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German scammer sells hollow RTX 5090 GPUs for $5,000

September 8, 2026, 10:30 UTC · Germany, Germany · Europe · no longer in the live window

A fraudster in Germany sold stripped-out RTX 5090 graphics cards lacking core and memory chips to two buyers for $5,000 despite being worthless.

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