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Scammers Sell Fake RTX 4090 with Plastic GPU Die for Just $222 - tech|
| (hx) 12:41 PM CEST - Jun,20 2026 | 
Scammers in China are selling fake RTX 4090 graphics cards for around $222, using a plastic GPU die instead of real silicon.
The counterfeit cards are marked with impossible future production dates like 2030 and contain no working VRAM, making them completely non-functional.
A Chinese hardware shop owner discovered the scam after buying what was advertised as a broken but potentially repairable card.
Physical inspection revealed the fake die had incorrect markings, a smooth plastic texture, no QR code, and lacked proper adhesive.
This marks a new level of GPU counterfeiting, building on previous scams involving swapped or hollow dies.
Buyers are strongly warned to avoid suspiciously cheap high-end GPUs and to thoroughly inspect hardware before purchase.
We've seen a wide variety of fake GPUs end up on Tom's
Hardware, including entirely hollow ones that don't have a die to begin
with. Now, scammers have found a new trick to make the con more
believable — they're selling graphics cards with dies made out of
plastic. That's what happened with Brother Zhang, a well-known Chinese
hardware shop owner, who came across a used, broken RTX 4090 purchased
for roughly $222.
The VRAM wasn't made out of plastic, which is a real possibility, but all the chips were "scrap" and only put there to fill up the PCB. So, neither the GPU nor the GDDR6X memory was real. Brother Zhang essentially got a $200 paperweight that looks kind of cool if you're a hardware geek. Thankfully, this card didn't belong to any customer, and the fact that it ended up with a repair shop means it can serve as a precautionary tale.
Always remain vigilant when making secondhand purchases, especially for expensive parts like a graphics card. In this day and age, just benchmarking a GPU isn't enough because scammers have been known to swap RTX 4090 dies for RTX 3090 or 3080 silicon. If a deal looks too good to be true, it more than likely is. Unless you can open up the card to check its PCB, make sure to tally the benchmark results with the performance you see for it online
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