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jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago

Apple couldn’t tell fake iPhones from real ones, lost $2.5M to scammers

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Apple couldn’t tell fake iPhones from real ones, lost $2.5M to scammers

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jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago
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Repair scheme got Apple to replace 6K fake iPhones with real ones.
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    If you want to do less math you can just drop some zeroes and say it’s the same as making $70k while losing $2.50

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      Or make $7000 while losing a quarter. Or to bring it to wallet-level, making $7 while losing one-fourth of a penny.

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        How useful! I can’t count the number of quarter-pennies I’ve lost…

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          I remember once I lost FOUR quarter pennies all at once !

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