A customer in the UK has allegedly received a fake iPhone 15 Pro Max after ordering the new smartphone directly from Apple.
Reddit user, theEdmard, shared the experience in a post yesterday. The iPhone 15 Pro Max order was placed on the Apple UK website and confirmation emails and tracking details were provided as normal.
Once my package arrived, as you can see in my Imgur Gallery, I immediately knew it wasn't right. I opened the box and the first thing I notice is the screen protector, first thoughts were, had I been sent a return? The next thing I notice when I turn it on, the screen isnt right, it lights up the black area in a way that is clearly not OLED and the bottom has a 'Chin' which suggests this is not correct for the phone. Once I turned it on I was greeted with a very poor setup process and I immediately clocked that it was an android device in a skin. It may have convinced my Grandad but I could tell very quickly (especially when I saw actual android toasts popping up in some cases)
Notably, the delivered phone matched the spec ordered, Pro Max in natural titanium, indicating that perhaps the scammer was looking to do more than just steal the real iPhone. theEdmard suggests that perhaps the hope is to capture login credentials or banking details from unsuspecting users.
It's also unclear where in the supply chain the real iPhone was swapped for a knockoff.
At first I thought DPD did the switch but they assure me that the box was sealed properly and so it was never opened or tampered with so couldnt of been them... Then I thought it might be at the supplier end? What's crazy to me is that the whole delivery was trackable through the apple website and the tracking number on the box and everything matched so the process wasn't broken at all from apple's side either. Very interesting.
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Reddit user, theEdmard, shared the experience in a post yesterday. The iPhone 15 Pro Max order was placed on the Apple UK website and confirmation emails and tracking details were provided as normal.
Once my package arrived, as you can see in my Imgur Gallery, I immediately knew it wasn't right. I opened the box and the first thing I notice is the screen protector, first thoughts were, had I been sent a return? The next thing I notice when I turn it on, the screen isnt right, it lights up the black area in a way that is clearly not OLED and the bottom has a 'Chin' which suggests this is not correct for the phone. Once I turned it on I was greeted with a very poor setup process and I immediately clocked that it was an android device in a skin. It may have convinced my Grandad but I could tell very quickly (especially when I saw actual android toasts popping up in some cases)
Notably, the delivered phone matched the spec ordered, Pro Max in natural titanium, indicating that perhaps the scammer was looking to do more than just steal the real iPhone. theEdmard suggests that perhaps the hope is to capture login credentials or banking details from unsuspecting users.
It's also unclear where in the supply chain the real iPhone was swapped for a knockoff.
At first I thought DPD did the switch but they assure me that the box was sealed properly and so it was never opened or tampered with so couldnt of been them... Then I thought it might be at the supplier end? What's crazy to me is that the whole delivery was trackable through the apple website and the tracking number on the box and everything matched so the process wasn't broken at all from apple's side either. Very interesting.
Check out a few images below and hit the link for the full story.
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