The first red flag he picked up on is the fact that if the price is too good to be true, it probably is. When you spot a 1TB microSD card from a no-name seller commanding just $25, pass. A legitimate 1TB card from a trusted brand like SanDisk or Lexar starts at a minimum of 5x that price.
Hanson discovered that some scammers do ship real micrSD cards, albeit with less capacity than advertised. It seems some sellers use custom firmware to make their cards appear as if they have more memory than they actually do. If you exceed the card’s true capacity, data is usually just deleted or becomes corrupted. Image credit Samsung Memory We use sophisticated tools, including machine learning, to combat them, and we are making it increasingly difficult for bad actors to hide. We block bad actors before they reach our site and we work with sellers and law enforcement to hold them accountable by withholding funds and pursuing civil and criminal penalties. These bad actors show a flagrant disregard for our community, our policies, and in some cases, the law, and do not reflect the flourishing community of honest entrepreneurs that make up the vast majority of our sellers.
