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TScarmatic
post Feb 23 2024, 10:37 PM, updated 2y ago

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a 2TB external hard disk for RM77.99 ?
I found many listings for hard disks on Shopee and Lazada around the same price, are they all scams?
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post Feb 23 2024, 10:44 PM

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Only buy from reputable online shop.
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post Feb 23 2024, 10:45 PM

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2TB pendrive RM18.99
Lifetime warranty somemore.




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post Feb 23 2024, 10:53 PM

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fake product. dont buy
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post Feb 23 2024, 10:54 PM

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get ready to have some sand in the box......
and a thumb drive inside...
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post Feb 23 2024, 10:59 PM

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QUOTE(carmatic @ Feb 23 2024, 10:37 PM)
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a 2TB external hard disk for RM77.99 ?
I found many listings for hard disks on Shopee and Lazada around the same price, are they all scams?
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all scams, please refer to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCrk6wnHS9M
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv-EEGcKqWQ

most likely you will get the 2nd one

basically, they put a pendrive inside that says it's 2TB, which it is not
in reality it's like 8 to 64GB so that during the first month or so you won't notice
once the return/refund time runs out and you continue to store more, you will eventually run out of the fake storage

at that point, the device just starts discarding data saved to it and your files will appear to be corrupted

it's a scam, do not buy
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post Feb 23 2024, 11:03 PM

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Maybe it's a real thumb...
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post Feb 23 2024, 11:12 PM

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QUOTE(carmatic @ Feb 23 2024, 10:37 PM)
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a 2TB external hard disk for RM77.99 ?
I found many listings for hard disks on Shopee and Lazada around the same price, are they all scams?
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yourself

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post Feb 23 2024, 11:14 PM

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I dissected one b4.

Plug into Windows, u see capacity 1TB. But when opened up, inside is a 2.5" 80GB Toshiba.
TScarmatic
post Feb 23 2024, 11:16 PM

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all those poor people who left positive reviews ...
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post Feb 24 2024, 11:45 AM

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QUOTE(carmatic @ Feb 23 2024, 11:16 PM)
all those poor people who left positive reviews ...
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more like there are a huge bunch of tech illiterates, cheapskates and greedy people in malaysia
see the news also know dy, everyday got news about scamming over a million bucks per person...
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post Feb 24 2024, 12:10 PM

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Msians love to get scammed. When they can be had on a national level, kena private scams is nothing. Its just their greediness & not being knowledgeable.
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post Feb 24 2024, 08:20 PM

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QUOTE(carmatic @ Feb 23 2024, 11:16 PM)
all those poor people who left positive reviews ...
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Sometimes it's just the sellers themselves doing that

I've seen some listings in the process of being set up

they set the price to 10 cents, make their own accounts buy a lot
eg, 200 of them
buy multiple times from multiple accounts

leave 5 star review with text/pics stolen from REAL listings

done

you now have a 5 star 1k sold listing

set price to intended price

start scamming

as soon as the reports start/ people start leaving 1 star reviews
delete listing

create new one and repeat until account banned

which after that, create a new account and repeat once more
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post Feb 24 2024, 08:24 PM

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Next time put the link here la. Some people here can give you advice whether it is fake or not easily.
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post Feb 25 2024, 09:21 AM

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QUOTE(carmatic @ Feb 23 2024, 10:37 PM)
example

user posted image

a 2TB external hard disk for RM77.99 ?
I found many listings for hard disks on Shopee and Lazada around the same price, are they all scams?
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Always check real shop prices like Low Yat Shops, All IT, Just IT, E-Tex, Idealtech, Yes IT before buying.

Example:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17KrhJPbmTg...avVey552nW/view
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_6j...feUULTGxIjPEFpo

Too good to be true prices is 100% scam.

This post has been edited by TristanX: Feb 25 2024, 09:23 AM

 

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