Amazon return scammers may be delidding CPUs, a suspected fake Ryzen suggests
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In brief: Fraud involving items shipped from Amazon and other online retailers, particularly expensive PC components, has been a serious issue for years. Readers are likely already familiar with Amazon return scams involving counterfeit or swapped graphics cards and RAM, but the latest example involves a CPU swap. The deception was so subtle that only a close examination and comparison with a genuine component exposed the ruse.
When a Redditor recently bought a second AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition processor, he noticed conspicuous differences compared with his earlier purchase. Commenters quickly realized that a new type of Amazon return scam might be at play.
Many PC hardware scams involve third-party sellers shipping parts that look authentic to the untrained eye but either don't work at all or perform poorly because they contain...
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