2 Tb flash drive, fake?

[rogerdv]

A few minutes ago a coworker brought me a 2TB flash drive he got from a friend. It was supposed to have music, he says. Yet, he couldn't access it. The capacity sounded exaggerated to me, and when I try to browse its content, neither I could, with Linux Mint or Windows Server 2003. Also, I was unable to format it.
A quick google search revealed that even when Kingston presented a 2Tb flash drive this year, the price is around $1000, not the kind of flash drive you can give to a friend. Considering the device had no visible brand (I could barely get some info in Linux about chipset, it said "Alcor" and something), do you think that this is a fake?

 

[TemjinGold]

Can you post a pic?

 

[mxnerd]

http://www.alcormicro.com/en_content/c_product/matrix-UFD.php

No idea if it's controller can support 2TB flsh drives.

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All 2TB flash drives have bad reviews on Amazon whatever the reason. Fake most likely judged by price.

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_p_n_size_browse-bin_8?fst=p90x:1,asff&rh=n:3151491,k:2tb+flash+drive,p_n_size_browse-bin:10285020011&keywords=2tb+flash+drive&ie=UTF8&qid=1491939917&rnid=1259751011

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

http://www.alcormicro.com/en_content/c_product/matrix-UFD.php

No idea if it's controller can support 2TB flsh drives.

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All 2TB flash drives have bad reviews on Amazon whatever the reason. Fake most likely judged by price.

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_p_n_size_browse-bin_8?fst=p90x:1,asff&rh=n:3151491,k:2tb+flash+drive,p_n_size_browse-bin:10285020011&keywords=2tb+flash+drive&ie=UTF8&qid=1491939917&rnid=1259751011

Lol, 2TB flash drives for $20. Who knew this was so cheap?

Yeah, it's garbage. Throw it in the trash before you lose data off it.

 

[sdifox]

do you guys actually stick a random usb key into your work machine?

 

[Rifter]

do you guys actually stick a random usb key into your work machine?

I would in a heatbeat, but not on my home PC

 

[13Gigatons]

Maybe it was trick to infect your computer with a virus?

 

[Rubycon]

Plugging in a random "drive" certainly isn't a good idea!

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Probably something like this:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/11/russian_duped_by_chinese_ssd_scammers/

Old scam is best scam.

 

[Valantar]

That's a well known scam. Usually they are 4 or 8GB drives - anything written to them above this amount is simply lost.

As with everything else: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.