Hot Gadgets Make Great Internet Scams 

Bob is a 34 year old graphic designer who loves everything Apple. He went on the Internet to read up about the new IPhone. He came across an ad offering to send an “unlocked” US phone to the UK. The ad talked about it being successfully tested with different UK phone operators.

“They warned that the voice mail option wouldn’t work and that I couldn’t use the Apple software updates. But these warning just made it sound more plausible.

I was tempted because I wanted to be one of the first to get an IPhone but I also thought with the exchange rate it would be cheaper than buying one in the UK. So, I bought one but it never showed up.

Then I realised that I had handed over my credit card details to scammers. I had to cancel the credit card but not before there were already debts on the account.

I just felt stupid because I knew that people weren’t supposed to sell “unlocked” IPhones. So I should have realised the people selling them were not legitimate. I can’t believe I gave them my credit card. Next time I’ll pay more to make sure I get my product and that I can trust the company with my financial details”, says Bob