Counterfeit Intel 750 SSDs found on Amazon

Posted on Wednesday, September 20 2017 @ 18:32 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

A couple of months ago, there were reports about fake AMD Ryzen processors on Amazon, these entered the retail channel via RMA fraud. It's not the first time fake CPUs or GPUs are found but Serve The Home warns the practice is now also spreading to SSDs.

In this case, the SSD was sold by a third party seller via the Amazon platform. The disk was suspiciously cheap but after a scan through Amazon's refund policy, the buyer decided to pull the trigger anyway. When the package arrived he immediately knew something was fishy, it was far too light and further investigation revealed the disk was basically an empty shell without any NAND chips.

Not just CPUs: Counterfeit/ Display Intel 750 NVMe SSDs showing up on Amazon from 3rd party sellers https://t.co/Xxgr1dx4qF @amazon @intel pic.twitter.com/wGJXLQ1Fkx
— STH (@ServeTheHome) 20 september 2017

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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