Apple couldn’t tell fake iPhones from real ones, lost $2.5M to scammers
Apple couldn’t tell fake iPhones from real ones, lost $2.5M to scammers
arstechnica.com Apple couldn’t tell fake iPhones from real ones, lost $2.5M to scammers
Repair scheme got Apple to replace 6K fake iPhones with real ones.
Repair scheme got Apple to replace 6K fake iPhones with real ones.
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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.
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.