Recently eBay under increasing pressure from buyers and SOSFakeFlash has started to remove seller listings for false capacity MP Players, usb flash drives and memory cards rapidly. SOSFakeFlash reports cases of listings disappearing while frauded buyers are still on the telephone with eBay the details of their purchase. Is this a good thing? Appearances are… [Read more…]
Are you trying to find out the current prices for flash memory chips? Are you using a search engine and perhaps typing in: “current flash memory prices” ? Be careful. Search engines present internet pages by popularity. This is not always good when trying to research the current prices for flash memory. It can even… [Read more…]
eBay seller sunfeixia2009 of false capacity 32GB SD SDHC flash memory secure digital cards has renamed his id to sunfeixia99. This was followed by deregistering. Did eBay suspend him or is he taking a little break to prepare his new identity? Techreports believe his feedback score dropped and he is in the penalty box. It… [Read more…]
yaocard frauds eBay members selling fake flash memory items. This is not a new scam artist, yaocard renamed his eBay id to escape victims and SOSFakeFlash. Previously his id name was, yaonice. He gets away with frauding by using private auctions. Recently added to his fake memory inventory: 16GB TF Memory Card 16G Micro SD… [Read more…]
SOSFakeFlash reports eBay sellers having purchased fake memory products for resale on eBay simply change the wording of their listing titles once buyers report false capacity. They do not remove their listings. Instead they relist mp players, usb flash drives and memory cards as “Faulty”. This is a gross misrepresentation of the truth and is… [Read more…]
Victims are reporting of a site called www. brokencontrollers . com listing posts from SOSFakeFlash. Do not click on these links! (brokencontrollers.com) is a site scraper, a spam site attempting to hijack traffic to boost its ratings in google. Click at your own risk. The FrankenFlash Project is devoted to exposing the fraud of reprogramming… [Read more…]
gosaving.net sells fake counterfeit Transcend JetFlash V30 usb flash drives at 64GB advertised capacity. The V30 usb flash drive is only manufactured to 16GB capacity. gosaving.net is now another internet site where hacked memory is sold. The list of sites continues to grow. Recently this listing appeared: http://www.gosaving.net/usb/item.asp?itemid=980u173382 An examination of Transcend colour coding reveals… [Read more…]
Buying A Kingston DataTraveler DT200 128GB Flash Drive On eBay? What You See Might Not Be What You Receive. Have a look. Current Prices For Genuine Kingston DataTraveler 200 128GB USB2.0 Flash Drives DT200/128GB And For Fakes – A Guide 32B, XiaoFeng Building Address Fake Flash Memory Selling On eBay. On Site Visit To The… [Read more…]
For hacked fake flash memory sold on eBay, 32B, XiaoFeng Building comes up a lot as an address used by the oldest counterfeit ring operating on eBay. The address sound impressive and respectable doesn’t it? It is the home of the “Don Of Fake Flash Memory in the Orient” – one of the worse offenders… [Read more…]
Is kingstonflashdrive.com – the source for counterfeit Kingston DataTraveler DT200 usb flash drives flooding the Global Market place? Kingston Flash Drive Tech & Trade (Singapore) Co.Ltd 81, Shenton Way, #12-02, 079120 Singapore or are employee’s at Kingston Flash Drive Tech & Trade using this company to engage in fraud, unknown to the company itself? The… [Read more…]
How is BigFlashDrive.com connected to the sale of fake Kingston DataTraveler usb flash drives? Located at: High Tech Park of Gongguan City Tower A, HLC Building, 522000, High Tech Park , Futian District, Gongguan, China This internet site came up in an investigation conducted by the FrankenFlash Project. Are employees in this company involved in… [Read more…]
eBay sellers in the United States tend to be the most ignorant of about flash memory items they sell on eBay. Many do not research their product or the costs of flash memory chips. When challenged by a buyer who tests capacity, some accuse the buyers in follow up feedback. Take the recent case reported… [Read more…]
If you purchased any flash memory items from one of these eBay sellers, please read the article for the seller. You are advised to test for memory capacity. Do not use any items unless you are able to confirm the advertised capacity is actual. Kingston counterfeit usb flash drives and memory cards continue to be… [Read more…]
The FrankenFlash Project started two years ago. The first objective was to raise awareness about the problem of false capacity USB pen sticks, memory cards and mp players being sold on eBay. The second was to shut down eBay sellers who sold fake memory items to eBay members. The third is to expose other internet… [Read more…]
April 26, 2010 by techreporters
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