This is just a heads up warning to eBay users of a recent surge in fake 64GB Corsair Voyager USB Flash Drives. These units appear to be truly genuine in each respect, but are in fact ONLY 4GB in size. They come in what appears to be authentic packaging from the manufacturer, though upon testing, will only write 3.8GB worth of data. As far as we can tell, the fake drives are packaged with the drive itself in a vertical position as opposed to a horizontal one. We will add more info as we find out more...

Added 07-11-2009

Dear ecajuns,

I liked your guide, pity I didn't read till after the event. Thought this may be useful info from Corsair, I'll probably post as a guide elsewhere

You can identify a fake Corsair product as follows:
It's only about 7cm long
- No light comes on when inserted
- No manufacturer ID recorded in properties
- doesnt come with either a lanyard or a chain that connects the lid to the unit
- may not reformat in XP or vista.
- No manufacturer ID in Control Panel - Device Manager
- Doesn't come up as a Corsair USB stick when you plug it in
- packed vertically in what appears to be a sealed pack, rather than horizontally like genuine sticks
- Tested with H2testw v1.4 software that tests USB sticks - it suggests this is a 4gb stick that has been hacked to appear to be 64gb
- if you copy 64gb of files to it, nearly all of them are corrupted when you try to read them.
- lid design is not like it is on originals (eg. Nothing can be attached to the lid)
- no writing/numbers on the metal container

 
Special thanks for this information goes to eBay member jwnholmes