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. […]
May 26, 2011 by techreporters
Fake Flash Voyager usb flash drives continue to be sold on eBay. A visit to the Corsair website makes it clear this usb flash drive is offered in 8GB, 16GB and 32GB capacity. It is not offered in 64GB or 128GB. Yet you will find these false capacity usb flash drives for sale on eBay. […]
January 28, 2011 by techreporters
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 […]
January 15, 2011 by techreporters
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, […]
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 […]
September 11, 2010 by techreporters
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 […]
April 17, 2010 by techreporters
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 […]
April 7, 2010 by techreporters
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 […]
April 7, 2010 by techreporters
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 […]
April 6, 2010 by techreporters
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 […]
March 15, 2010 by techreporters
Victims are reporting of a site called www. sosfakeflash com appearing on the internet. Stay away. This is not the official site. Do not click, do not use! The official site is http://sosfakeflash.wordpress.com/. The war on fake flash memory items is a serious issue and a battle against those who fraud and scam consumers for […]
March 10, 2010 by techreporters
Canada joins other countries around the world struck by the Kingston DT200 counterfeit usb flash drive plague. Not on eBay in Canada this time, instead items have been discovered for sale in Ontario on Kijiji Mississauga. A vigilant reader alerted the FrankenFlash project sites. You can read the short version of his story in this […]
February 24, 2010 by techreporters
FlashChipTech or TechChips for short, offers interesting and high quality articles related to the subject of false capacity flash memory chips commonly called “Fakes”. TechChips also documents genuine brand name usb flash drives. The recent article: DT310/256GB Replaces DataTraveler DT300 256GB DataTraveler From Kingston Technologies. DT310 Is The Biggest USB Pen Stick Memory Flash Drive […]
January 3, 2010 by techreporters
Counterfeit rings for flash memory on eBay continue to grow. FlashFakeCentral recently released a list of eBay seller id’s implicated in Counterfeit rings – selling false capacity flash memory products. How Many Fake Flash Memory Seller Counterfeit Rings Detected On eBay By SOSFaKeFlash? December 2009 Not revealed are the counterfeit rings these id’s belong to. […]
September 2, 2009 by techreporters
Room 1921, a place false capacity usb flash drives, mp players and memory cards slip into their mailing envelopes to begin their journey. Destination? All four corners of the globe. Mission? Destroy files and data. Objective? Earn large sums of money through fraud, ruin the reputation of eBay, destroy consumer confidence in flash memory based […]
August 29, 2009 by techreporters
The FrankenFlash Project’s SOSFakeFlash group is celebrating it’s first full year on the internet fighting against fraud for fake mp players, memory cards and USB Flash drives. The very first article was published on August 29, 2008: 3ToTrade – The Battle Continues Oddly, the article is well named. The battle against fake flash nand technology […]
August 2, 2009 by techreporters
Kingston Technologies has just released the biggest usb flash drive in the world – 256GB. The DataTraveler 300 offers the highest capacity yet for a usb flash drive. It is currently only available the Far East, Europe, Middle East & Africa. Presented for your inspection, the DataTraveler DT300/256GB.
July 10, 2009 by fightflashfraud
We expect all ebay members in Europe have received a message from ebay recently entitled: Demand an end to unfair trade practices It seems to us that signing the petition mentioned in this email would be voting for more fraud on ebay!! Here is the text of the message in question – decide for yourselves […]
June 17, 2009 by techreporters
Until now the highest capacity usb flash drive on the consumer market was 64GB. There is a higher capacity available – 128GB! Just released from Kingston technologies in the new DataTraveler series, the DT200 product line. See: Kingston Technologies Releases DT200 128GB USB Flash Drive To Market
June 9, 2009 by techreporters
Why are fake usb pen sticks, MP players and memory cards sold on eBay? The false capacity ranging from 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB 60GB 64GB 120GB 240GB 260GB 360GB to 500GB sizes. One size is advertised but the true size is much smaller! You buy a 16GB MP player but only get 2GB or […]
June 6, 2009 by techreporters
The FrankenFlash Project has just released a new edition of the fake flash sellers report on eBay! This report is one that victims have been patiently waiting for. There are 390 eBay sellers with almost 1,500 fake usb memory sticks, mp players and memory cards shown. It covers the period from April 2008 to May […]
February 13, 2009 by techreporters
The problem of fake flash usb pendrives on eBay is an epidemic – often referred to as a plague. It kills data. Sold by unscrupulous ebay sellers these false capacity drives have caused so much harm to eBay members. It’s not just about money. It is the files – gone forever! Not all sellers are […]
February 10, 2009 by techreporters
The FlankenFlash Project issues a message to eBay and Paypal. At our “report a fake” Tabs at many of our websites – we begin with a reminder to you both and to eBayers of recent lawsuits against you. It was a warning. It was also to educate people that you been brought to task before. […]
February 9, 2009 by techreporters
At last seller guruelectronics has been caught selling fake flash usb drives on eBay! While SOSFakeFlash has been aware until evidence came in little could be done about this seller in the United States. Sold was one of the most famous in the fake flash usb line. This seller also offered lots as high as […]
June 7, 2011 by techreporters
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