[Dismas]

Looks like EVGA lost a truck full of 3000-series cards. No doubt, the truck must have been carrying hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of GPUs.

The stolen cards are not protected under warranty, so be careful if you notice any cards being sold at suspicious prices.

Truck Containing Several EVGA GeForce RTX 30 Series Graphics Cards Stolen In California

The shipment was carrying "graphics cards valued between $329.99 up to $1959.99 MSRP," according to VideoCardz. It is speculated that the GeForce RTX 3060 up to 3090 models were the contents of the stolen shipment.

However, EVGA is aware of the exact cards stolen, which means that any registering of the GPUs for warranties will not be accessible. In fact, this situation may cause EVGA to investigate how each stolen card was acquired, forcing customers who purchased the stolen merchandise to return said product to EVGA Headquarters.

We are reminding our readers that if you intend to purchase a GPU from a source, such as eBay, Craig's List, and others, ensure that the graphics cards you are buying are "from a legal source," and make sure to ask the seller of the GPU for some form of proof of purchase or even a serial code, allowing you to verify it was not one of the cards stolen off the shipment.

The following was submitted to the EVGA forums six days ago.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on October 29, 2021, a shipment of EVGA GeForce RTX 30-Series Graphics Cards was stolen from a truck en route from San Francisco to our Southern California distribution center.

These graphics cards are in high demand and each has an estimated retail value starting at $329.99 up to $1959.99 MSRP.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that under state and Federal law:

• It is a criminal and civil offense to “buy or receive” property that has been stolen. Cal. Penal Code section 496(a).
  
• It is also a criminal and civil offense to “conceal, sell, withhold, or aid in concealing selling or withholding” any such property.
  

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER notice that:

• If you are able to successfully register your product and see it under My Products, then your product is NOT affected by this notice, you can also check the serial number at the EVGA Warranty Check page to see if it is affected.
  
• EVGA will NOT REGISTER or HONOR ANY WARRANTY or UPGRADE claims on these products.
  

If you have or receive any information relating to these products, please share that with us at stopRTX30theft@evga.com.
We appreciate your attention to this issue.

Thank you,
EVGA Management

Read More: https://wccftech.com/evga-continues-to-h...ds-stolen/

[mothered]

I wouldn't be surprised If It's an Inside job.

[Spooky]

I wouldn't be surprised If It's an Inside job.

I was talking to my brother about it and he thinks it’s an attempt to soil the re-selling market for these. They are doing a lot of FUD to stop mining as much as possible.

[Drako]

Shipment theft has become more and more common over these past weeks. Since everything is grinding to a halt, shipments are sitting around everywhere. This leaves opportunities for theieves.

But, I wouldn't be surprised if it was an inside job.

[Dismas]

The talk of it being an "inside job" has me thinking of a particular Jason Statham movie...

[mothered]

I was talking to my brother about it and he thinks it’s an attempt to soil the re-selling market for these. They are doing a lot of FUD to stop mining as much as possible.

That's actually a very good point.

It's certainly a possibility.

[Boudica]

I was going to say, if you're after a warranty when buying on Ebay, simply ask for the S/N and check it. If they won't give it to you, then you can assume it's one of the stolen goods.

I wouldn't be surprised If It's an Inside job.

I was talking to my brother about it and he thinks it’s an attempt to soil the re-selling market for these. They are doing a lot of FUD to stop mining as much as possible.

I can certainly see that line of logic. However, I have this feeling this won't stop the re-selling. If there's a market, there's going to be re-selling, right? Bloody scalpers.

[Marshland]

Lol, love the mail address they set up. Might as wel set up a dontdocrimepeople@ evga.com

[Boudica]

Lol, love the mail address they set up. Might as wel set up a dontdocrimepeople@ evga.com

I missed that part lmfao.

"stopRTX30theft@evga.com"

[Dismas]

Some of the cards were located in Vietnam, after being blacklisted by EVGA:
https://www.notebookcheck.net/A-stolen-t...622.0.html