A gentleman who lives in India by the name of Maninder Walia, claims to have received a piece of a brick from Amazon India instead of the OnePlus One handset he ordered. Images posted on the man's Facebook page show what appears to be a piece of a brick sitting inside a OnePlus One box. Peeling away some of the tape used on the outside of the package, revealed that it had seemingly been tampered with.
Thieves will often remove a device from its box, replace it with something that weighs approximately the same, re-seal the box and sell it at a "bargain" price. Back in October 2012, a box that was was supposed to contain an iPad, purchased from a Walmart store for a birthday present, contained only notepads inside. One month later, a similar incident took place. A lady purchasing an iPad from a shady character standing in a gas station parking lot, lost $200 when the sealed box contained a mirror instead of a tablet.

Amazon has told Mr. Walia that it is looking into the matter. Based on a comment he made, it seems that the purchase cost him the equivalent of $340 USD. It would also seem that the phone that was swapped for the brick fragment was supposedly the 64GB Sandstone Black version of the OnePlus One.

investigation is ongoing