Fake DDR5 RAM Sticks Are Now Using Plastic Chips to Fool Buyers
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The prices of RAM are exploding, and as often in these cases of shortage, scams are multiplying, and it is beginning to be seen in the field.
With this crisis of components, I have become one of the consequences of this speculation and other scams, I don't buy anything anymore! either too expensive or too afraid to get me fresh as on occasion And that's not why I'm going to take a subscription to an AI. I don't think I'm the only one, let alone the last one in this situation. I hope it will cost them a lot...
Rising RAM prices seem to make DDR5 more attractive for scammers as well. In Asia, fake modules with plastic chips and false labels are said to have appeared.
Scammers are selling fake DDR5 with empty plastic chips relabeled to pass as legit — fake components mounted to PCBs are yet another sign of the RAMpocalypse
DDR5 memory is overpriced right now, which might make some people desperate to get their hands on a good deal. Unfortunately, that could lead to you being taken advantage of with fake modules that are literally empty inside. A Japanese buyer warns of how this scam works and how to stay away from it.
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