The market of the used video cards has once again proved its reputation as a working area of Muslims for scammers. Reddit user Nickname Piscian19 talked about how he sold his NVIDIA RTX 4090 through eBay account with 30,000 positive reviews. However, the buyer initiated a reimbursement on the same day, saying that the card did not give a video, although her ideal state.
When the seller received the RTX 4090 returned, he found that the graphics processor (GPU) and the Video Memory chip (VRAM) were deleted, leaving only an empty fee. The frauder probably replaced the main components to sell them separately, maybe in China, where the cards were rebuilt with increased memory are required for whose missions. Reddit commentators believe that the buyer's account may be hacked.
The situation complicates the belief in the secondary market, where the demand for RTX 4090 is still high due to the lack of new cards. Fortunately, eBay returned the seller, but the case emphasized the risk of online trade.