Merry Xmas and Happy New Year

I wish everyone has a great merry Xmas and happy new year. It was exactly one year ago, I became the victim of the fake memory device scam. There were hundred of fraudster sellers from far east Asia and some USA sellers running the scam on eBay. I estimated there was a sale closed on every 10-15 seconds. You can imagine how many people has become the victim. 

There was no one post a listing on eBay to warn eBayers, even though, the scam has been running on eBay since 2005. I decided to take the challenge on my own hand and started posting the WARNING listing, and slowly developed a step-by-step solution to not only warn people but also helped people to fix their fake flash drives to become usable. One eBayer had used my ebook to fix his flash drives which were bought on eBay 4 years ago.

It was a great learning and growing experience for me. I had mastered the skill on how to fix the flash drives in many different situations and how to take right approach to the problems and provide correct solution (sound like doctor, isn't it?  :-) ) On another hand, I also learned from shameful stealer who bought my ebook and rewrote it and sell it as his own solution. I received no apology but a warning message from him to sue me. LOL, what a joke. [ see here ].

I had 100% positive feedback before I started the mission. I was being attacked by unappreciated buyers and fraudster sellers. I was success to counterattack a group of fraudster sellers, who registered in Singapore,  used 100+ eBay IDs to run the scam [See here]. Even though, I have lower score in feedback, I believe it is well worth the effort to help the community.


By looking back from year ago, the fraudster sellers have been reduced 90%. Far east Asia fraudster sellers are almost going away. Please still beware of the scam, test it upon receive it.

Merry Xmas and Happy Near Year

Sincerely,
-delsonu

NEW FAKE SONY VAIO FLASH DRIVE

I notice there is new face of Sony VAIO flash drive selling in eBay. The same seller sells another flash drive which is confirmed a fake one. I am still waiting for Sony VAIO buyer to test and confirm its true size.

The flash drive is listed as 128GB. Remember to test it upon receive it. 

Update: I just receive the message from the purchaser confirmed that it is FAKE

supergloop == jaxanim == IP Violator

I have received email from other eBayers that "supergloop" and "jaxanim", who violates my IP, is the same person. I can not confirm it until recently, I see both of their listing using the same message:

"Dear Purchaser,

Unfortunately I'm down with the flu, so am unable to process any orders immediately. I hope to get back to normal service towards the end of the week, when all purchases will be dealt with.
Thank you for your understanding and my apologies for any inconvenience.
SuperGloop"

"Dear Purchaser,

Unfortunately I'm down with the flu, so am unable to process any orders immediately. I hope to get back to normal service towards the end of the week, when all purchases will be dealt with.
Thank you for your understanding and my apologies for any inconvenience.
JaXanim"

Now, I can confirm they are the same person. Shame on him steals other people IP - read proof here.

Someone Steals My eBay Listing And Posts on iOffer

I discover that someone steals my eBay listing and posts in iOffer. My listing is to warn people about the fake memory scam. I never sell fake flash drives and never encourage people to buy fake flash drive. It is low quality and not worth the money to buy it. (read more in FAQ)

Fake Kingston DT310 256GB Flooding In eBay

I have recently worked with one of the eBayers on Kingston DT310 256GB flash drive. The flash drive is fake and has defective component. If you come across it, please remember to test it thoroughly.

Here is the picture of Kingston DT310 256GB.

Blocking Troublemakers

After reviewing back the activities of the last few months, I find myself wasted 70% of time dealing with unappreciated buyers. These buyers either can not read or do not read listing properly or leaving negative feedback without communication. Some buyers even used profanity language, and some buyers copied my contents and re-pack it to sell it in CD. I feel very disappointed by their shameless behaviors.


I have to start blocking these troublemakers from certain countries who waste majority of my time. If you need my help and your country in my blocking list, you can contact me through eBay for  alternative way.

Unethical Seller and Buyer - travelersneeds

travelersneeds is an unethical seller and unethical buyer

1. Lets see how travelersneeds as an unethical buyer.
travelersneeds, who bought my book in May 30, 2010, I sent him the book at the same day.

Soon after sending my book, travelersneeds, who sent me a threatening email, wanted me to leave him positive feedback immediately.

I smelled fishy on this buyer. I knew something would happen. After 28 days, travelersneeds filed item not received on eBay. I contacted him and re-sent him my book. Here was what he said - "I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT"

I realize travelersneeds is an unethical buyer. I found he left ton of negative feedback on his sellers and claimed item not received or broken item.[ see feedback ]

2. Lets see how travelersneeds as an unethical seller.
travelersneeds, who bought my book, should know his 32GB SDHC flash memory cards are fake; however, he still continue to sell them on eBay. [ see listing ]

A poor eBayer who paid $40+ on 32GB SDHC card for wedding pictures, suffered the loss of valuable and unrecoverable data.

If you have purchased 32GB SDHC card from travelersneeds, you must test it thoroughly, and file fraud report to eBay. You must help the community to get him out from eBay.

Now, you know who is THIEF and HIGHWAY ROBBER.
Ban this buyer in your eBay listing - click here 

Free Advertisement On fake-memory.com

I receive a message from joculex who posts a message on fake-memory.com claiming me an untrusted seller and scamming victim money - http://fake-memory.com/forum/index.php?topic=1058.0

joculex, who pull out all negative feedback on me, write them on fake-memory.com. I wonder ..


1. Why joculex does not mention others who do the similar listing in eBay.
2. Why joculex does not mention that I have more than 500+ POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
3. Why joculex does not mention that I am the only ONE who provides technical support to others.
4. Why joculex has no doubt on people leave "not receive item" which I can re-send it (email it) thousand times.



People say it does not work because they never contact me. My solution is more than a book, it is a brain behind it.


Selling a book is the only way to fund my campaign. I appreciate eBayers who purchase my book. Without you, I will not survive in fighting against fraudster sellers. It costs ~USD $100+ per month to run auction listing on eBay, but it will reach more eBayers, so eBayers aware of the scam.


There are only two type of people who hate me so badly. One is fraudster sellers, another one is jaxanim who is caught on stealing my intellectual property and resell it in CD. [ See PROOF here]


joculex is not fraudster seller, so there is only one possibility - joculex is one of jaxanim' gangs.
joculex is the administrator of fake-memory.com forum; let see who the owner is:

Registrant:
 Brian Matthews
 355 Monnow Way
 Newport,  NP20 7SZ
 GB

 Domain name: FAKE-MEMORY.COM

joculex, jaxanim and fake-memory.com owner are all coming from UK.


Lets see who joculex is in more details:

joculex writes the message below on fake-memory.com:
"WARNING........This seller is taking advantage of the FAKE sellers to SCAM even more cash from the VICTIM"

Look at what joculex does in eBay:
1. Repair system: (see listing)

While joculex claiming me take advantage of victims, joculex actually sells the repair system to victims. Isn't joculex just slapping on his own face?


2. Sell Fake Flash Drives: (see listing)

joculex claims there is a chance of 128GB in his listing
"Capacity — 128GB   <<---------Some Chance!!

joculex should know it well. THERE IS ZERO CHANCE, but joculex still scams people to believe it.




Now, you should know who is the REAL SCAMMER, who takes advantage of victims.

Fraudster Sellers Unreleased

Fraudster Sellers From Singapore - Unreleased
They operate under same roof.

Sellers:	Decoys:
4.everluv.4	a.good.seller
64.window.7	acrobaticjump
99*centshops	atmospheric.tone12
aaaservice_2010	bangbang-ha
aliba.801	beetle0chips
base.here	burbunny_10
bbaby-king	charming.p2012
best.flash	clear-storee
big-birdy0	colorful_vibe
blue.oceanlu	cruzman100
bluebid_100	crystal-bre
breadtalk-2010	elephoneee
checkpoint.23	everydayy_shine
crawford.092	factory_price09
ctrl_alt_del7880	fast*ship2010
flash.cafe888	flashprince.2009
from.japann	fly-pork
goodbargain.2010	galaxy.super
goodman-199	games.90u
happy.eb4yer	garang-barang
heavenly.flash	hang0ut
high_quality030	heartedwind
honey-coated-gifts	hp.accessories.888
hot.dog228	japanesebento
iloveit.805	latelybluee
japan.quality	lokthetok-x
japan.sellers	lopp0l
jingleinbeat	madly.in.love49
jjworld*23	maggieme33
kangaroo.aisle2009	mantou-sweet
long.island999	mariobro21
m1singtelsg2010	meng.meng177
macd-232	midwest.story
man.power911	miko-puca
memory.king2010	misipoolve
memory.world.999	motorcars-20
merryme*121	mr.flashmanz
mirage.food	mushi-masteress
modely2kk	n0bbutts
net.cafe839	nutty-day
new.age.geekress	paintbull
newly.flash	perfectgame-10
noodles.8822	pinkish-tint
one.twoshore	season.out
pandaflash-x	sense.of.muneyz
passs-didi	sg.break.dance
pewpewpewa1	sg-cheapdeals
pigleg_21	shrek.4ever
pizzahut.932	shumi--the
quest.for.best	sim_toh200
royal-pulls	smoke-bad
secret.key2012	soootong
sg*hotchilli	start.zpage
snowman_688	super130hoot
spicy.bar6	superbid*100
survived.the.ordeal	the.best.bet
thai.boxing	undo.redo.copy56
usddollarstore2010	vernice.dream
vlex-2009	warm.affairs
vooice.out	werdebest
we.give.u.best.quality	wonkaboo10
what-a-craze	zflashz.2009
xyz.zoup
yesman.191

micro_mouse92
just.look.here
rush.hourxx
velocitownn
let.it.be-j
wufu-0302
hkmagic234*
flash-store392 
flashstore.2010
babyrockuu 

Decoys are used to increase their feedback rating, some of the decoys will turn into sellers. They start to sell small size 2-4GB flash drives or batteries or electronic components. Once they build up good feedback rating, then they expand it to Europe and Australia and start selling BIG flash memory, the scam is rolling untill you report them to eBay.

If you have purchased flash drives, memory cards from them, please test it thoroughly, file a fraud report to eBay and get your money back. 

ACT NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!!!!

Under Attack - Part 2

Fraudster sellers send their decoys to bid my book and then leave negative feedback. They realize that they do not pay, their feedback will be removed (see big-storez negative feedback is gone). They pay me on crytstal-bre id and then they open claim on PayPal week later.



Now, they send another decoy - kind.guy900 who succeed to won my book. I guess I will receive negative feedback very soon.


Instead of being defendant, I decide to do counter attack. I find out that they change their decoys feedback to private, so no one can see bad comment on them. What a smart move; however, it helps me to identify their decoys more quickly.

I find out they have over 100 eBayer ID to execute their scheme. They are all registered in Singapore. I believe this is operated by a corporation. Most of the victims are coming from Europe and Australia. These buyers shall pay more attention to it.

Intellectual Property Violator - Shame On You "jaxanim"

I found one of eBayers who bought my book in Feb, 2010 and turns my step-by-step system into CD-based and resell it without my permission. If you have purchased the CD from jaxanim, please ask your MONEY back.

Listing:

Proof of purchase:

I am really disappointed by such incident. I spend my time, money and all the efforts to develop the solution and you take advantage of it. SHAME ON YOU.

Update: I receive an email from jaxanim. 

Mr Goh,
I understand you are contacting purchasers of the Fake Fixer CD with 
claims of copyright violation.
You must cease and desist immediately. Also withdraw your slanderous 
comments from your website.
My lawyers are looking into this issue, which looks very much like 
defamation on a public platform.
If you do not stop forthwith you will become subject to litigation.
Please be quite clear, nothing on the CD is a copy of the email/ebook 
you are selling on eBay.
Similarly, you have no claims on the use of Freeware that's available to 
all.
After I purchased your item in February, I thought I could do better and 
decided a CD based solution is needed.
This CD has been produced through considerable effort using fully 
licensed CD design software.
The same Freeware programs are used because our extensive research 
indicates they are the best programs.
The graphics on the CD are all original, the words are all original and 
there is nothing to support copyright violation.
Please check your facts on this before acting impulsively.
I suspect you are angry that competition has arived. That is the way it 
works I'm afraid. If you wish to compete, improve your product.
JaX

A person who buys my book and learns my step-by-step system and then repacking in CD and call it is his own work. WHAT A JOKE.



Didn't he just admit that he use my solution? My solution is more than just a book; it is a brain behinds it. You will not get the support like my buyers do. GOOD LUCK!

Under Attack - Part 1

I have been under attacked recently by fraudster sellers - flash*8431. 

Two of fraudster sellers decoy - crytstal-bre and big-storez.
They left negative feedback on me without paying my book but they left positive feedback on fraudster sellers, who sold flash drive, were no longer be registered with eBay.


crytstal-bre:

big-storez:

I need your help to leave me POSITIVE FEEDBACK to make fraudster sellers' attack worthless!!!!

Update: July 1, 2010

flash*8431 make all his decoy to have "private" feedback, so other people see my comments on them. He sends another decoy to attack me again. HA.... For those who have purchased "128GB USB Leather Stick Flash Pen Thumb Drive Memory" should test your flash drive and get your money back ASAP!!!

Am I Jealous or Am I A Scammer?

I have been very busy in May. I do not have much time to update the blog but I want to share with you that I have received two messages from eBayers few days ago.

Message 1:
Dear delsonu,

wow you really dont have anything better to do with your time....is it youre jealous others are making money and you are not hmmmm I think so

- kitfin

Message 2:
Dear delsonu,

you are the scamer,you want to make money from nothing?

- egyptaion21

Am I jealous or scammer? I think bright eBayers have the answer.

Meanwhile, you may want to be awake of these two eBayers who may hate me blocking their chance to make "money".

You have nothing to lose to trust me

If you are lucky to get my message, you have nothing to lose to just trust me. You will never be regret!!!

Dear delsonu, OK I had the flash drive tested. Boy I feel stupid. I'm trying to do the resolution thing. I know there is no return address on the evelopes. Thanks for the heads up. - baxxxxxxxxxx

Want to reply?

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From: delsonu
To:
Subject: Re: has sent a message
Sent Date: 01-May-10 17:05:43 EDT

Dear baxxxxxxxxxx, use my ehow instruction to test it .... Another buyer from same seller confirms it is fake. If you have tested 128GB good, can you cut & paste me the result? Thanks, - delsonu

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From:
To: delsonu
Subject: has sent a message
Sent Date: May-01-10 12:17:30 PDT

Dear delsonu,

Thank you for your queery. Had them tested. They are both 126GB .. Kevin

- baxxxxxxxxxxx

Fake Flash Drive Seller Trick

This seller, who lists 64GB flash drive for only $14.99 (attractive price, isn't it?), changes the item location from Hong Kong to United State (USA), sold 800+ in less than 9 days; whereas the item is listed in Hong Kong, sold only 20+ in 20 days

Item listed location in United State: sold 828

Item listed location in Hong Kong: sold 21

Days of listing:

Seller profile and location: China

How much will the seller make per month?
From the statistic, the average sale per day is 100.
It is 3000 flash drive sold in 30 days. Lets say the seller make half of it $7.50 after all the expenses. It is about $22500 USD.
As a sale person in China, they make average $200-$300 USD per month. $22500/200 or 300 = 75 ~ 112 times of their monthly salary, almost 6-9 years of work salary!!!

Now, you know why these unethical sellers never go away, the scam has been running since 2007. They will never go away until eBayers are educated to help themselves.

Believe me or not?

How hard shall I work to convince you that is FAKE?

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Subject: Re: delsonu has sent a question about item
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:41:00 -0400

You are right , over 5g files copy , and then the file has problems...

Thanks for your info

B.L

----- Original Message -----

From: eBay Member: delsonu

To: 

Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 7:55 PM

Subject: Re: delsonu has sent a question about item

eBay sent this message toYour registered name is included to show this message originated from eBay. Learn more.

	Buyer has responded to your question about this item

Do not respond to the sender if this message requests that you complete the transaction outside of eBay. This type of offer is against eBay policy, may be fraudulent, and is not covered by buyer protection programs. Learn More.

Dear bxxxx, It is not about the speed. The drive has real capacity of few GB, not 128GB. Copy few large movie files (5-10GB in total) and then try to play the movies. The worst part is you will encounter data corruption and lose your valuable data. It is your choice. I am sorry to bother you. Good luck. BR, - delsonu

Did this answer your question? If not, let the seller know.

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From:
To: delsonu
Subject: Re: delsonu has sent a question about item
Sent Date: Apr-24-10 16:37:23 PDT

Dear delsonu, You just need to play below 30 buck , what do you want to expect. Kingston need to play more than 300 buck !!! by the way , this drive just speed is half than brand new drive , others no problem until now! - bxxxxxx

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From: delsonu
To:
Subject: Re: delsonu has sent a question about item
Sent Date: 24-Apr-10 15:43:43 EDT

Dear bxxxxx, I found the information. You purchased 2 x 128GB flash drive from " ". I'm sure the flash drives are fake. I have come across them many many times from myself and other eBayers. Please test them out and get your money back. Please let me know the test results. BR, - delsonu

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From:
To: delsonu
Subject: Re: delsonu has sent a question about item
Sent Date: Apr-24-10 07:00:18 PDT

Dear delsonu, You mean 16g flash drive ? it is no brand , the speed is half my original sandisk about 4.4m/s - bxxxxxx

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From: delsonu
To:
Subject: delsonu has sent a question about item
Sent Date: 23-Apr-10 19:34:15 EDT

Dear bxxxxx, I search for fake flash drive sellers. I noticed you purchased one recently. Can you please test it thoroughly and let me know whether it is fake or not. http://delsonu.blogspot.com/ - delsonu

Tough Fight For Refund

She is one of the eBayers that I have helped in this month. She spends about $80+ USD to buy a 128GB Sony flash drive from a USA seller. After receiving my message, she checks Sony website and can not find the product. I do not what she has written to the seller but she gets a very nasty reply back from the seller.

"Here's an example of one of the messages he sent me today:

YOU LYING SCUMBAG!

Why don't you prove that it is NOT a Sony flash drive!

I advertised a "no questions asked 15 day return for full refund", and told you to send it back if you wanted and I would issue a refund WHEN I RECEIVED IT, yet you filed a false complaint with Paypal!!!

YOU ARE LYING SCUM!!!

I REALLY need to STOP selling on ebay and dealing with mentally diseased and lying pieces of human garbage like YOU!!!

Since you're such a lying piece of garbage, I'm now disputing your complaint!!!

You're claiming it's not a Sony when the package and the flash drive say Sony right on it.

Good luck proving it's not!!!
"  

Is safe to buy from USA seller? Not at all.


Here is the message from other eBayer:

Dear delsonu,

I am very appreciative that you are spending the effort to call attention to this problem. I have been burned many times trying to get a big flash drive cheap. I figured if I backed off on the size and paid more I wouldn't get scammed. Well, it isn't true. Even a $1 per gigabyte, and with a USA vendor I got junk. At least the return shipping fees were nominal.

And with all the counterfeits being sold, the fact it says Kingston or Lexmark doesn't mean anything. Some how, some sanity needs to be be brought into play. Your 'auctions' are doing a lot of good to shine light on this problem area.

- exxxxx

Victim of Fake Flash Drive Scam in April 2010

I sometime contact eBayers to warn them about fake flash drive. Somehow, eBay starts to block me to message other eBayers. :-(

Dear delsonu, Thanks delsonu,youre right...couldnt even get 5GB to load so better chase up the seller. Thanks again , Stephen -

Click "respond" to reply through Messages, or go to your email to reply

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From: delsonu
To:
Subject: delsonu has sent a message
Sent Date: 15-Apr-10 17:44:53 AEST

Dear ,

I search for fake flash drive sellers. I noticed you purchased one recently. Can you please test it thoroughly and let me know whether it is fake or not.

http://delsonu.blogspot.com/

- delsonu

128GB Kingston Data Traveller 200 DT200 for only $24.95

Unbelievable price for 128GB Kingston Data Traveler 200 DT200 for only $24.95 selling in eBay.

The seller, who just switches from selling jewelry to flash drive memory, sold 300 piece of flash drives in 2 days. INCREDIBLE Money Making Scam. I am not sure how many people going to get hurt while he/she is laughing on the way to bank.

If you are are one of Kingston purchasers, here is the link to verify your Kingston authentic http://www.kingston.com/asia/verifyflash/

Update: Someone must have reported to eBay, the listing is removed day after I post it.

Update2: One is gone, multiple come back with lower price at $19.99. Hello, it is fake, copy 10GB of movies files and play them, then you will know you have been scammed.

I'm not alone to fight against fake flash memory sellers

Here is the message sent by UK eBayer.


Hi there, I have been working with a few people to expose this issue, much like yourself. We have purchased a total of 205 Leather USB pens, from 15 different vendors in the HK and China areas. All were purchased between 128GB and 512GB, and all were fakes. I also have emails from certain China Vendor from a site called Alibaba.com, that admit these are just 'upgrade' pens and not genuine, BUT ONLY when pushed on warranty, explain the fact we have a full testing service, and authorities will be informed if they supply fakes. The Chinese seem only interested in ripping people off, and could care less about any consequences unless you mention the Kunming Public Security Bureau. We are currently trying hard to get $135 USD sent back.

Ethical vs Unethical sellers

The difference between ethical sellers vs unethical sellers is one knows the item is fake or counterfeit, they will remove it from their listing. In contrast, unethical sellers continue to sale the item even though they know it is fake.

I have worked with few eBayers who purchase their flash drives from China wholesale website like DHGATE and then resell it in eBay to make some profits. After they learn the product is fake or counterfeit, they remove it quickly from eBay. We have to give these ethical sellers a big applause.

Someone asks me whether it is seller's fault. The answer is yes and no. You need to have good knowledge of firmware level of knowledge to fake flash drive. I certainly believe it is done in manufacturer's house. It is not a normal seller who has this kind of knowledge to do it; however, the seller know it is fake but still continue to sell it, then it is seller's fault.
The big guys behind the scene must be caught in order to eliminate the problem. One great eBayers from Australia provides good information to me that you can file a report to Hong Kong Internet Fault Police (google search), they will follow up the case. If you are interested to do so, you can contact me for more information.

April Action on Fake Flash Memory Devices on eBay

After changing my eBay listing to auction style, I am able to reach more eBayers. Many unethical sellers whom I monitor in March are gone but new comers show up in April. Majority of new comers are labeled to be located in Singapore.


I expand my listing to Australia, UK and German eBay site, I hope more people can read my listing and beware of the issue.


I'm not sure how long I can keep up on posting auction style. It it very time consuming but  I will try my best to fight against unethical sellers. Thank you for your support.

March Madness on Fake Flash Memory Devices

New: You can read my eBay listing in your prefer language.


Fix Flash Drive Listing
Fix MP3/MP4 Flash Memory Listing

I have monitored fake flash drive sellers in eBay for several months. There are more fake flash drive sellers appear in March. These sellers come from China, Hong-Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and USA.

No matter how hard I try, I still could not fight against fake flash drive selling alone. If you have purchased fake flash drive, you should file a case in eBay to stop the sellers keep selling them. eBay will suspend these sellers account after few violation of selling fake/counterfeit product.


Here are fake flash drives reported by eBayers.

Kingston 64GB Data Traveler  DT200

 Kingston 128GB Data Traveler DT200

Sony Vaio Flash Memory
Several ebayers contacted Sony to confirm that Sony does not manufacture 32GB or more in flash memory

64GB Stainless Steel Flash Memory

32GB and 64GB Kingston Data Traveler 150 (DT150)

500GB USB Flash Drive

Counterfeit Support Hotline