Posted on Monday, April 20 2020 @ 15:09 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
WCCF Tech
reports criminals are shipping counterfeit Intel processors in China. Intel is seeing massive RMA requests from China-based shopkeepers and 3rd party sellers.
Various degrees of fake processors can be found, including models with a modified IHS and no dies. Intel warns users to only buy chips via official channels.
Counterfeit and fake CPU scams have been going on for years and usually, its customers who have been a victim to these illegal activities, however, as per a new report by HKEPC, it looks like even the major tech companies are falling prey to these. In the report, it is mentioned that China-based shopkeepers and 3rd party resellers have been trying to RMA massive amounts of counterfeit Intel CPUs directly to Intel to which Intel has advised customers to be aware of such activities and try to buy their CPUs from official channels.
