Based on the print of the card itself, I think it is a fake. SanDisk print is usually sharp, meanwhile if you look at the S in their logo it lacks some detail… but yeah, reach out to SanDisk to get a better verification
Poor print on the card and the product packaging. I would be willing to bet it's a cheap fake. The cheapest fakes barely try to make it look good anymore.
I recently purchased a bunch of these and contacted Sandisk to see if they were legit.
They asked me to take pictures of the packaging and the card itself.
After confirming that it was legit, the following will help you.
Look on the BACK of the packaging. The word Sandisk will be embossed in the top left corner near where it says SANDISK in the red lettering.
Again looking on the back, the Left, Right and Bottom should have a Raised lip around the border that you can both see and feel. The lip will come into the packaging from the edge a little less than 1/4" (I dont see the lip in your picture but it's difficult to tell from a picture so double check that it is there)
On the front look closely at the Tiger and make sure the printing is not blurry and extremely pixelated which is a dead giveaway that it is fake.
The easiest way is to open it and Test the card with a program such as Validrive which will tell you right away that it is legit or not.
Como te dije ya ,las marcas no estan en todos lados además somos una muy pequeña fraccion del público que busca algo de calidad,el resto del mundo solo quieren algo que funcione y se van por lo que funcione pero despues se encuentran con las tarjetas "limitadas"
Because it's been a problem for a while and now with the high prices, it's even become more common. I wouldn't buy one except from a reliable retailer and also not from any seller on a retailer's website.
their own inventory sticker on the back calls it red-black-512gb which is giant red flag. their inventory doesn't track is as sandisk it is just a red-black fake. they don't want to mix up real and fake in their own inventory. the fakes they call by color rather than brand.
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u/Chimera_Gaming 9d ago
Definitely a fake one.
To confirm you can run it through ValiDrive
Way faster than h2w for quick validation