GeForce RTX 4090 sold on eBay is returned with stolen components

At a time when it is still quite difficult to find a recent GPU of Nvidia at the recommended prices, many people are investing in older items. However, an ebay salesman who used the store to sell his RTX 4090 found that Not everyone who turns to this decision are doing this to save money.

Published on Nvidia’s Reddit channel, Piscian19’s report has gained fame in recent days how unusual it is. He explains that he sold a sign a few weeks ago to a very active user on the site, who had his own store and over 30,000 reviews of his transactions.

Although he was suspicious of the buyer, who led him to take several photos of the RTX 4090, he still sold and sent the product, paying the insurance offered by Ebay. As soon as the item arrived at the destination, a return process was started and the hardware was sent back – But all its internal components had been stolen.

RTX 4090 returned without its main components

According to the seller shared on Reddit, the only aspect of the GPU that denounced that there was something wrong with her was that her connector was returned with damage. He only found out the real impact of what was done with the hardware as soon as he opened, revealing an empty interior.

The commentators of the site claim to believe that There is a great chance that the components of RTX 4090 have stopped in Chinawhich faces a large blockade of electronic items manufactured by Nvidia. There, they can even be “revamped” in a model that comes with other hardware pieces, or “improved” with more vram and resold for artificial intelligence training purposes.

Pistian19 states that despite the headache, it has not suffered any financial loss, as Ebay said it can get the money from the sale and what is left of the GPU. He also claims to suspect that the profile used for purchase was hacked as a way to gain others’ confidence and apply several blows to the platform.

Fonte: Reddit