Facebook users warned over 'free iPhone' scam

#1 Macworld

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Posted 05 October 2010 - 10:31 AM

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Posted 05 October 2010 - 10:47 AM

Facebook should warn users against using Facebook.

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Posted 05 October 2010 - 10:50 AM

Heh, even if this was legit, a "free" iPhone wouldn't be free as long as you need an account at AT&T (or another carrier) to make the thing functional.

(Which is why I've never understood the giving of cellphones as birthday/Christmas gifts - obligating the recipient to a two-year contract at $50+/mo doesn't sound like much of a "gift" to me.)

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Posted 05 October 2010 - 10:57 AM

DavidMatthews92jx, on 05 October 2010 - 10:50 AM, said:

What if it was an unlocked iPhone? Those are available in Canada and other countries.
What if you give the gift of an iPhone to someone who you know already has a cell phone account? They wouldn't have to pay anything more.
And if I gave you a Porsche (or a different car that you like) would you be unhappy? After all, you still need to buy gas to make it functional.

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Posted 05 October 2010 - 11:09 AM

Stupid should hurt. Anyone falling for a "free phone" wouldn't be put off by a warning, and deserves his or her fate.

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Posted 05 October 2010 - 11:14 AM

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“If you’ve fallen for this trick, I wouldn’t hold your breath waiting for a new iPhone,” said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos.

Did the man have to change his surname to get this job with a company called "Sophos"? (sophos, from the greek for "wise")

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“Facebook users need to learn to think before they ‘like’ and ‘share’ suspicious pages on Facebook.

This really made me laugh. Yes, the wise man from Sophos says "get a clue"

Ok, I bet he's heard this joke a zillion times. But really!

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Posted 05 October 2010 - 11:46 AM

Why would Facebook bother with a warning?? The only ones who would fall for such a transparent come-on would be naive kids with nothing better to do than waste their time on inane activities.

Oh.

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Posted 05 October 2010 - 01:06 PM

Hmmm, social networks what a way to spread disease. If you think about it, they track real world diseases (even STD's) by looking at a who a person hangs around with and knows - e.g. their "social network". Guess cyber life truly is imitating real life more than we know.

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Posted 05 October 2010 - 07:40 PM

perdygood, on 05 October 2010 - 10:47 AM, said:

Facebook should warn users against using Facebook.

LOL.
I mean, what's wrong with a phone call? Most everyone has one of those fancy gadgets, and they need care nothing about clicking on the wrong link.

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Posted 06 October 2010 - 06:45 AM

At least users typing out mindless drivel on facebook at 3am are not bothering me with calls or txt's. Facebook has probably helped reduce the incidence of "drunk dialing".

Another plus is that facebook is akin to voicemail on the phone... except that people don't mind being automatically transferred to it and having to "leave a message" with the promise that "i'll get back to you". Because it's a two-way street. It's just a greatly inflated voicemail system!

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