RTX 5090 scam wave
Shocking consumer reports out of India and Europe say buyers who ordered RTX 5090s on Amazon received 1 kg packets of detergent instead of $3,000+ GPUs — and several buyers claim Amazon refused refunds, sparking outrage ( ). Videos and reports show third‑party seller fraud using high‑value listings, underlining the need to buy from reputable vendors and document unboxings (videocardz.com).
Reddit user u/void_SW says his friend Harsh Raj (an IIT‑BHU student) ordered a GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 WindForce OC 32G on March 10 for ₹299,990 (about $3,200) and the package was delivered on March 14 from a listing marked “Fulfilled by Amazon.” (notebookcheck.net) The unboxing footage submitted to Amazon allegedly shows an outer Amazon shipping bag that appeared sealed but an internal retail box with cut factory seals, clear tape covering the cuts, and an aftermarket barcode sticker; the retail box reportedly contained a 1 kg packet of Ghadi detergent. (videocardz.com) The buyer points to a shipping‑label weight of 1.56 kg while publicly listed packaged weights for RTX 5090 desktop cards appear in the ~2.8–3.0 kg range, a discrepancy that the post and subsequent coverage flagged as central evidence. (videocardz.com) According to the poster, Amazon completed an eight‑day review of the claim and denied a refund, telling the buyer the correct item had been shipped despite the video and photos provided. (wccftech.com) Reporting situates the incident inside a wider spike of high‑value GPU bait‑and‑switch scams on major marketplaces, including a Tom’s Hardware investigation that linked at least 42 customers to a scheme sending fanny packs instead of RTX 5090s and a separate German report of a €2,800 RTX order turning up as detergent. (tomshardware.com) Coverage says the seller tied to the March India posts was listed as “Fab World Point” and that several buyers complained about similar orders in the same week, while social posts and community threads encouraged pursuing consumer‑court or legal routes and pushed the story across X and LinkedIn. (gameapps.hk)
