A YouTuber orders a popular processor on Amazon in Germany, but in the end, he receives a much cheaper and wrong CPU. Particularly frustrating: He ordered directly through Amazon and not through a third party.
The YouTube channel HardwareBusters needed a new processor for its test system. He ordered the Ryzen 7 9800X3D on the German Amazon site. The cost was 478.20 euros. But when he opened the package, he discovered that he had received a blatant fake. And it is not the first time someone has received a counterfeit of this processor.
The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is a popular target for fraud. On MeinMMO, we already warned about fraud attempts related to the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Many players have been affected already, and now the YouTuber has fallen victim too.
YouTuber ordered directly through Amazon and still received a fake
Why is this particularly frustrating? The YouTuber explained in a post on hwbusters.com that he ordered the processor new and unopened on Amazon.de and ordered directly through Amazon. Typically, this is the best condition to receive a genuine and functioning product. Because here, fraudsters do not have the chance to exchange the real goods for fake ones during a return.
Instead of a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, he ended up with an AMD FX-4100 in his hands: The CPU is worth about 9 euros used on eBay and originated from 2011. The YouTuber stated himself that you could recognize the fake immediately:
I immediately noticed the different heat spreader, the pins (!) on the underside, and the lettering on the heat spreader that gives away from afar that it is a “counterfeit”!
At least the fake was really poorly made: If someone had plugged the counterfeit processor into an AM5 motherboard, they could have destroyed the device. Because the counterfeit model has a completely different case with pins instead of pads, making it not fit at all. However, the YouTuber noticed this in time. Otherwise, a costly property damage would have occurred.
Not the first case on Amazon: By the way, this is not the first time someone has caught a fake Ryzen 7 on Amazon.de: Recently, a Romanian player ordered a Ryzen 7 7800X3D in Germany, only to receive a cheaply made counterfeit.
Amazon has now initiated a refund for the fake, meaning the YouTuber will receive his money back in a few weeks. Not all users had such luck with Amazon: A family man wanted to buy a GPU, and this started a long discussion with Amazon: Gamer buys graphics card on Amazon, receives fake product – seller refuses refund until the return of the “correct” item
