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Apple couldn’t tell fake iPhones from real ones, lost $2.5M to scammers (arstechnica.com)
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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 47 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Since the scammers spoofed the ID numbers of real phones, it is quite possible that real customers will be affected bu this, so I wonder what will happen if a real customer who has issues with their real phone that had it's ID stolen and needs help....