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<p>It is not surprising that the real Apple does not offer a Bitcoin-doubling service. </p> <p>As always, the announcement of a brand new iPhone (opens in a new tab) has certain folks struggling to contain their gadget-love. Apple products are always a big hit and I am a huge fan of all of them however, it's easy to see why the extremes of its fanbase can be easily illustrated. Apple can do anything! It might but it won't increase your Bitcoin. </p> <p>A number of YouTube scams involving Bitcoin and other currencies were launched several years ago. These scams lured users to fake websites through advertisements. The scammers were thwarted, but they came back during the Apple iPhone 13 unveiling. As reported by online security firm ZScaler (opens in new tab) the channel was set up to look like the official Apple livestream ran alongside the real launch and attracted around 16,000 viewers. The channel was set up in a reasonably sophisticated manner with appropriate logos and wording and even had 1.3 million subscribers. </p> <p>The channel linked to a website frequently during the event, which was created to resemble Apple's official site (including the word "apple" in the URL) except-and it's amazing people were fooled by it?-this bizarre land Apple was apparently offering to give away 1,000 Bitcoin (there was also an Ethereum option). This is roughly $42 million or PS31 million worth worth of crypto. </p> <p>Runescape and EVE players will be delighted by the next part, whereby the method for the giveaway is that users have to transfer bitcoin to a wallet address, with the promise it would be doubled and then returned. The 'double money' scam (opens in a new tab) has been around in Runescape for years, and it's as simple as it sounds: you promise to double any money that is given to you, and then... leave with it instead. </p> <p>What do you think? What do you think? Any crypto transferred to the fake Apple wallet wasn't returned. ZScaler estimates that the account was able to receive 1.48299884 Bitcoin that is roughly $69k. As the criminals would surely say"nice. Here's live footage. </p> <p>In all honesty, this is a reminder of the rule of thumb that if something sounds too appealing to be true, it probably is. </p> <p>And while it may be easy to laugh at the thought of being sucked into these scams, we all make mistakes and are all susceptible to becoming victims. The whole reason this one worked was that it leveraged Apple's strengths, including the excitement that is generated by a new product launch and the company's capacity for surprise announcements, and orchestrated the attack using live footage of Tim Cook and others talking (opens in a new tab). It may be scummy, but it is certainly not dumb. </p> <p>Now, I would like to announce the launch of the brand-new PC Gamer dollar-doubling service, to be managed by myself. </p> <p>Rich is a journalist for games with 15 years of experience. He started his career at Edge magazine and then worked for many outlets including the Guardian, IGN (New Statesman), Polygon, and Vice. Prior to joining PC Gamer, Rich was editor of Kotaku UK. The UK part of Kotaku was his first job. </p> https://safebin.net/
