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p>Unsurprisingly, the real Apple does not provide the Bitcoin-doubling service.

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p>Some people are struggling to contain their gadget lust after the launch of the new iPhone (opens in a new window). The hype is always something else with Apple products and, even though I use several and love the things it's the reason the extremes of its fan base are so easy to caricature. Apple can do anything! It could, but it won't double your Bitcoin.

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p>Several years ago there was a spate of scams on YouTube that were based on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. They tricked users onto authentic-looking websites through advertisements, which is basically. The scammers were thwarted, but they returned during the Apple iPhone 13 unveiling. As reported by the security firm ZScaler (opens in new tab) A channel designed to look similar to the official Apple livestream ran alongside the real launch and attracted some 16,000 viewers. The channel was created in a fairly sophisticated way with appropriate logos and words and even had 1.3 million subscribers.

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p>During the event, the channel connected to a website multiple times. The website was designed to look like Apple's official website (including "apple" in URL). However, in this bizarrely Apple was apparently offering to giveaway 1,000 Bitcoin (there was also an Ethereum option). That's roughly $42 million or PS31 million worth worth of crypto.

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p>Runescape and EVE players will appreciate the next phase, in which the way to win is that users have to send bitcoin to a wallet account, with the promise it would be doubled and then returned. https://safebin.net/ The 'doubling money' scam (opens in new tab) has been all over Runescape for years, and it's as easy as it sounds: you pledge to double any money you give to you, and then... walk off with it instead.

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p>What do you think? Any crypto sent to the fake Apple wallet was not, in actual fact, returned. ZScaler estimates that the account received 1.48299884 Bitcoin which is about $69k. The fraudsters would have no doubt thought"nice!. Here's live footage.

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p>This is an example of how if something seems too good to be actually be true, it probably is.

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p>It's easy to laugh at the thought of people falling for these scams we all do daft things and are all potential victims. The whole reason this one worked was that it leveraged Apple's strengths, including the euphoria that surrounds a new product launch and the company's capacity for surprise announcements. They also orchestrated the attack using live footage of Tim Cook and others talking (opens in new tab). It's not perfect, but it is certainly not dumb.

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p>Today, I'd like to announce the launch of the brand-new PC Gamer dollar-doubling service, to be managed by myself.

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p>Rich is a game journalist with 15 years of experience. He began his career at Edge magazine and then worked for a variety of publications, including the Guardian, IGN (New Statesman), Polygon, and Vice. He was editor of Kotaku UK, the UK arm of Kotaku, for three years prior to joining PC Gamer.

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