Warning about scams following iPhone 17

Recently, scammers have taken advantage of Apple's iPhone 17 launch event to create many scams to steal property. Many people have become victims when making buying and selling transactions via social networks.

The trap of "trading old for new"

Ms. NTGM, a resident of Son Kien commune, said she almost had her personal information stolen because she registered to participate in the program to collect her old iPhone and exchange it for a new one.

According to Ms. M, on September 15, she received a call from a strange phone number, this person's name is My and he introduced himself as an employee of the Cellphones Store system.

Many users become victims when making transactions to buy, sell, or exchange iPhones online due to scammers setting traps.

“My asked me what phone I was using, I told her I was using an iPhone 13 Promax, so My introduced me to the program that Cellphones was running to trade in my old iPhone to upgrade to a new iPhone. My said I just had to send my old phone to the store, then pay more money to buy an iPhone 17 Promax with 1TB capacity at a much cheaper price than the market price. Because I wanted to change my phone, I agreed to participate,” Ms. M said.

Ms. M asked My how to do it, My said she just needed to take a picture of the phone she was using, along with her personal information and send it back to My for the store to evaluate and quote a purchase price. The price that the store supported under the program was from 7 to 15 million VND.

When Ms. M asked to go to the Cellphones Store on Nguyen Trung Truc Street to make a direct transaction, My refused on the grounds that the branch in Rach Gia Ward did not support this program because it was only implemented by stores in Ho Chi Minh City.

Ms. M continued to share: “I started to have doubts so I did not rush to provide the phone's image and personal information to My. I directly contacted the Cellphones Store at Nguyen Trung Truc branch, Rach Gia ward to ask and was told that the store does accept old iPhones for new iPhones, but customers must bring their phones in person for the technical department to assess and quote. The price to support customers will depend on the technical department's assessment results. There is no transaction of old iPhone exchange program staff with customers via phone or social networks."

Beware of "wheel of fortune"

Student D.PN, a 7th grader living in My Thuan commune, received a call from a strange phone number. This person introduced himself as Lam and was an employee of The Gioi Di Dong Store. Lam called to inform that N had become one of 100 lucky customers selected to participate in the iPhone 17 Promax prize draw.

“When I saw my child asking for 200,000 VND to buy a phone card, I asked and N boasted that he was selected to participate in the lucky draw to win the new iPhone 17. I wondered, because no one in my family has recently shopped at The Gioi Di Dong Store, and my child is a student, so how could he be a potential customer to participate in the lucky draw? I found it strange, so I asked my child to call the above person back to talk. When I asked, Lam answered in a roundabout way, could not explain what I was wondering, but only focused on talking about the advantages of the new iPhone line, emphasizing that my family could own an iPhone for only 0 VND through this gratitude program of the store,” said Ms. PTNL, N’s mother.

Going directly to the Mobile World Store near her house to ask, Ms. L was informed that there is currently no lucky spin program to win iPhone 17 as the other person presented, nor is there a need to deposit money or perform tasks to win the phone. All information about promotional programs or special offers are updated on the official website of Mobile World so that customers can learn, update and participate.

In addition to the common scams above, scammers are more sophisticated when installing malware through fake links or improving websites with interface designs similar to official Apple websites or famous phone retail systems and stores to scam and steal user information. Users need to put vigilance first, always verify information, and avoid becoming victims of scams.

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Source: https://baoangiang.com.vn/canh-bao-ve-cac-chieu-tro-lua-dao-an-theo-iphone-17-a465083.html