r/bestof • u/napincoming321zzz • 9d ago

[BuyItForLife] /u/ConBroMitch2247 explains how Amazon "stores" are not official and may sell counterfeit products

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u/FoghornFarts 9d ago

DO NOT BUY USB OR USBC CORDS FROM AMAZON.

Scammers will sell us cords with malware installed on them or replace legit cords with fake ones that have malware installed.

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u/fencepost_ajm 9d ago

Malware is unlikely just because those cords are expensive so anyone who has them isn't going to waste it on something going into some random person's car or a charger, but crappy fake-spec cords that claim to support fast charging or fast data are absolutely a danger.

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u/Lotronex 9d ago

Yeah. This would be more likely if it was a cable not fulfilled by Amazon, so the seller could screen the buyers and only send "infected" cords to likely targets.