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Yea, ya really gotta wonder how they are going to try to sell these things without getting noticed.
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Reported fake Intel CPU sold at Newegg (first build ever - i7 920)
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Yea, ya really gotta wonder how they are going to try to sell these things without getting noticed.
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and buy a anothe i7 with it! ;0 or some ddr3 2000mhz ram :0
for all we know these were swapped out from the back of the tractor trailer that delivered them and were already sold weeks ago.Yea, ya really gotta wonder how they are going to try to sell these things without getting noticed.
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They also have some more info posted on this issue at [H]ardOCP right here. It seems that Newegg got 300 counterfeit processors out of a 2000 order from a company called D&H Distributing. I don't think I would want to be in D&H Distributing's shoes right about now. Intel is also involved in the investigation too I believe
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I lived in Singapore the past few years and there was a big market for stolen Computer components there because HEAPS of components are made in Malaysia. Computer stores congregated together there and some of them would receive components MUCH before the other stores and would be selling them for outrageous prices. Sadly, People knew what was going on, but continued to fund these thieves by buying the stolen parts.
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Fake or not it is not something you could make up in your basement with an inkjet printer, these guys had a plan...good thing they are going to sweat a bit in the Intel interogation chambers.
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HOLLY CRAP! talk about a scandal! And some time an effort into making fakes!
It almost looks like they took a mold of an actual i7 and made metal replicas!
If you get to keep your fake id friggin frame it and put it in a glass case!
It almost looks like they took a mold of an actual i7 and made metal replicas!
If you get to keep your fake id friggin frame it and put it in a glass case!
im wondering where they made the clear plastic packaging,by the looks of the first picture they didn't use original intel plastic(it looks to cheep of a plastic) insides so they had to have access to a blow mold machine.so it wasn't to small of an outfit.
are you kidding there going to want all of them to look for fingerprints and other clues this is like a $80,000 theft.i wouldn't doubt it if the people responsible are reading this post by now.
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Wow this is very bizarre. I haven't seen this before.
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sorry to dup it, digg didn't come up with anything when it does it's "scan", and it doesn't even get listed under related on the page.
at any rate, digg these up! let's turn on the heat and get some answers.
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Holy crap... that's... i honestly don't know what to say to that... that had to take a ton of time and effort... they better catch the people that are behind this. I'm glad i got my i7 in 08.
Who would do something like this though...?
Who would do something like this though...?
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0.o wow, found this through the FB page, talk about bad luck.
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