Monday, July 17th 2017
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RMA Fraud on Amazon Targeting AMD Ryzen Buyers
Amazon inventory of AMD's Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5 processors seem to be suffering from RMA fraud, if several reddit reports and a general article from WCCFtech are to be believed. The RMA fraud appears to consist of a scheme in which an unknown party has been buying up quantities of Ryzen 7 or 5 series CPUs, and RMAing them back to Amazon with a fake CPU inside. The fake CPU appears to be an older Intel-based LGA packaged model, ironically.
The RMA gets by because the heatspreader is relabeled with an authentic looking AMD Ryzen label, which is presumably enough to fool a very PC-knowledge limited Amazon RMA check-in employee. This means the product gets sold again as an open-box item, as usually happens with RMAs.Fortunately, being these are LGA processors and Ryzen CPU motherboards expect a processor with well, pins, the odds of damage to your motherboard from even a novice PC builder trying to force the CPU in are quite low. It will be immediately apparent something is wrong. For its part, Amazon appears to be handling the crisis well, refunding affected buyers and even issuing gift cards for their trouble and time. Still, this is something to watch out for in open box items or especially market place items on the Amazon general store.
Source:
WCCFtech
The RMA gets by because the heatspreader is relabeled with an authentic looking AMD Ryzen label, which is presumably enough to fool a very PC-knowledge limited Amazon RMA check-in employee. This means the product gets sold again as an open-box item, as usually happens with RMAs.Fortunately, being these are LGA processors and Ryzen CPU motherboards expect a processor with well, pins, the odds of damage to your motherboard from even a novice PC builder trying to force the CPU in are quite low. It will be immediately apparent something is wrong. For its part, Amazon appears to be handling the crisis well, refunding affected buyers and even issuing gift cards for their trouble and time. Still, this is something to watch out for in open box items or especially market place items on the Amazon general store.
21 Comments on RMA Fraud on Amazon Targeting AMD Ryzen Buyers
Also, as a returns officer, shouldn't you notice the lack of pins....just saying.
www.extremetech.com/computing/85286-fake-intel-core-i7-cpu
If the damage is big enough they can easily look at cell phone location data and camera date.
Plenty of options to track someone down.
So never buy Amazon open box gear, because it's likely broken junk that no one ever tested...
Second, most delivery lockers in the US require your information. I know that both FedEx, Amazon, and USPS require this information. There are smaller locker vendors in more populated areas and many of them do not accept bitcoin so once again your information will be on hand.
Last, Amazon puts restrictions on accounts that use only gift cards for payment without any verifiable personal information for obvious reasons. That is where 90% of the fraud is going to come from.
So whoever bought the GTX 980 from Amazon UK stock must have replaced it and sent it back under the Consumer Contracts Regulations act.
These people should be investigated and brought to justice, fraud is fraud.
I laugh whenever someone says the police are there to protect you...that is 100% false as the US Supreme Court has ruled.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia