The site looks professional, with detailed infos such as contacts, phone numbers and payment methods, as well as a detailed catalogue and interesting prices.
For such reasons my colleagues and I decided to purchase three memory sticks Kingston DataTravel 200 sized 256Gb. I had a long discussion with Ms. Crystal, the sales manager. We exchanged emails and chats on the messenger and eventually purchased 3 flash drives for a total of 130 USD.
The result? we got the drives but they are fake! Capacity is limited to 16Gb instead of the promised 256Gb.
The drives seem to be loaded with a bad and hacked firmware: when you exceed 16Gb of data, all files copied onto the drive are unreadable.
On the Internet I have found a useful utility, H2testw, specialised in testing flash drive quality. The result? All tests exceeding 16Gb returned the following:
Warning: Only 3558 of 260936 MByte tested.
The media is likely to be defective.
0 KByte OK (0 sectors)
940 MByte DATA LOST (1925120 sectors)
Details:0 KByte overwritten (0 sectors)
0 KByte slightly changed (< 8 bit/sector, 0 sectors)
940 MByte corrupted (1925120 sectors)
0 KByte aliased memory (0 sectors)
First error at offset: 0x0000000000000000
Expected: 0x0000000000000000
Found: 0xffffffffffffffff
H2testw version 1.3
I have emailed Ms. Crystal and she replied that this is a mistake and she needs to ask her manager and stuff like that..
So.. do not trust this site, they sell fake products.
Here are the contact info, do not send money to these addresses !!
| Web site url | http://www.tcw-tech.com/ http://www.usbmemorychina.com (same site with different name) |
| Tel. | 0086-0595-28833860 0086-595-28010026 |
| tcw-tech_CEO@hotmail.com usbmemorychina@gmail.com | |
| Msn | tcw-tech_CEO@hotmail.com usbmemorychina@hotmail.com |
| Bank Account Number | 4772755-0188-083961-8 |
| Contact Name | YaZhan Xu or Yuhua Xue |
| Payment methods | Western Union, Payment Via Bank Transfer |
| Transaction Fee :USD 9.00 Beneficiary Name :UMC Technology Co., Limited Bank Name :HSBC Hong Kong Beneficiary Account : 817-309172-838 Swift Code : HSBCHKHHHKH Bank Address :1 Queen's Road Central，Hong Kong | |
| Transaction Fee : USD 20.00 Beneficiary Name : Yuhua Xue Bank Name : BANK OF CHINA, SHENZHEN BRANCH, FUTIAN SUB-BRANCH Beneficiary Account : 4549204-0188-021314-4 Swift Code : BKCHCNBJ73B Bank Address :518000,Futian-branch,Shenzhen district,Guangdong,China | |
| Payment Via Western Union Transfer Bank Name : WESTERN UNION BANK First Name : Yuhua Last Name : Xue City : Shenzhen State : Guangdong Country : China | |
| Ip Address | 204.16.194.116 |
| Other web site connected on the www.tcw-tech.com Ip address, I don’t kwok if they are the same as www.tcw-tech.com but pay attention when you send money to them. | Use http://www.ip-adress.com/reverse_ip/204.16.194.116 Number Domain/Host 1. fywatch.com 2. xanaduplaza.com 3. ccrr22s.com 4. numberonefashion.com 5. www.bestnike23.com 6. www.numberonefashion.com 7. www.e-joining.com |
| Web site Register info | Registrant Contact: xufan fan xu xf99b5148@163.com 13760193272 fax: 05925861834 lianban xiamen fujian 361004 cn Registrar: BIZCN.COM, INC. Whois Server: whois.bizcn.com Referral URL: http://www.bizcn.com Ip address: 204.16.194.116 |
Here is a an original picture of their contact info, the bank info page has been deleted from the site.
The site is connected with another site: http://www.usbmemorychina.com, same layout with some little differences, here is a screenshot:
And here are the web site information:
| Web site url | http://www.usbmemorychina.com |
| usbmemorychina@gmail.com | |
| Msn | usbmemorychina@hotmail.com |
| Contact Info | Ms.Huang Sarah MSN:usbmemorychina@hotmail.com Tel: 0086-595-28833860 Email:usbmemorychina@gmail.com Ms.Mary MSN:umc-mary@hotmail.com Tel: 0086-595-28833860 Email:umcmary@gmail.com |
| General Manager: | Ms. Huang Sarah |
| Technical Support: | E-mail: umcmary@gmail.com |
| Ip Address | |
| Connected Web Sites | |
Registrant Contatcs | Registrant Contact: huli li hu 83929414.com@qq.com 13760193272 fax: 05925861855 lianban xiamen fujian 361004 cn Ip Address:204.13.71.233 |
| Ip Address | 204.13.71.233 |
| Other web site on the same IP. Pay attention when you send money to them. | Use http://www.ip-adress.com/reverse_ip/204.13.71.233 Number Domain/Host 1. www.niketradeweb.com 2. giftspop.com 3. www.ec98.com 4. gogoebay.com 5. cotextcn.com 6. www.wellbiznet.com 7. christianlouboutinheel.com 8. www.nikelist.com 9. www.gogoebay.com 10. nagara-pandora.com |
I Hope that these info will help you saving some money.
I will update this page on a regular basis, so .. check it often!
LAST MINUTE UPDATE:
Here is another connected web site: http://chinaphonewholesale.com
Web site image:
| Web site | http://chinaphonewholesale.com |
| Ip Address | 204.16.194.104 |
| Other web site on the same IP. Pay attention when you send money to them. | Use http://www.ip-adress.com/reverse_ip/204.16.194.104 Number Domain/Host 1. range-tech.com 2. cameshop.com 3. 66trade.com 4. www.hao-yi.com 5. www.cinzee.com 6. www.nikeallstar.com 7. hao-yi.com 8. www.unionseller.com 9. xmputian.com 10. zzpke.com |
Update 2:
Opening the usb key I saw the Chipset Number that is MW8209.
Using a detection tool I found the real flash model: MT29F128G08TAA_16GB
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