The Great Graphics Card Scam Migration: From eBay to Wish to Amazon!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ต.ค. 2024
- I discuss the great graphics card scam migration. These fake cards have spread over the internet, going from eBay.com to Wish.com and now onto Amazon.com
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Flash it back to its correct bios and oc the living hell out of it!see what results it can give,Great content as always Dawid!
He should see if the other ones have SLI fingers and then SLI them
Okay cool! I will get going on that video. 👍
@@DawidDoesTechStuff Title it:
Can 2 Fake 1050tis in SLI beat a real one?
@@farambe YES YES YES YES! *YES!!!*
Yes do it! :D
If a video starts with "If you want to get scamed while buying a graphics card. ", it must be good.
Every now and then you just want to be scammed a bit you know. 😂
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MadarAs uh huh
This still seems like a weird business model. Even a GTS 450 has some used value. How much are they spending with the new shroud and hacked bios? Maybe they are getting cards with broken shrouds/fans for almost nothing.
I'm guessing they scrap the ones with heatpipe coolers for money & then put on cheaper generic heatsinks & get a mass order of gpu fans put through, flash the bios, slap on cooler & done.
I wouldn't mind if they actually resold the cards as genuine gts 450's or whatever real gpu is on there for like 25 - 30 usd or so like you could find in general otherwise if not cheaper then that & have some proper benchmarks of say CS GO, GTA V, Fortnite 720p etc with a bit better designed vrm & pushing the overclock slightly.
Maybe there is a huge amount of loose GTS 450 GPUs around that they can get for really cheap? I do agree though, it does seem pretty weird
That is what im thinking too myself. There is an abundance of GTS 450 here in asia that comes from china as well. One of my speculation is that they had this GTS 450 chips only from broken card they dismantled the parts with. But they know making a "BRAND NEW" gts 450 won't boost the sales of this so they turn into scamming and tricking people for a much more recent card (GTX 1050). They could have done better but they do this
yeh it's old internet cafe stock they probably get them for 1 or 2 bucks each. china can pressure mold a new shroud in the tea room on lunch break while they're bored
"Who the hell just leaves a bunch of exploding barrels lying next to a railway line? That just seems highly irresponsible." - Apparently game developers understand neither the safety of rail logistics or the regulations surrounding barrels containing hazardous materials, clearly :D.
I know right? That is surely a violation of at least several regulations. 😂
Nah that’s really safe and sane
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Gordon Frohman is responsible for all those barrels.
@@cddv_5441 thank you now i can run crysis as if it was a pentium 3
You remember the old Acer predator? Watercool this card and the Acer with one of those Ali Express kits and oc it as far as you can, maybe start a fire :)
That is a Very good idea! I will definitely try and put that video together. 👍
@@soundwavesuperior6761 but we did though
Loser VGA? Boi. *pulls his trousers up to his chest and pushes hat down over his eyes*
Thems fightin words
*furiously unscrewing connector to use as a whip*
Triassic garbage
i literally used VGA till 2 months ago when i finally built my gaming rig and had to get a dvi to hdmi adapter 💀
@@gormauslander hot ass garbage*
@@whyers4782 I said Triassic on purpose. It is a time period, from long ago. It's an old standard that is dead, like the dinosaurs who lived when it was born. I still haven't figured out how it survived the meteor impact
When this scam graphics card is better than your new RTX 2080ti
I'm still waiting for the RTX 2080 Ti scam. 😂
@@DawidDoesTechStuff Me too.
Am I lost? I'm about to buy a 2080 ti, what are you talking about?
@@TheGauges420 He was joking
This comment aged like fine wine
for a big subscriber special, you should put out some reverse scams. advertise a gts 450 and give them a 1050 ti instead, and record their reactions
YES
I've seen a lot of these dubious graphics cards on amazon.co.uk recently as well - as soon as I see the VGA port, I laugh and click away. They are also often similarly priced, like $5-15 difference between a real 1050ti and a fake 1050ti, for example. People always think that by getting something cheaper, that it must be a good deal, meanwhile it isn't. Rather spend the extra money and get a genuine card from a genuine seller.
My basic rules for buying online:
1. Look for a high number of positive reviews. Yes, some of those can be faked obviously, but most scammers won't attempt to upload a lot of fake reviews as it's too time-consuming.
2. Price-check over a few sources. If it looks too low in comparison, it's likely a scam.
3. Do your background on the seller. Visit their actual company website. If that is broken, you'd have reason to be suspicious.
Best decision would be to just not buy at amazon imo. Go get your new hardware at a PC or electronics store.
@@jvccr7533 People are too lazy nowadays
YES Please Try "fixing" this new fake GTX 1050 Ti. I want to see if the process would be the same as the Wish graphics card or not.
Awesome! I will look into it. 👍
Perhaps change one of those scam cards to identify as a completely non-existent version? something like Winnebago GTX 1661 PoC sc scam
I'd buy one of those just as a joke, that sounds awesome
I have seen fake graphics cards on Amazon for years now, I first noticed them back in 2018 when people were starting to get into an uproar about the 1060 fakes.
Blank "driver" CD - "I guess these are the viruses you need to hand over your bank details." :-P
"A sentient head of lettuce" - what are you like?
"shroud reminds me of a bad 70s interpretation of Aztec design"... flashes Mayan pyramid
I thought it looked R2-D2 themed personally.
The way you described the scam card and migration of scams is all too perfect.
great video mate
I love how these gtx 1050 gpu's have vga
Instablaster...
Guess I'm lucky I got a 1070 for 100 dollars off before this then
Like a real one? 😅
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@@DawidDoesTechStuff Yeah, I hope so xD
But really, glad it was 2018 so I didn't have to bite my nails wondering if it was a scam or not from Amazon (bought used like new, basically was new but cheaper)
@@FletcherCat i think thats called refurbished
@@Babbages It was brand new, it still had the covers in all the plugs and original packaging, just the outer box was almost completely destroyed
Does "wildebeast" count as overuse of the word "beast"... judges say "no"!!! you're clear. Thanks for the info BTW.
Personally, I like the shroud. I think it looks neat. I'd love to see you do a video of fixing this card, then maybe a few games to show us what it can actually do.
I do love these "I can't believe it's not anthrax" fake reviews. Great work on this video
Second video of yours that I have watched, Dawid (subbed!) - excellent content!
Thanks for doing this Dawid - I feel like I know just enough about PC building to get myself into trouble, and this is a great FYI to those of us who don't have your depth of expertise.
You're the man!
-H
Loved the video, thanks for sharing and taking the time to do these. I've noticed the Amazon scams in MANY other markets, not just GPUs and its actually becoming quite sad to see. I've been a loyal Amazon enthusiast for years now and unfortunately we honestly can't trust anything we buy from them. I have gotten numerous products that are sold, shipped and handled by Amazon themselves that were low quality, fake/clones, knock offs, etc. And not just in electronics. Home goods, water filtration systems, things that people are buying with the intention of improving their health and wellbeing. I suspect maybe even the employees at their distribution centers are replacing legitimate products with cheap, poorly made look alikes, because I almost always order the "ship by amazon" items due to the 2 day shipping... keep up the good work brother, people need to know the truth and take the time to authenticate anything they are buying. Although sometimes even that isn't feasible. Thank you good sir. Many blessings I pray are sent your way.
I wanna see it work for real Dawid!
Cool! I'll get started on that. 👍
the thing i do not understand is that since amazon doesn't pay the scammer immediately but only after the delivery and return window, this means scammers actually close some of those deals, customers keep the card and just suck it up. it's a bizarre world.
Well now we know that if we don't see you uploading videos for a while then your graphics card worked and unleashed and ancient curse to you :c
There's tons of scams on Wish, Ebay, and most of the Chinese websites such as Alibaba or AliExpress, but the amount coming into the Google search engine results is rising along with more bogus products on Amazon.
I just searched 1050ti today and the second sponsored posting is an obvious scam graphics card. Way to go Amazon.
Glad to see your channel gaining more recognition
At least I'm happy that I didn't get scammed when buying my GTX 1050 Ti for 90 Euros on Ebay. Lucky me, I guess?
That sentient head of lettuce line popped me something good. 😂
"A curse that would turn my firstborn son into a sentient head of lettuce" Your humor is hilariously amazing.
I really do like these scamcard unboxings. It's fun to see what you find out about them
DO IT( read it with Palpatine's voice), you know you want to :P. Great video and did you ask Amazon for a refund?
I love how you used a Tamriel map for the migration analogy. 10/10
Your videos are like a much higher quality vintage Linus. I love your stuff man keep doing what you do.
I’ve run into a problem recently like this - not on GPUs, but it looks like “Fulfilled by Amazon” only means “We do the shipping” - not “We stand behind the product and guarantee it’s legit/what you pay for.”
its great that you made this video as a lot of people wouldnt know the difference between a fake and a legit card
Dawid, maybe check into the current graphics card scam on eBay right now, sellers with "lots of stock" with great buy it now prices. There are many on eBay collecting cash from willing victims for "vaporware"
This is a really good suggestion. Thank you. I will go have a look.
You should actually be happy the card didn't blow up something on your test bench, I've seen this fake card on other channels and man..
*they did NOT have fun with it*
When Ebay wouldn't refund me for a fake 750Ti that cost £75 and had pictures (a legit price for 2019) I had my bank take the money back, then disabled remote purchases so they couldn't reclaim it.
They threated me with a court case until I reminded them that the item didn't match the description and the images.
Then they dropped it and have since closed their Ebay account, probably to open a new one, but I tried.
Gotta say Dawid, your content just gets better and better. Excellent job!
scammers are getting smarter, thanks to you guys, tech youtubers
If you really want to get scammed, go on to the Amazon warehouse, and buy a graphics card or PC component from there. There are a lot of return scams going on on Amazon right now, and since Amazon does not verify the contents of a package or the details of the contents in many cases, you can buy a brand new 2018 TI, refund it and send back your old graphics card, and they just relisted on Amazon warehouse deals as a new 2080 TI. That means the next person to get your graphics card gets screwed. I quit buying parts from Amazon warehouse, because of returns scams.
I'll be looking out for your "genuine 2018 Ti" next time I'm looking for a cheap 'n' fast upgrade then. ;-)
Shroud reminds me of Transformers
Crazy how this all gone back when I first started building pcs in 2000 I never saw fake stuff as I didn't have an eBay account. But mid 2000s you could get poor fake PSUs and even ram but now it's everything
"I feel like if i plug this thing into my system it might set some kind of curse upon my house"
Yeah. It's called a fire bro
OEMs also essentially scammed people for a while, eg. HP R9 350 that was a rebadged mobile card on a terribly designed PCB. If I understand right, the R9 350 is basically a rebadged mobile R7 250.
Yes this card scams spreading more than Corona. Been seeing these cards hit some of our localized online retailers as well. Bryan from Tech Yes even did a vid on it recently with Kogan (one of our Aussie online retailers) I strongly suspect his video played a part in the listing being removed.
I wonder if this is some kind of money laundering scam.
I'm just thinking the prices are so low and the amount of effort that goes into these scam cards is actually pretty high, so I find it hard to believe they do much beyond breaking even. I could see this being something like the laundering client putting in dirty money to 'manufacture' the cards, and then the launderer keeping either a certain percentage or just all of the profits made by the cards as their fee.
The one way that Amazon can control scammers would be if payments have to go through Amazon itself (ie. Amazon acts as the middleman between payments). Then I think it would be better but most of this is automated and likely handled by a separate credit card processor that works with Amazon.
That Wildebeest hiding in a Eland body........:)
The fact that you use a eland and not a wildebees when talking about wildebees triggerd me endless nice job dawid :)
The cooler on that fake 1050 actually looks suspiciously similar to a legit 750ti from a few years after the actual card's release. On another note those fake GTX 960's with the blue accents are all over Ebay Australia right for just under $100AU lol.
They put so so much effort for build a fake gpu. Someone should appriciate this.
I don't know why, but I love wish tech videos. Especially when people build full rigs with wish components
These fake cards are a real plague and even in Germany all over the (market-)place, no matter where you look.
Really frustrating when you search for a card and have to shovel all these foul apples away over and over.
Just buy from established resellers.
Can you SLI the two scam cards for roughly RTX2080ti performance?
Yeah, that seems about right. 😂
With the legacy drivers you could run 4 of them in quad-SLI and give the RTX3080 a run for its money. Probably.
Why does this video have only have 11k views? Deserves way more
like 2 years ago there was one of this scam gpu, i bought a gtx 750ti for like 30€, when it arrived the performance sucked, i dug a bit more and found it was a GTS 450! the only 2 things that gave it away was the sketchy box it came in (it just said Graphics card all over the box) and the performance of a wheelchair trying to run gta 5
I actually like that GPU cooler/shroud design honestly. I find it kinda cool and would love to mod it onto an older card I don't care as much about.
this happened to me on newegg..took me two months to get my money back luckily it was just a case and not an expensive piece of hardware
Good stuff! Maybe try and see if the SLI is functional and purchase another one of these. That would be interesting
I am giving a like because you moved the plant and I no longer have to panic about my screen being cracked!
It's like a chop shop sanding down then chassis numbers.
Haha!! Exactly.
It's normal for Chinese products to lie about the contents inside, rarely is it for any deceptive reason. They mostly do it to be nice (even tho they are scamming) but the goal is to hopefully sneak it past customs unnoticed (to avoid fees) for the one who purchased the item.
You with your scam GTX 450 ti: Let's see if this doesn't start a fire when I turn on the PC!
My reference RX 480: HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Hello.Dawid please do a video about fixing the digivolved Gts 450. It now has a soldered 6 pin which makes sense now to use its 1gb memory unlike the previous video which uses only 512mb ddr3 due to the absense of 6pin 😅
"little dazed, confused victim" line got me
From fake GPU's and CPU, I've noticed that those from Amazon specifically are almost always sanded down.
Though not from Wish or eBay.
8:54 - I'm sure you're completely aware, the scammers are buying advertisement (the Sponsored [i] under the image), and according to cost per click it's about $0.34-1.34 per (USD) user who clicks the link.
Just found and 1-starred another scam 1050ti on Amazon US. Seller has about a 50% satisfaction score, and the branding is known for selling.. art supplies. Yeah, a gaming graphics card certainly qualifies for that, right? Not to mention they couldn't even detail the card right, claiming 4 gigs of DDR5. Not GDDR5, DDR5. Maybe I should try sticking that thing in one of my DIMM slots, huh?
I really like your stuff dawid keep it up!!
2:16 - lol, "reminds me of a bad sci fi interpretation of Aztec design.. it makes me feel like if I plug this graphics card into my system, it's going to unleash some terrible curse.." 😆
They didnt "sand the info off" they lapped it for a nice flat surface for the best contact patch for cooler mounting of course!
I don’t understand how they could make a profit from this. I sell products on amazon, including brand new GPUs, primarily from EVGA, and amazon doesn’t make your money available in your account until a week after your item has been confirmed to have been delivered. And that is to prevent you from not sending a product or selling a fake product, such as these. So it amazes me how these scammers could believe they’ll make money through amazon. They also usually only deposit your money from your amazon account into your personal or business account on a two-week period each month.
Useful tips to remove marking on die, just use sandpaper.
I used it on 6200 TurboCache and it worked. I would try it on gt 1030, shall i do it?
I got scammed last year at best buy. Bought a new in the box RX570... unsealed the box when I got home, was a used 2 series AMD that someone had "hot glued" a six power power port to the board and slapped a rx560 sticker on the back. Best buy customer service crapped their pants when they found out
That shroud in the right themed build might look cool.
I got scammed more on amazon than aliexpress, ebay and bunch of other chinese websites.
On top of that I always was able to get some kind of compensation on all those sites, but not on Amazon.
Fun is am getting WISH advertisements during your video! 😂
Can we all appreciate that this guy started in 2017 and now has over 100k subs?
You know you're a Canadian when you use duct tape for everything!🤣🤣🤣 Shout out to Red Green!
...erm, I don't know if this "Wildebeest" thing is a running gag on the channel or something, but the image you're using is an Eland.
Definitely fix the card and then compair it to the one from wish and see which performs better. And see if you can get sli working with the two cards. Sounds like a fun idea to me.
The thing is if you tell Amazion that something is a scam they will refund you and cancel the selling of said item. I know this cause the scam 18650s made it to Amzon and I had them removed. I knew when I bought them that they were a scam. They were 9900mah. I figured they would be something like 1000 to 2200 but they were worse than that they last about 5 mins before dying while still reporting they have a full battery. this makes them something like 1to10mah I can't remember but they are bad.
I love your dumb sense of humor man. It makes your videos so good.
I felt insulted, you mention that VGA port. Im still rocking 9500gt. 😐
fun fact, sanding off identifying marks off of anything is very illegal almost everywhere
there are always scams on Amazon. The difference is when you tell Amazon about it they actually do something about it.
I think the new Nvidia drivers made your system crash, Dawid.
I got a new 1660 super the other day, installed the newest drivers and my pc froze and crashed regardless of what it was doing, i installed older ones after uninstalling the newer ones and it works like a dream.
Fix it with the eeprom usb flash tool you got. It’s worth a shot. If not you can always send it to me and I can flash it :)
Oh for sure! I will put that bad boy to work. 😁
Dawid has a son?!!...omg congrats dude...did I miss a video on the update?..can't wait for the baby unboxing video😉😄
Your videos make me happy during lockdown
I HAVE NEVER ORDERED ANYTHING ONLINE, EVER, BECAUSE I'M SO AFRAID OF GETTING SCAMMED. I assume fulfilled by amazon is more expensive because it's scam proof?
i ordered a few fake cards off wish.... received them, claimed they are fake, got refund, flashed correct bios to it.... full money back and a fully working card to use in something like a HTPC etc :)
What a coincidence! I just bought this card, which I actually intended. I have built a new 3900X system, transferred my existing 5700XT into it, and put this fake GPU into my 3800X system which I turned into a NAS server. I will also be returning the 5700XT into my old PC when the Big Navi releases, which I will be installing into my 3900X system.
Amazon stock is nearly indistinguishable from Gearbest/Banggood/Geekbuying these days.
Our friend the scam card. Id Like to see more about these cards!
I actually like the plastic shroud design more than the ASUS one. Are they interchangeable ?