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Fake iPhone return scam cost Apple $12 million in losses, five people charged of fraud
We have seen these kind of scams before, but this particularly case is on a ginormous industry-like scale. Five people...
Essentially, people would take near-worthless fake lookalike iPhone models into the Apple Store, claiming they are faulty and asking for a replacement device. According to the indictment, the scheme ran from December 2014 through March 2024, with coordination with groups in China where the counterfeit devices were sourced. It is possible the crime incidentally deprived genuine customers of claiming legitimate warranty repairs, as Apple’s systems would have already processed the model identifiers previously.
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