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The Leather USB Pen Thumb Memory Flash Stick Drive listings on eBay are for fakes, hacked capacity. Do not buy them. See this report: Those Fake USB Leather Pen Thumb Memory Flash Stick Drives Being Sold On eBay “Made In Japan”. The Fraud Does Not Stop. It Is The Oldest Documented Fake Pen Stick Sold… [Read more…]
June 19, 2010
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Fake Kingston DataTraveler 310 DT310 256 GB usb flash drives are being sold on eBay for less then $25 US. Most are eBay sellers based in Asia. Listings are starting to appear for sellers registered elsewhere. Multiple item listings are frequently used. Updated 2011-06-17 According to SOSFakeFlash and FakeMemorySentinel, eBay is attempting to remove fraudulent… [Read more…]
October 11, 2011
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The latest Kingston DataTraveler usb flash drive counterfeit is the DT310/512GB. This model was not produced by Kingston Technologies. The DT310 usb flash drive is manufactured to a capacity of 256GB. So why is the internet site Sunkye.com listing them for sale? DT310 512GB Kingston DataTraveler Now Available! Where Can You Buy One? Counterfeit DT310/512GB… [Read more…]
October 8, 2011
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Kingston DataTraveler 512GB usb flash drives do not exist for any model as of October 2011. This includes the DT101. However Dest Technology would have you believe they do. Please beware of cheap wholesale prices for Kingston DataTraveler USB flash drives. Ensure you perform validation with Kingston: Kingston USB Flash Drives. How To Check You… [Read more…]
July 23, 2011
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One of the most popular fake capacity usb flash drives on eBay is known as the “Smallest Pen Memory Flash Drive”. It has been sold in advertised capacities ranging from 16 GB to 256GB. It is usually listed by eBay sellers registered in Singapore. According to SOSFakeFlash and FakeMemorySentinel, as soon as eBay suspends an… [Read more…]
July 14, 2011
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The first listing for a fake counterfeit Kingston DataTraveler R500 usb flash drive has appeared on eBay. How long before the R500 fakes floods eBay, joining the DT200 and DT310 models – the most popular fakes sold on eBay. Is The R500 DataTraveler going to be the next hot counterfeit to sell on eBay? FakeMemorySentinel… [Read more…]
June 9, 2011
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Have you seen warnings “BEWARE of FAKE 128GB/256GB USB Flash Drives on eBay … All Sony Vaio USB Flash drives available on eBay are counterfeit as ‘Vaio’ refers to Sony” on the internet? It’s an old story of fraud, fake usb flash drives whose flash memory chips have been upgraded – manipulated with low level… [Read more…]
June 7, 2011
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The Aldi Super market chain in Australia appears to be the next victim in fake flash memory acquisition. The last major retail chain reported to the FrankenFlash project was Walmart in the United States about two years ago. At that time, a very low cost usb flash drive made it’s way to the display racks.… [Read more…]
May 19, 2011
by techreporters
eBay sellers continue to sell fake DT310 Kingston DataTraveler usb flash drives and 1958vardy is no exception. The source for most eBay sellers? Disreputable Chinese internet wholesaling sites. No other usb be flash drive fake is so widely sold on eBay. You will find new listings daily, many attempt to hide by NOT mentioning DT310… [Read more…]
May 1, 2011
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eBay is the place where you will be frauded if you bid or buy a 512 GB flash memory usb drive or pen stick. Investigators for the FrankenFlash project just released this new story: Read it and be warned! It is an interesting investigation. Both eBay sellers and buyers should read it! eBay And The… [Read more…]
April 2, 2011
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eBay counterfeit rings who sell fake flash memory are tracked by members of the investigative team in the FrankenFlash project. The Singapore counterfeit ring continues to be a serious concern for both SOSFakeFlash and FakeMemorySentinel. This fraud ring is highly organized. Investgator code name Spookie, has decided to reveal to TechReporters at FakeFlashNews how the… [Read more…]
March 22, 2011
by techreporters
Fake memory is found in usb flash drives, memory cards and mp players. It is known as “false capacity”. Flash memory storage chips of a very low real capacity are manipulated with low level formatting programmes to lie about their true size to operating systems. They fool operating systems into believing they are bigger. Most… [Read more…]
March 3, 2011
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roderickshop is a Hong Kong registered eBay seller of fake MP Players and 32GB Micro SD SDHC TF flash memory cards on eBay, recently deregistered. roderickshop listings poured out on eBay with amazing precision and speed. Suddenly listings stopped, the seller shut down. Sunday February 24 2011 SOSFakeFlash announced infamous power seller id, Safe2Star finally… [Read more…]
March 1, 2011
by techreporters
Wholesaler sites in China offer usb faux leather pen flash drives at amazingly low prices. Most are resold on eBay. They are fake capacity. SOSFakeFlash reports not one tested has ever exceeded 8GB genuine capacity for flash memory. Most are between 1GB and 2GB capacity real capacity. This usb flash drive pen stick is the… [Read more…]
February 15, 2011
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eBay seller margarita.marjorie has been caught selling counterfeit fake SanDisk 32GB 32G Extreme SD SDHC 30MB/s 200X Class 10 flash memory cards. Over 532 were sold in this listing alone for SanDisk 32GB 32G Extreme SD SDHC 30MB/s 200X Class 10 (260730264248) before the listing disappeared. The internet site FakeFlashSentinel published an alert for margarita.marjorie:… [Read more…]
January 28, 2011
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Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distros. It is a fabulous operating system and it is free. It continues to grow in popularity, a well suited replacement or alternative to Windows. Older PC’s and Laptops often perform amazingly once they are resurrected with an Ubuntu based Linux distribution. Linux doesn’t suffer a lot… [Read more…]
January 18, 2011
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eBay sellers registered in Singapore are quietly preparing to sell fake flash memory on eBay, another comeback. Singapore is the most likely country outside of China and Hong Kong to offer hacked memory – usb flash drives, memory cards and mp players. Over 190 new eBay id’s are getting ready, did you buy flash memory… [Read more…]
January 15, 2011
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techhunting eBay seller is documented for selling false capacity MP3 MP4 players and memory cards on eBay. Fake flash memory is also known as hacked or upgraded flash memory chips. TechReporters at FakeFlashNews recently received information on this seller from SOSFakeFlash. techhunting is suspected of belonging to an eBay counterfeit ring. To connect the dots,… [Read more…]
January 4, 2011
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Memory cards and eBay = 95% chance of buying hacked memory, do you need convincing? Did you buy a 32GB TF Memory Card 32G Micro SD SDHC MicroSDHC TF or 32GB Class 6 SDHC SD Flash Memory Card on eBay? Beware, of a fake! You might find yourself a victim of upgraded flash memory fraud… [Read more…]
November 30, 2010
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The number of eBay sellers who continue to offer DT310 usb flash drives on eBay is rising. In June, 2010 FakeFlashNews issued a warning: Kingston DataTraveler 310 DT310/256GB Fake USB Flash Drives Flooding eBay! Fraud Warning. SOSFakeFlash issued a special report in November, 2010: DT310 Plague Ravages eBay. Kingston Technologies Under Attack By Counterfeit Flash… [Read more…]
November 30, 2010
by techreporters
Recently the website SOSFakeFlash disappeared from the internet. Techreporters published an urgent communication on their behalf to advise readers: SOSFakeFlash Suspended On WordPress.com – FakeFlashNews Reports. What Happened? Frauded Consumers Currently Stranded! The outage lasted two days. A lot of readers suspected sabotage. In fact, it was the only thing they suspected. Was this the… [Read more…]
November 25, 2010
by techreporters
TechReporters has just received an urgent communication from the website SOSFakeFlash.wordpress.com. The site was taken offline by wordpress.com November 25th, 2010. The SOSFakeFlash team does not know why. Did wordpress.com give in to pressure? According to the main Author, KittyFireFlash, it may be a misunderstanding. SOSFakeFlash has a very high internet ranking, generally in the… [Read more…]
November 23, 2010
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Buying usb flash drives on eBay is very risky. How many languages are needed to make people aware of the dangers on eBay? Did you know that 95% of eBay listings are for fake memory items? If you don’t believe FakeFlashNews read: SOSFakeFlash – eBay Fraud Flash Memory Upgraded Digitally Altered Capacity. Status Report November… [Read more…]
September 29, 2010
by techreporters
Did you know the Kingston DT200 usb flash drive comes in many different sizes? You can buy one with as little as 8GB or as big as 1 Terabyte. The real truth is, you get to choose the size. You can have it in 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 256… [Read more…]
September 24, 2010
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Are you thinking of buying a DT200/256GB USB Flash drive? Did you know you have four different colors to chose from? The DT200 256 GB flash drive is available in Black Yellow, Black Blue,Black Pink and Black Grey. You can buy one from a Chinese weanlings site at a price point that suits your budget,… [Read more…]
September 11, 2010
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iOffer Seller feiyuejiexian, is offering an eBook that will tell you how to fix Kingston USB flash drive fakes. He is also offering 5pcs New Kingston DT200 256GB Flash Memory Stick Drive for only $102 US. Who is this mystery seller on iOffer that offers information to fix fake flash memory and also offers it… [Read more…]
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March 18, 2011
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