iPad fraud: Boxes containing modeling clay sold in Canada
Jan 19, 2012 - 12:55 AM EST ? AAPL: 428.25 (+3.55, +0.84%) | NASDAQ: 2759.37 (+31.29, +1.15%)
?Walmart and London Drugs say that fake Apple iPad 2s made of clay are also appearing on their store shelves, a day after electronic giants Future Shop and Best Buy revealed they are launching a major fraud investigation into the scam,? Darcy Wintonyk reports for CTV News.?In most of the cases, the popular tablet computers are bought for cash and then swapped out for a piece of modelling clay,? Wintonyk reports. ?The boxes are then re-wrapped and returned to the store, only to end up back on the shelves and resold to other unsuspecting customers.?
?Future Shop and Best Buy say as many as 10 fake models were sold in their Metro Vancouver locations. London Drugs said it is aware of four incidents in the past month. Walmart officials haven?t provided an exact tally, but officials said they are investigating fewer than 10 cases,? Wintonyk reports. ?Scam artists are taking advantage of the popularity of Apple?s latest offering, says Future Shop spokesperson Elliott Chun. ?It?s really sad that people stoop to these low levels to take advantage of really hot sellers. As you probably know, tablets were the number one touted gift items for the holidays this year,? he said.?
MacDailyNews Take: No, they weren?t. Well, ?touted,? maybe. But, iPads were the number one gift items for the holidays this year, not ?tablets.? People don?t want fake iPads, they want real iPads.
Wintonyk reports, ?For its part, Apple says it is part of the investigation, but has refused to comment on any of the frauds. Both Walmart and London Drugs say the shrink-wrapping on the bogus products was professionally done, so the items did not look tampered with. Future Shop and Best Buy said their policies on returning wrapped tablet computers changed in early January because of the frauds.?
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