Products that are sold after the year they have been manufactured are not scams.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E939BFY?tag=synack-20&linkCode=...
"2M hours MTBF rating & 5-year limited warranty"
Product Warranty: For warranty information about this product, please click https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71+GyVRorWS.pdf [PDF ]
"This Limited Warranty applies to new HGST HDDs purchased from an authorized HGST dealer by the original purchaser for normal use and not for resale."
"To determine the warranty period for your specific Product, please visit www.hgst.com."
hgst.com? sure looks like legit 5 year warranty for this new drive! What do the customers say?
> Do not buy from Quiet Day Shopping - USED drives Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2021 Verified Purchase Purchased 2x OEM Bare drives, sold as new. Received 2x beat up drives used for > 2khrs according to SMART logs on the drives. Lots of wonderful SMART errors on the drives as well. Had to pay $15 to ship them back. Very damn annoyed. Do not buy from "Quiet Day Shopping", you will not receive new OEM bare drives, but will instead receive used and abused garbage. Really, don't purchase drives from this page. You're unlikely to receive what you want.