Counterfeit SD6/32GB 32GB Secure Digital High Capacity – Class 6 Kingston Memory Card

Beware Kingston SD6/32GB 32GB Secure Digital High Capacity – Class 6 Kingston Memory Card model advertised as 32GB with this packaging and card markings of 32BG is a counterfeit – fake! Kingston did not produce these, in the size advertised with the colour coding stated. Sold mainly on wholesaler internet sites in China, Hong Kong. You can find them on other internet sites too. In some cases, listings will advertise them as “upgraded” – there is no such thing. This is a polite term for false capacity.

Avoid being frauded or scammed. Do not buy this memory card in the packaging shown, you risk data loss. Do not sell this memory card!

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. Use this new guide: Kingston USB Flash Drives. How To Check You Have A Genuine One And Not A Counterfeit – Easy Guide. Kingston Technologies Fighting To Protect Consumers And Itself From Counterfeits. if you suspect you purchased a counterfeit or false capacity Kingston item, it is not only for usb flash drive but includes validation information useful for memory cards too.

Front Packaging

Back Packaging:

This item is not made in Class 6 and only up to a capacity of 8GB, not 32GB. This is what the highest real SD4/8GB looks like.

Kingston 8GB Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash Card Model SD4/8GB

The SD6/32GB SDHC below is a fake.

The serial information is missing.

A genunine Kingston class 6 in 32 GB looks like this:

32GB Secure Digital High Capacity Ultimate – Class 6 – Part Number: SD6/32GB-U

Additional Reading:

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• Genuine Verses Fake Counterfeit USB Flash Drives – A Guide – USB Flash Chips Used – Grades A B C D
• Global Report – eBay Fake Memory 2008 – 2009
• H2testw 1.4 – Gold Standard In Detecting USB Counterfeit Drives
• Quick Detection Genuine or Counterfeit Kingston DT150 32GB DataTraveler Michael’s Guide
• Genuine or Counterfeit Kingston DT150 64GB DataTraveler – Quick Detection – A Guide
• Kingston USB Flash Drives – Detect Counterfeits And Fakes – Product Verification
• Buying Kingston and Sony USB Flash Drives On eBay Safely – A Guide
• Crises on Ebay For Fake Flash Memory Products Sold In 32GB 64GB 128GB 256GB – SOSFakeFlash Reports

Report in to SOSFakeFlash if your testing confirms you have a false capacity device.

If you want to review all the counterfeits found on eBay you can visit three sites. Just type in the word Kingston in the search box to see what is currently documented:

• http://fakememorysentinel.wordpress.com/
• http://fakeflashnews.wordpress.com/
• http://sosfakeflash.wordpress.com/<a