This has been going on for ages and I believe it started with fake SD cards claiming to be of a larger capacity via a firmware hack where in reality they are just 16 GB or less, about a decade ago market was flooded with 512MB SD cards faked to report larger capacities. Some of these are even branded more or less properly and look remarkably convincing. Be careful when buying from non-reputable sellers or shops. If it looks too good to be true, it’s probably fake.
I was really surprised I’d never heard of it.
Looked at a drive on Amazon two days ago and reported as being “mislabeled” or the equivalent. Didn’t dawn on me it was a scam.
Wow, I wasn’t aware of these scams! Thankfully, the 2TB external hard disk I recently purchased was through Scan UK, which I’ve bought from in the past and trust to deliver what they advertise.
Interesting!
I rather buy, for exact the same reason, stuff like that almost only on Amazon (not the Marketplace!).
If something is wrong with the delivered stuff, I just hit 2-3 Buttons on their website, and the next day it is picked up again on my Door, and I get the money back the same moment it is scanned there.