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The fraudsters apparently have ways to prevent their helpers from walking away with a free IPhone.
by bayesian_horse 8y ago
The fraudsters apparently have ways to prevent their helpers from walking away with a free IPhone.
- DangerousPie 8y agoGiven that we're talking about organized crime here I would assume that these ways include very credible threats of violence.
- bayesian_horse 8y agoWhich may sound easier than it is, considering that the fraudsters need a good quantity of fake customers and want to avoid tipping off the "geniuses" by having enforcers hover in the vicinity.
- GuB-42 8y agoThe fraudsters could simply sell the fake iPhones to the fake customers for a bit less than the market price of a refurbished iPhone, and then buy the illegally obtained replacement at price. The fake customer gets to keep the difference as a commission, or keep the iPhone if he prefers to. If the swapping fraud works, that's win/win in any case, except for Apple.
- bayesian_horse 8y agoThat would mean the fake customers would have to invest the price of an IPhone, and risk losing that amount of money because either the Apple shop is onto the fraud or the fraudsters just rip THEM off, too. Not that simple.