Aces Distributing fake 16GB Transcend SDHC cards Internet

While the memory card in the above photo is an obvious fake, people might be surprised as to how realistic some of these cards look. There was a plant that was contracted to manufacture memory sticks for Sony and they were creating counterfeit memory sticks at the same time. It was virtually impossible to tell the difference between the real cards and the fake ones.

While it's too late for the OP, others would do well to stick to authorized sellers of any company's memory cards. You can get a list of authorized sellers from most of the major memory card makers such as Sandisk, Lexar, etc...