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Devastated PC builder orders DDR5 RAM from Amazon, receives DDR2 and some weights — counterfeit 32GB kit a worrying sign of rising return and sales fraud (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

It is like a cat and mouse game between scammer prevention and scammers.

And just like with piracy, the scammers will always be one step ahead of the corporations. Because Amazon may have some giant nerds working in it, but the sheer amount of nerds outside of Amazon will bypass them easily.