From the outside the box looks perfectly normal… right?

Zoom in on the label, and you see some of the problems immediately. What exactly is a “sochet,” anyway? (And the Intel logo is stamped into the hologram at the upper-left.)

The back of the box. Note that this CPU supports Hyper.Threading.

Another look inside the box, showing the “heat sink and fan” inside.

A closer look at the fan and heat sink. It would be pretty hard to use this molded plastic unit for anything. And the manual? Unsurprisingly, a sheaf of blank pages stapled together.

A closer look at the molded plastic “heat sink” included in the box.

From the top, the processor in the package looks totally legit.

Fake Intel Core i7 CPU – “Processor” Rear
The underside of the processor is somewhat less convincing however. Is that lead?
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