Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful They say Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and since the Samsung 990 Pro is one of the best SSDs, it's easy to see why there are so many clones of the PCIe 4.0 drive on the market. Japanese news outlet Akiba PC Hotline! recently examined one of the latest fake Samsung 990 Pro drives, and the quality behind the clone is both impressive and frightening at the same time. The box is the very first thing that catches your eye when you buy any product, and SSD counterfeiters are aware of this. They have poured more time and resources into perfecting the package to deceive even the most experienced customers. As highlighted in the Japanese publication, the box for the counterfeit SDD can be almost indistinguishable from that of the genuine drive. One subtle giveaway was that the fake box includes a header for hanging on display racks, a detail the original lacks.…