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836 Unlucky buyer purchases external Seagate HDD, gets an SD card glued inside a plastic shell

Tom's Hardware
Tom's Hardware · 10/28/2025 06:30 EDT

Unlucky buyer purchases external Seagate HDD, gets an SD card glued inside a plastic shell

An unfortunate user on Reddit bought a 1TB Seagate Backup Plus Slim external hard drive, only to find out that they've been scammed. Inside the enclosure was an SD card for storage, with metal blocks attached to a fake weight.

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