Not questioning the post or it's conclusions, but how does Kurtis 'know' that the drives are fake? Is it just the price point? Are there reliable lists to check? Curious as to how to spot fakes.
If you sort the reviews on these items by lowest to highest, you'll usually find somebody who actually purchased and tested the item confirming it's a scam.
I've made it a habit to run F3 on any USB drive or SD card I buy. This will establish quite clearly whether the device has the advertised capacity.
Forensicguy on tiktok opened one, It was a usb2 Stick inside a metal case