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Recently because we have Xmas and New year a big wave of FAKE Samsung SSD's are going around the world! Even SSD that really does not exist, such as 980EVO or 990EVO SSD.
Many of them also seem to fool Samsung Magician in the screenshot below, an 870EVO from 2 TB, but FAKE! But you can see it doesn't say it's GENUINE!

Screenshot 2023-12-17 060604.png



Best change, look also to the firmware version number; A REAL 870EVO should have firmware like SVT03B6Q, SVT02B6Q or SVT01B6Q, if you see anything else, it's fake!
Nowadays, you should be cautious when purchasing hardware online, even if it's not from Chinese online platforms like AliExpress or Temu. Major retailers, including Amazon, Walmart, and Newegg, have marketplaces where third-party sellers can sell their products.

Read this also;


See this video;
 
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Make sure to check sold by and shipped by Amazon or sold by NewEgg.
 
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Many of them have a serial number that even can fool Samsung Magician, or it complains in red letters something is wrong;

Screenshot 2023-12-17 062115.png


Always check that Samsung Magician says it's GENUINE! As in the screenshot below;


Screenshot 2023-12-17 062309.png


You must be online to check with Samsung Magician program.
Many of them even are able to fool GRC"s ValiDrive program!!

Some of the FAKE ones will show up in Magician as not GENUINE, but other will, so always check for GENUINE sign at the serial number.

Screenshot 2023-12-17 070738.png


Also see this video about Fake Samsung SSD.


A Fake VS Genuine NVMe SSD from Samsung;

Screenshot 2023-12-17 073049.png


Another story you should know about;

 
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GRC ValiDrive only establishes that the capacity on the drive claimed actually exists, it is not a "genuine" brand detector.

Otherwise good info.
 

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Good Job China :mad:
i never could understand why they doing this, you give yourself a bad reputation, shoot yourself in the foot. But for them it's just business i guess., they don't care the consumer at any way, only your money they want.
 

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i never could understand why they doing this, you give yourself a bad reputation, shoot yourself in the foot. But for them it's just business i guess., they don't care the consumer at any way, only your money they want.
Because they don't have a reputation to maintain: they will get your money, close up shop and resurface a few months later under a different name. That's how it works over there.
 
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Because they don't have a reputation to maintain: they will get your money, close up shop and resurface a few months later under a different name. That's how it works over there.
I do remind that website Delaihe.com then after it came out on YouTube and forums, just disappeared from the world... Even now that website it's just away, but they still sell the fake ones at moment at Aliexpress, it's really full of them. Some even 25 dollar for an 990pro from 4TB. :eek::slap: This while a REAL one cost's about ten times more.
 
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You must be online to check with Samsung Magician program.
Many of them even are able to fool GRC"s ValiDrive program!!

Some of the FAKE ones will show up in Magician as not GENUINE, but other will, so always check for GENUINE sign at the serial number.

OEM Contracted SAMSUNG SSDs (the ones you find in millions of laptops worldwide - but also sold separately) are not shown as GENUINE either. For example:

Samsung PM981 (SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ)​

2023-12-19_141715.png


Only the Retail Samsung SSDs - like Samsung 980 PRO - are properly/fully detected by Samsung Magician.

Samsung even removed them from the official site - labeled only as Discontinued:


Tho, they never offered any software support - beyond the most basic informative info - as much as they'd show for an SSD from a different brand. Beyond the official driver Samsung NVMe™ Driver - there's no other real support whatsoever from Samsung (even firmware wise - some OEMs released updates - while others didn't bother). Yet, this too are GENUINE Samsung SSDs.
 
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Where I'll never buy anything....
Add Temu to that Shitlist, they're already changing how They say Temu so it's possibly called something else if you are reading this in a few months.
 

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i never could understand why they doing this, you give yourself a bad reputation, shoot yourself in the foot. But for them it's just business i guess., they don't care the consumer at any way, only your money they want.
its not just money but its foreign currency. Thats all it matters.
 
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OEM Contracted SAMSUNG SSDs (the ones you find in millions of laptops worldwide - but also sold separately) are not shown as GENUINE either. For example:
only the Retail Samsung SSDs - like Samsung 980 PRO - are properly/fully detected by Samsung Magician.

Samsung even removed them from the official site - labeled only as Discontinued:

Tho, they never offered any software support - beyond the most basic informative info - as much as they'd show for an SSD from a different brand. Beyond the official driver Samsung NVMe™ Driver - there's no other real support whatsoever from Samsung (even firmware wise - some OEMs released updates - while others didn't bother). Yet, this too are GENUINE Samsung SSDs.
Yes, what you say is correct. I was talking about the SSD that you can buy as a consumer, of course. Remarkable; Samsung doesn't even offer support to OEM users, they kindly refer you to the supplier. And no software support either. They still see old discontinued SSDs as GENUINE. For example i have old SSD here like the 850 and 860, and they are GENUINE in Magician.

But other brand's do the same thing, nu support if it is a OEM drive... What in the world, while you also did buy and paid for it, no support, not genuine?:mad: I do know that they use cheaper components in OEM drives.
 
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Thanks for the hint, yes be aware there are Samsung 1080 ULTRA:eek: Plus SSD AVAILABLE AT ALI...
Note they don't use samsung on the sticker...

Don't buy them at any cost!

It's scam!

Just 18 dollar for 4TB? Dream further, you have been warned guys.

Screenshot 2023-12-31 180035.png


There is also a FAKE 1080Pro available just now...

Screenshot 2024-01-01 014417.png


HaHa...:laugh: They say TLC particles, yes that's right, you only get some TLC particles.... :nutkick:
 
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M.2 PCIe4.0 Original pellets? Those Chinese scammers are so dumb... But nonetheless they make big money with this, thus not so dumb anyway... You should be happy if one of those has 64GB of real memory.
 
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M.2 PCIe4.0 Original pellets? Those Chinese scammers are so dumb... But nonetheless they make big money with this, thus not so dumb anyway... You should be happy if one of those has 64GB of real memory.
The "ULtra +" model has NVMe 4.0 built in, where else do you get that, for any money? NVMe 4.0, in case you don't know, supports lossy compression which makes 16000 MB/S possible.
 
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i never could understand why they doing this, you give yourself a bad reputation, shoot yourself in the foot. But for them it's just business i guess, they don't care the consumer at any way, only your money they want.
When you are broke, starving, living in a 5m² box passing for an apt and the authorities don't care as long as they are paid off and the average citzen isn't sowing dissent it is hardly a wonder shit like this is rampant. The issue is people continually buying from them when this is to be expected.
 
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The "ULtra +" model has NVMe 4.0 built in, where else do you get that, for any money? NVMe 4.0, in case you don't know, supports lossy compression which makes 16000 MB/S possible.
And by upper case S, you obviously mean Siemens (the inverse of resistance), because that's what the upper case S stands for in the international system ;)
 
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Hell yeah, I'm almost tempted to buy one... And 40 percent off.:rockout:
 
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I remember watching a video from DeBauer where he bought a 16TB External SSD. On initial setup it did register as 16TB. The only issue was it actually turned out to be 16GB of USB Flash once opened. There was a small controller on the PCB that fooled Windows into seeing 16TB. Note to self only buy SSDs that are from local shops or by Amazon or Newegg themselves. There are plenty of China based SSDs from brands like Kingspec sold by Newegg that are not fake. The people that do this are for those that subscribe to the narrative like Samsung drives are still the fastest so that gets noobs thinking that they are getting a great deal.

M.2 PCIe4.0 Original pellets? Those Chinese scammers are so dumb... But nonetheless they make big money with this, thus not so dumb anyway... You should be happy if one of those has 64GB of real memory.
If you see a 4TB drive with 2 free memory pads be wary.
 
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The Chinese are capable of making very good and trustworthy electronics that's for sure, I just think it's a shame that they harm so many people, especially themselves, so that no one trusts you anymore... You would actually earn more with low prices and reasonable quality. Anyway, those scammers don't care about that of course.
 
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