Investigation On Seller Using eBay Id guruelectronics Continues At SOSFakeFlash

The FrankenFlash Project’s, SOSFakeFlash group continues their investigation into a seller operating on eBay under the id of guruelectronics. This seller has been on the watch list for over five months as a suspect seller of false capacity usb flash drives. Rules require evidence before an alert to consumers can be issued on the internet. On February 8th, 2009, an alert was released: guruelectronics Ebay Fake Flash Seller Alert – USA as supporting data was now on file.

On February 12th, 2008 SOSFakeFlash received a threatening email from the seller operating under this id stating that he never sold false capacity usb flash drives and intended to inform one of the host sites about “slanderous” allegations. Immediately the FrankenFlash Project was contacted for assistence to dig deeper into this sellers behavior. More supporting data was collected. The most glaring suspect listing on eBay was suddenly removed from public viewing. As a result TechReporters was contacted to issue a call to eBay buyers to test any usb flash drive bought from this seller and photographs of the suspect drive presented. See Did You Buy a 16GB USB Flash Drive From guruelectronics On Ebay Recently?

It was thought seller had removed the listing. SOSFakeFlash has learned it was eBay who removed the listing. Here is what eBay replied to a victim (know under the nom de plume of BlueFacts) on eBay Seller guruelectronics’s disappearing listing:

guruelectronics Ebay Fake Flash Seller Alert – USA

guruelectronics is an eBay seller of Counterfeit (Fake) Flash USB drives. Based in the United States, guruelectronics has finally been caught! Investigated and confirmed as a seller of fake flash usb drives. SOSFakeFlash was aware of this seller for months. Unfortuantely without evidence little can be done against a suspected seller on eBay. The model now on record for guruelectronics is one of the most famous in the fake flash usb flash drive line.