Nvidia RTX 4090 eBay seller scammed by buyer who returned card with GPU and VRAM removed

Nvidia RTX 4090 eBay seller scammed by buyer who returned card with GPU and VRAM removed

The graphics card industry right now is as bad as it was in the pandemic/chip crisis era of sky-high prices and nearly no stock. It's led to the second-hand market becoming a Wild West of opportunists and shady businesses.Read Entire Article

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The current case of a returned NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is likely to interest not only tech-savvy eBay users, but also points to the increasing professionalization of hardware recycling – at least in its less legal form. What at first glance appears to be a banal "no picture – return" case, upon closer inspection, turns out to be a surgically precise robbery [...] Source

Those who buy or sell a used graphics card should be careful. Expensive and sought-after hardware is always in the focus of fraudsters, as a current case proves.

Nvidia RTX 4090 eBay seller scammed by buyer who returned card with GPU and VRAM removed - WorldNL Magazine

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. WTF?! It's a sad truth that there are always risks when buying and selling second hand. But one would assume dealing with an eBay store that has lots of positive feedback wouldn't be dangerous. The person who sold their RTX 4090 to the company, only to have it returned without the GPU or VRAM chips, would likely disagree. The graphics card industry…

NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4090 Gets Returned To a Seller With "Emptied Out" PCB; GPU Silicon & Memory Chips Were Removed By The Buyer

Well, the used GPU markets have turned out to be the next place of opportunity for scammers, and this time an incident has emerged involving NVIDIA's RTX 4090. NVIDIA's RTX 4090 Returned To The Seller, But It Had Components Missing; Likely Ending Up Somewhere In China Given the massive demand in the market for current-gen GPUs, consumers have resorted to the second-hand market on platforms like eBay and Craigslist, but with that, new scams have …