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Title: iPhone scalpers used bots to buy millions of dollars’ worth of iPhone 15 models, says report Post by: HCK on October 04, 2023, 04:05:06 pm iPhone scalpers used bots to buy millions of dollars’ worth of iPhone 15 models, says report
<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/09/iPhone-scalpers-used-bots.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500)</div><p>A cybersecurity (https://9to5mac.com/guides/security/) company says that iPhone scalpers seeking to profit from early demand for iPhone 15 (https://9to5mac.com/guides/iphone-15/) models used bots to make millions of dollars’ worth of purchases from the Apple website as soon as orders went live.</p> <p>The activity is lucrative for scalpers – who are able to resell the devices for hundreds of dollars over the retail price to those who are otherwise facing long delays to order through Apple – but in turn increase the waiting time for legitimate customers …</p> <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/28/iphone-scalpers/#more-911011" data-post-id="911011" data-layer-pagetype="post" data-layer-postcategory="iphone-15,iphone-15-pro,iphone-15-pro-max" data-layer-viewtype="unknown" class="more-link">more…[/url] Source: iPhone scalpers used bots to buy millions of dollars’ worth of iPhone 15 models, says report (https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/28/iphone-scalpers/) |