Redditor's latest fake-drive purchase reveals a 60GB microSD card inside a "16TB SSD"
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WTF?! There are few things more annoying than scammers who sell fake components. However, one Redditor is fighting back against this practice by purchasing suspicious items on eBay, then reporting the sellers when they inevitably turn out to be fakes. The latest find was a claimed 16TB SSD, offered for under $30, that turned out to be a board and a microSD card with some weights crudely glued on top.
User u/Hartkralle wrote in the r/pcmasterrace subreddit that when he comes across these scam listings and buys the items on offer, he gets his money back from eBay after reporting them and the platform closes the account.
One user pointed out that when these criminals have their accounts removed, they usually create another one within an hour. But Hartkralle said it's still one...
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