The iPhone is already drawing scam artists looking to make a quick buck off the hot little gizmo. Although we won’t see an iPhone for sale for at least six months, that’s not stopping phony web sites from pretending to sell it.
I came across a Google ad that promises an iPhone for “half off!” I clicked on the link, and sure enough, the site, which calls itself Half Mania, is selling the iPhone for $250. It even has what looks like an image straight from Apple’s web site to depict the phone.
How does Half Mania claim that it can sell an iPhone for $250? Sponsors subsidize the sale, Half Mania claims, and all you have to do is view advertisements to get your $250 iPhone. How does Half Mania even pretend to have one of these precious babies in stock? Well, I’ll never know because I didn’t proceed to the advertisements.
Let’s hope most consumers out there are aware that the iPhone won’t hit the production floor for months.
Cynthia Brumfield at 12:14 AM|Comments(0)
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