Archive for January 2009
rongcle Ebay Fake Flash Seller Alert – China – Call to All Ebay Members
Only a few hours ago SOSFakeFlash released a warning about eBay fake flash seller rongcle. SOSFakeFlash has just received information that this seller has started to list his fake flash drives again.
el vendedor de Ebay del demonedemone vendió las impulsiones del flash del USB de Sony 64GB – ninguna tal impulsión hecha por Sony
Sony no hace impulsiones del flash del USB 64GB. Vea por favor:¡Impulsiones micro falsas del flash del USB de la cámara acorazada de Sony 32GB 64GB 120GB 360GB 500GB disponibles en eBay!
vendedor de Ebay del demonedemone descrito como:
Nada menos que 64GB a tu disposición en tan solo unos 10 gramos de peso y una de las mas rapidas tasas
de transferencia!
Flash drive SONY 64gb PEN DRIVE
UN ARTICULO QUE EN TIENDAS PUEDEN SUPERAR LOS 200€!!
Ebay Fake Flash Sellers Alert India – A Mystery In New Delhi
Our story of counterfeit Kingston Flash USB drives begins in New Delhi, India. The famous lime DataTraveler at 2GB is being sold in magical sizes – from 16 GB to strange 40GB and even 80GB advertised capacities on eBay. These Sellers are trying disclaim the quality of goods by saying they are Chinese products and so can not take any responsibility. Most Kingston DataTravelers ARE MANUFACTURED IN CHINA, so how is it that major relate outlets around the world do not have dissatisfied customers storming their doors? Some of the most advanced and sophisticated technologies at reasonable prices are being manufactured in China. This is the 21st century, the “made in China” excuse does not hold water – for many Brand Name products.
Join SOSFakeFlash on an exploration of just how widespread counterfeit and fake flash usb drives are on ebay.
Warning KINGSTON DataTraveler 100 USB Flash Drive 128GB Appearing For Sale On The Internet – A Guide
Please Check Kingston’s Official Site for the flash USB drives currently offered. They do not offer any KINGSTON DataTraveler 100 USB Flash Drive with a capacity of 128GB. The highest capacity appears to be 64GB.
Reported to SOSFakeFlash, we have documented some of the sources for these 128GB USB Flash Drives that are stealing the Kingston Name for counterfeiting and selling false capacity usb flash drives. You will find useful information to help you learn and spot the fakes – what you can to to find a genuine Kingston USB Flash Drive on the internet.
Ebay Begins To Address Issue Fake Flash Device Sellers
Evidence is now appearing that Fake Flash Sellers of false capacity MP Players, Memory Cards and USB Flash drives are being removed by eBay. Listings are down. Many sellers based in the Orient have stopped selling – anything. There are still individual listings for known fakes appearing in the United States and United Kingdom. Canada is showing signs of becoming active in offering these items. SOSFakeFlash is not sure if this is a reroute attempt to continue or if it is simply recent acquisition from disreputable wholesalers.
If you have bought any MP Player, Memory Card or USB Flash drive on eBay in the last three months you should test the item immediately for it’s actual capacity against the advertised capacity. Report any false capacity device to SOSFakeFlash without delay – see Report A Fake. You have little time as the evidence trails are disappearing.
To Claim, To Help and to learn more about Brand Name Counterfeits…
Buying Kingston and Sony USB Flash Drives On eBay Safely – A Guide
If you exercise care and research you can buy genuine Kingston and Sony USB Flash drives on eBay. You need to do your homework first! While listings for on branded false capacity usb Flash drives are going down on eBay, the issue of counterfeits for these two brand names has as yet, not been addressed.
Please review the information presented to help you find the genuine capacity items for both Kingston and Sony usb flash drives on eBay.
What Is It That eBay Sellers of Fake Flash Devices Using Private Auctions Just Don’t Understand?
It is no secret that eBay is NOT the place to buy flash devices such as usb flash drives, memory cards or MP Players. There are genuine sellers of these items on eBay but they are few and hard to find -buried under the cheap and not so cheap fake flash heap. The traffic in counterfeit and fake (flash capacity) has been around for a long time on eBay, old eBay members say it dates back to 2003 but most internet evidence starts appearing in 2005.
eBay Fake Flash sellers come and go. The most recent trend is to use Private Auctions so that there is no evidence of what was purchased. This is against the intent eBay had for the use of such listing. Like other fake flash sellers they do get found out. But these sellers add to their crimes when they are caught by a member. SOSFakeFlash has seen this repeatedly in eight months of investigating.
Seeing it is believing it. Here is one of the most obvious and glaring examples.
What Do eBay Fake Flash Sellers jinyu_zheng, dai_xinyu, zhujunpeibay Have In Common?
jinyu_zheng, dai_xinyu, zhujunpeibay are all documented and investigated eBay Fake Flash Sellers. What do these sellers have in common? Are you interested? Curious? This article is not going to be pleasant for some to read.
Buying On eBay – MP Players – Memory Cards – USB Flash drives – Why You should Use A Credit Card To Pay And Not Your Bank Account
The evidence gathered in the last eight months by the FrankenFlash Project and their groups indicates that buying MP Players, USB Flash Drives and Memory Cards is a very risky business. You will find more than enough documented evidence at sosfakeflash.wordpress.com.
So if you are going to bid and buy on eBay why use a credit card instead of bank account funding?
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.
SOSFakeFlash has been warning about this for a long time. It is even in the eBayer’s guide written by ebayers sent to victims needing help.
Exactly what is a Private Auction listing? Why is it so deadly? What did eBay intend for such listings? How is it being abused? Every eBayer should read this guide, even if they did not buy a flash device. If you want a safe buying experience on eBay, don’t expect eBay or PayPal to educate you. To become eBay smart you have to look elsewhere. The bottom line for these companies is profit, not your protection. Fake flash victims or those interested in buying any flash devices on eBay should read it too. The first step in protecting yourself from a purchase you may regret. Learn why private auctions can be so deadly.
What Do eBay Fake Flash Sellers zhidao16888 – jingpinwu688 – hxiongxu Have In Common?
zhidao16888, jingpinwu688, hxiongxu are all documented and investigated eBay Fake Flash Sellers. What do these sellers have in common? Are you interested? Curious?
Hong Kong Fake Flash eBay Sellers – How To Get PayPal Refunds
ebayers with Fake Flash drives bought on eBay from Hong Kong or China , SOSFakeFlash asks that you use a new procedure to resolve claim issues and get your refund at PayPal.
The Government of China does not condone or promote the traffic in counterfeit Flash drives. Citizens of this country who choose to engage in the illegal reprogramming of Flash drives or knowingly persist in selling them, need to be reported. The Chinese law enforcement agencies need your assistance and cooperation to help them identify the sources.
The actions are very direct in addressing the fake flash seller. This method sends a clear direct message to an eBay Seller who has sold fake flash drives to eBayers. Early reports indicates it is having results addressing the refund issue.
This article is reprinted from SOSFakeFlash. It appeared at their site on September 19th, 2008.
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.
Fake Sony 32GB 64GB 120GB 360GB 500GB Micro Vault USB Flash Drives Available on eBay!
You can now buy a genuine super sized fake Sony Micro Vault drive on eBay! These drives are designed for those who want a large capacity flash drive and are confident in Sony’s reputation. You can also buy less exotic versions with just the “Sony” brand name. These are special usb flash drives – designed to help you lose your precious data and of course empty your wallet too.
The fake flash sellers who are eager to sell to you on eBay come in many guises. Some set up respectable looking listings – very business like. Others sport the home grown look of a local seller just trying to offer something nice at a reasonable price. Others are very crafty. FakeFlashNews, FightFlashFraud and SOSFakeFlash have already published other articles on the subject of counterfeits under the Sony brand name, just type “Sony” into the search box to see what is available at the site.
In this article we will cover the latest seller discovered on eBay – lozzy_17, Sony Electronics Warning and Help, Where to find the real models produced by Sony and also present historical background on Alerts to Fake Sony Flash drives. We are even have the 16 report written by BJ Gleason available for download.
Just this weekZahid issued urgent alerts at SOSFakeFlash about an ebay seller lozzy_17. Zahid has been paroling eBay for suspicious listings – he read the warning issued about Private Auctions by SOSFakeFlash and the need for volunteers to help. We fell off our chairs – What? Somebody is selling a 500GB Flash Memory Drive? You’ve got to be kidding! There aren’t going to be drives like that available to the public for several years. Why? They are not there yet in technology – miniaturizing the flash chips so they are the same size at current USB memory sticks will take some work! Selling at a consumer affordable price, that will also be a challenge. Right now the highest available size is 64GB and come from manufacturers of memory chips.
This article is a MUST Read for anyone who has a Sony Counterfeit, needs help for a Sony counterfeit flash drive or wants to know what is a real or not real for Sony Flash Drives.
SOSFakeFlash Thanks Victims of Fake Flash Devices For Spreading The Word
SOSFakeFlash, part of the FrankenFlash Project would like to thank victims of fake flash devices for their contributions and efforts to fight this horrible plague of data loss – it is Global.
You can and you are making a difference!
By reporting your fakes to SOSFakeFlash it is possible to publish an alert on the internet!
By posting us in forums, we can see new traffic coming into the main site – wonderful! More people helped! Spread the news. It helps everyone.
By contributing solutions to fixing fake flash devices you help others to make a little safe flash device – an innocent no longer FrankenFlash!
Every effort, great or small makes a difference.
On behalf of all victims – THANK YOU!
Guide to fix hacked USB drives – A visual Example
One of eBay’s Fake Flash victims created a neat visual guide after reporting his fake to SOSFakeFlash. It is a wonderful example for anyone interested in repairing a fake flash drive and seeing how the tools work before trying to carry out a repair. Even if you don’t have an AMECO or Micov based controller chip on your fake flash drive, it can help you prepare. Many reflashing tools are similar in their interface and the general principals to operate.
Guide to fix hacked USB drives
After reading it, you are ready for a more detailed explanation of the things you will need to do to prepare for rescuing your fake.
About VID PID Repairing Counterfeit Flash Drives – Steps To Succeed
The fixfakeflash.wordpress.com site has some known solutions available. The most important information is the controller chip vendor for the flash item, known as the “Chip Part-Number” with ChipGenius.
If you don’t find a solution that works visit the main site for incoming information repair solutions. sosfakeflash.wordpress.com
SOSFakeFlash Announces A New Policy On Issuing Alerts For Fake Flash Sellers Caught on eBay Using Private Auctions
Effective immediately, any seller confirmed selling a fake usb flash drive, MP Player or flash memory card on eBay and who uses PRIVATE AUCTION Listings (a violation of eBay’s intent for this auction category) will not only have the confirmed counterfeit item presented in an alert – but also any other flash device recently sold.
The use of private auctions to escape detection by eBay and also it’s members has been escalating. To assist victims of these sellers, SOSFakeFlash will now present both investigated items and those not yet confirmed. Private auctions allows the seller to hide the item sold from public view once the auction completes and a buyer leaves feedback.
No one should consider buying any flash device on eBay that is listed as a Private Auction – unless the value of the item exceeds $100 to $150 US.
Report any listings for usb flash drives, MP Players or flash memory that use this kind of auction to eBay immediately when the value of the item is below the price range we have mentioned. It does not matter whether or not a confirmed fake is on record with us.
If you are a victim of a private auction and have confirmed this with testing – see H2testw 1.4 – Gold Standard In Detecting USB Counterfeit Drives
You should:
1. Report your fake immediately to SOSFakeFlash (see report a fake tab at SOSFakeFlash)
2. Leave immediate negative feedback – even before filing a dispute or filing a claim. In your feed back put:
Fake xxGB! (where XX is the size) xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (the ebay item number) See sosfakeflash.wordpress.com Fraud! Devious!
so it can be seen by all eBay members as:
Fake xxGB! xxxxxxxxxxxxxx See sosfakeflash.wordpress.com Fraud! Devious!
It will also highlight to eBay a serious devious fake flash seller is on the loose. eBay appears more likely to address these sellers as the guilt is obvious. Your negative feedback is needed quickly to help them and other members. Do not assume that by withholding your feedback you will be more likely to get a refund. Experience shows this does not increase your chances. Do not allow yourself to be blackmailed into leaving positive feedback to receive your refund or only on condition that you remove your negative. This only creates more victims, removes the evidence and makes you a victim once more bowing to the wishes of a fake flash seller.
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…
digitmonde Ebay Fake Flash Seller High Alert Deregistered – Canada
digitmonde is an eBay seller of Counterfeit (Fake) Flash USB drives and MP Players. The selling of fake flash usb devices is only in the Orient, right? Wrong! Based in Canada, digitmonde has been a very busy beaver of fake flash selling! Just about every flash device sold is suspect and that could be close to 1800+ items.
digitmonde has just deregistered. Test and Claim with PayPal – Quickly!
darnubiz Ebay Fake Flash Seller Alert USA – Mystery Of a Kingston DataTraveler USB Flash Drive
What behavior is worse than being an eBay seller of fake flash devices on eBay? An eBay member victim of fake flash devices who tries to sell the counterfeit drive(s) bought to other eBay members.
