{"id":186882,"date":"2023-09-11T17:12:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T17:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=186882"},"modified":"2023-09-11T17:12:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T17:12:39","slug":"russians-desperate-for-new-iphone-scammed-into-buying-bricks-from-fake-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/russians-desperate-for-new-iphone-scammed-into-buying-bricks-from-fake-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Russians desperate for new iPhone scammed into ‘buying bricks’ from fake sites"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Desperate Russians in the market for a new iPhone are falling foul of a new scam where they get something very different in exchange for their hard earned rubles instead.<\/p>\n

    According to Russian news outlet Baza on Telegram, scammers are praying on Russians unable to buy iPhones via legal means in the country because of Apple pulling out when the country first invaded Ukraine. <\/p>\n

    Online shops and marketplaces on Russia-based social media sites are now being used as a last ditch attempt at getting hold of the latest device \u2013 currently the 14 series, as the iPhone 15 is set to be announced later this week.<\/p>\n

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    However, Russians using random sites to buy the device are getting a huge shock when a parcel arrives, as there are now several reports of people unwrapping housing bricks instead of the iPhone.<\/p>\n

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    But the scam takes an even more mad turn, as it has emerged that sellers are buying the fake items from themselves and then reporting it to the website\/marketplace as a scam . . . and getting compensation back from the website in the process.<\/p>\n

    A source speaking to Baza \u2013 Russian for The Base \u2013 said: \u201cThe bottom line is this: the seller opens a fictitious 'shop' on the marketplace, after which he displays a non-existent product on the window, orders it from himself, and then returns it back.<\/p>\n

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