Comment by runjake
I've bought two counterfeit drives on Amazon -- one in 2024, and one in 2025. One sold by Amazon. Another I thought I was buying from Amazon directly but came from a seller.
They looked completely, COMPLETELY legit. Enough that I initially doubted OEM support when the drives failed and I contacted them and they pointed out my drive's serial number doesn't even match the legit's format. They weren't even relabeled from a lower tier model.
The saving grace is that I have Prime, so getting refunds was relatively easy after a couple quick back and forths.
What's crazy to me is that a small retailer selling counterfeit goods would be sued hard if not investigated for fraud. But Amazon can keep doing it without worries.