Don't fall for the Flash Drive Scam!

[laznz1]

Hey Everyone I recently became aware of a major scam on eBay. Hackers in China are selling flash drives with less memory than they advertise. Users like PikesPeakTraders sell thousands of 'hacked' flash drives from China. The problem is that the hackers change a log file that makes the flash drive think it has more memory than it does. When you receive the drive, if you right click and go to properties it will display a larger amount of memory than it really has- so when you put data on it that exceeds it's actual memory, old data will be deleted.

This problem is nearly impossibly for the average Joe to detect because the flash drive looks and works normally- until it's memory is filled.

Isnt it sick im posting this to hope no one else buys into it
(my mate did)

 

[WhiteFireDragon]

good to know, although i think the chances of people actually buying those flash drives and finding this specific thread on this specific forum is very slim. but thanks for the notice

 

[laznz1]

Thought id do what i can have posted it in a few other places

 

[ducis]

thanks, way to contribute

 

[Intel_man]

This is why I don't trust ebay.

It's either stores like Staples, Bestbuy, Futureshop

OR

newegg.ca
ncix.com

 

[Respital]

This is why I don't trust ebay.

It's either stores like Staples, Bestbuy, Futureshop

OR

newegg.ca
ncix.com

I agree 100%.

Thanks for the info laznz1.

 

[laznz1]

Hay No prob some one should start a known Scam thread to help make novice users more aware

 

[laznz1]

any more thoughts