Observed arrival · 2026-11-13
Flash Drive Scam: Eight TikTok Drives, Eight Fakes
An investigation compares the advertised and verified capacity of eight flash drives bought on TikTok Shop, with an interactive illustration of how fake-capacity drives can damage files.
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- People checking suspiciously large flash drives
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- The page says one drive sold as 1TB held 18MB; its tests used ValiDrive and H2testw.
Field notes
The report says the drives were purchased without review samples or advance notice to sellers, then checked with ValiDrive and H2testw. Its detailed Drive 1 entry lists a $28.66 price, a September 19, 2026 test date, and about 875GB missing against the computer-reported capacity. The page also cautions that fake drives can fail in different ways, so its copying illustration is explicitly simplified.
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