A Chinese repair channel discovered a counterfeit ASUS GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card containing a plastic block with fake NVIDIA markings instead of a functional GPU die and non-functional scrap memory.

Chinese second-hand markets

Who

Chinese repair channel Brother Zhang, ASUS, NVIDIA

What

When

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:18:06 GMT · 10h 5m ago

Where

Chinese second-hand markets ·

Why

The counterfeit card was sold on second-hand markets to defraud buyers by appearing to be a genuine high-end graphics card.

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How this affects you

This incident highlights the prevalence of sophisticated counterfeit electronics scams in online marketplaces, posing financial risks to consumers and eroding trust in product authenticity.

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