Wow, reminds me of that fake "500GB external hard drive" which was just a 128MB thumb drive in a 2.5" case.

http://blog.gsmarena.com/how-do-you-spot-fake-chinese-usb-ha...

I bought a few usb flash things on ebay a while back. One had a weird USB connector (hard to plug anywhere). I asked for money back, surprisingly it holds data.

Another was a microsd, I spent 2 hours running through some linux memory testing program (u3 . .. or something similar in name) to be sure it had the right amount and wasn't failing.

I assume there's another capacitor inside the blue one too. Matryoshka capacitors!

100pF ceramic disc ;)

And inside that an 0402 MLCC (they do actually do that)

If they buy their inner capacitors from a similarly dubious supplier, this might even be possible. Counterfeiters all the way down.

I honestly have a hard time believing this--rubycon is a good capacitor brand; why would you put a 'decent' capacitor in a fake product instead of using some cheap chinese crap?

It might be Ruhycon.

Or maybe recycled, note the short legs. Part of this e-waste you are now obliged to dispose of "responsibly" lands on dump sites in Asia or Africa. Some of that ends up harvested for parts.