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Apple couldn’t tell fake iPhones from real ones, lost $2.5M to scammers (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by BrikoX to c/apple

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Repair scheme got Apple to replace 6K fake iPhones with real ones.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

These counterfeit phones, Cohen said, were either out of warranty or contained counterfeit parts, but Apple "wrongly" believed that they were real phones under real warranties

This makes it sound the phones were real but out of warranty.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It would be cheaper to buy an iPhone than make a realistic fake. The issue is that apple can't tell the difference and can be scammed over offering new replacements for duds.