On Sunday afternoon, January 10th, at about 1:20 PM, a lone male suspect entered a business in the 1000 block of South Baldwin Avenue and offered to sell the employees an assortment of Apple iPhones and Nanos at a discounted price. One of the employees thought that this was suspicious and called APD. Officers arrived and detained the suspect who was in possession of over a half dozen counterfeit Apple products. A 29-year old Los Angeles man was taken into custody and booked at APD on felony charges.
This serves as a good warning and reminds us, "buyer beware." Look for the "Tuesday Tip" next week to cover this type of scam.
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It would be interesting to even see what this counterfeit products looked like! Who can pull off a iPhone look alike, its so detailed.
The only detail that was impressive was the shiny apple. Lack of the iPhone imprint and sloppy graphic spacing on apps were just a couple of clues that the phones were fraudulent. The casing itself is similar, however, if your were comparing "apples"...it was pretty obvious.
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