RAM Scammer Swaps DDR5 Modules for DDR2 and Metal Weights

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A buyer of XPG-DDR5 kits on Amazon has become victim of fraud: Instead of real modules, the sealed packaging contained older DDR2 sticks with reprinted labels.

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Because DDR5 RAM already costs a lot more than a processor or graphics card, scams have begun to arrive, although luckily, created by very unintelligent people. Specifically, it has been a user named BravoNorris, who made it known in Videocardz that it was scammed in Amazon Spain’s own store. We don’t know at what price I buy the memory, but it would have been at an eye-catching price. And this user bought the last four 32GB XPG Caster memory ki…

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This time, it was BravoNorris who paid for it after a purchase on Amazon Spain of four ADATA XPG DDR5-6000 kits in 2 x 16 GB. Kits displayed around 400 euros at the moment. That is to say, the note already pricks enough like that. Following the order, three kits were delivered quickly, while the last one was slightly late, the package coming from Ireland. So far, nothing abnormal. The first kit is mounted without any worries: no bad surprises, e…