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Scam RTX 5090 bought for $2,000 missing entire GPU chip — crooks lifted the GPU die and memory right off the board

Nvidia's RTX 5090 is the latest GPU involved in a new scam, in which criminals are removing the GPU core and VRAM memory from RTX 5090s for their own purposes. Northwestrepair on YouTube received a ...
TweakTown

Scammers are now laser-engraving GA102 GPUs onto fake RTX 4090 cards, sold for $1400 each

TL;DR: A Japanese technician exposed a scam involving fake GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards, where RTX 3090 and 3080 GPUs were laser-engraved with counterfeit AD102 labels. These modded cards were ...
Neowin

$999 RTX 5090 scam leaves Amazon buyers with fanny packs, and the listing is still live$999 RTX 5090 scam leaves Amazon buyers with fanny packs, and the listing is still live0 0

A too-good-to-be-true GPU deal has unravelled into chaos, and despite mounting complaints, the product page is still live. A graphics card deal that appeared too good to ignore has left dozens of ...
ExtremeTech

Scam Watch: Nvidia RTX '4090' Being Sold With Fake GPU Dies

As scalpers follow GPU launches and price rises follow availability issues, the next step in the GPU pricing crisis is straight-up scamming. Alongside boxes sold on eBay to trick the bots, some ...