A buyer in Spain says a “new” ADATA XPG memory kit arrived with counterfeit contents.
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(Image credit: BravoNorris/VideoCardz) Share Share by: Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Flipboard Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google A buyer in Spain has reported receiving a sealed DDR5 memory kit that contained counterfeit parts, raising fresh concerns about return fraud affecting high-value PC components sold as new through major online retailers, as AI-induced supply shortages cause prices to skyrocket. First reported by VideoCardz after a reader tip, this latest example of memory mail fraud involves an ADATA XPG Caster 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-6000 CL40 kit purchased from Amazon .
According to the account, the buyer ordered four identical kits, all of which were shipped from Ireland. Three arrived first, with the fourth following a few days later. One kit was resold unopened, another was installed and functioned normally, and the issue only became apparent when a third box was opened during a later system build. Despite being shrink-wrapped and appearing untouched from the outside, the contents inside were not DDR5 memory at all.
Instead, the box reportedly contained two much older DDR or DDR2-era memory modules with printed stickers applied to resemble DDR5. Alongside them was a thin metal ballast plate that appears to have been included to replicate the expected weight of a genuine kit. The buyer says the stickers could plausibly fool a buyer unfamiliar with hardware components, although on closer inspection, the reader admits the box print quality looks questionable.
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