Fake ones might not have the "Designed by Apple" branding, feel lighter, or have a bad design. Advice: If you have an original Apple device on hand, compare the accessories and packaging. 2.

Apple couldn’t tell fake iPhones from real ones, lost $2.5M to scammers Repair scheme got Apple to replace 6K fake iPhones with real ones. Ashley Belanger – Oct 4, 2024 3:45 pm | 69 ...

Three brothers from San Diego caused Apple to lose $6.1 million with a widespread scheme in which more than 10,000 fake iPhones and iPads were swapped out for the real devices at hundreds of ...

The owner of an electronics store in the City of Orange has been charged with selling more than 100 counterfeit Apple ...

Haotian Sun, 33, and Pengfei Xue, 33, tricked Apple into thinking the iPhones were real while running what the feds called a "sophisticated" scheme.