efforts in reporting fake flash sellers is making a serious difference!

SOSFakeFlash has been monitoring trends in reported fake flash listings to us. The result indicate that sellers are switching to lower advertised capacity fakes.

FakeFlashNews interviewed SOSFakeFlash today on the current problem. To learn more about the warning and why no one should bid or buy on a 16GB Flash drive on eBay right now see:

16GB Flash Memory Thumb Pen Stick eBay Bargains SOSFakeFlash Issues Warning

You will find the information both interesting and also disturbing.

SOSFakeFlash Website Traffic Grows – Demand For Help On Fake Flash Devices Indicates Global Problem On Fake Flash Plague Escalating

SOSFakeFlash has been investigating and fighting the issue of Fake Flash devices such as USB Pendrives, Memory Cards and MP Players since May 2008. Carefully documenting counterfeits, warning people to test their drives before storing important information to avoid data loss – volenteers struggle to cope with the load. The problem is MUCH bigger then originally thought – spanning the Globe. Help is needed as we continue to dig into the depths of this nightmare.

Fake Flash USB Drives – Ebay – Mug Shot Report To Help You Recognize The Fakes 20081021

Ebay USB flash drives how to spot the fakes fully revealed in their counterfeit glory.

See the USB drives sporting their counterfeit cloths. A Full report 98 eBay Sellers exposed, 190 drive models . This is the report everyone wants and for many eBayers wished they had before they bid on a counterfeit drive.

Fake Flash Sellers eBay Report 20081021

eBay Flash Drive sellers, wonder if they sell fakes? Do you wonder which eBayer countries have been stung by fake flash drive purchases on eBay? Not certain which seller to chose? Well you are not alone. We can’t really tell you about the honest sellers – we know they exist. We can tell you who has been caught with their hands in the counterfeit fake flash cookie jar. 

Fake Flash Sellers Stopped eBay Report 20081021

strong>This report lists eBay Sellers identified selling of counterfeit flash drives on eBay who have been stopped. The information comes from the FrankenFlash Project’s sub group: eBayers Against False Capacity Drives. So Far 69 Fake Sellers on eBay have made it to this list!

Why Leave Immediate Negative Feedback For an eBay Fake Flash Seller?

New! This article contains polls you can vote on.

Why should you leave immediate Negative feedback for an eBay Fake Flash Seller? Many buyers believe that if they hold back on leaving feedback – they have leverage in dealing with a fraudulent seller of counterfeit flash drives. SOSFakeFlash has very bad news for anyone who believes this.

Fake Flash Sellers eBay Report 20081005

eBay Flash Drive sellers, wonder if they sell fakes? Do you wonder which eBayer countries have been stung by fake flash drive purchases on eBay? Not certain which seller to chose? Well you are not alone. We can’t really tell you about the honest sellers – we know they exist. We can tell you who has been caught with their hands in the counterfeit fake flash cookie jar. 

Fake Flash Sellers Stopped eBay Report 20081005

This report lists eBay Sellers identified selling of counterfeit flash drives on eBay who have been stopped. The information comes from the FrankenFlash Project’s sub group: eBayers Against False Capacity Drives. So Far 60 Fake Sellers on eBay have made it to this list!

Fake Flash Drives – Ebay – Mug Shot Report To Help You Recognize The Fakes 20081005

Ebay USB flash drives how to spot the fakes fully revealed in their counterfeit glory.

See the USB drives sporting their counterfeit cloths. A Full report 84 eBay Sellers exposed, 163 drive models . This is the report everyone wants and for many eBayers wished they had before they bid on a counterfeit drive.

A newer report exists at this site.  See under eBay Reports (Mug Shot Reports) category.