360GB Kingston DataTraveler Counterfeit Fake USB Flash Drive – DTI Series – White With Purple – DTI/4GB
Posted by flashchiptutor on April 4, 2009
Beware Kingston DataTraveler advertised as 360GB with drive colour white with purple in red black packaging is a counterfeit – fake! Kingston did not produce these, in the size advertised with the colour coding stated. Sold on wholesaler internet sites in China and Hong Kong. Often sold as “upgraded” – there is no such thing. This drive is likely to have a real capacity in line with it’s colour coding case. Old smaller capacity Kingston usb flash drives are frequent targets for counterfeiting and digitally altering to report a much larger capacity than the flash chip can support.
Avoid being frauded or scammed. Do not buy this usb flash drive in the packaging shown, you risk data loss. Do not sell this usb flash drive! Instead, if you wish to buy on the internet visit Kingston’s site to determine the models offered and the colour coding for sizes to help you avoid a false capacity drive.
Important Reading:
- Kingston DataTraveler DTI/2GB DTI/4GB DTI/8GB DTI/16GB Retail Costs – Colour Coding To Spot Fakes And Counterfeits
- USB Flash Drives Best Price Bargains Fair Value To Sell Or Buy 8GB 16GB 32GB
- Genuine Verses Fake Counterfeit USB Flash Drives – A Guide – USB Flash Chips Used – Grades A B C D
- Buying Kingston and Sony USB Flash Drives On eBay Safely – A Guide
- Kingston USB Flash Drives – Detect Counterfeits And Fakes – Product Verification
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The purple Kingston DataTraveler is the Data Traveler USB flash drive – 4GB DTI/4GB usb flash drive. There is no guarantee that this fake will have a real capacity of 4GB. Much depends on the flash drive chip used, not the shell casing.
There is no such thing as a usb flash drive penstick at 360GB. No company is able to make such a size and they won’t for a long time. Don’t bid. Don’t buy. Don’t attempt to sell this drive as you will be caught very quickly. If the flash drive chip is actually 4GB in capacity you will be found out by your buyers very quickly.
At $16.40 US each, Kingston would be racing to buy them, if they were real that is. Their manufacturing cost is a lot higher.
If you want to review all the counterfeits found on eBay you can visit these two sites. Just type in the word Kingston in the search box to see what is currently documented:
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