How an 18-year-old scammer made over UAH 300,000 on fake iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max
12 people fell for the 18-year-old fraudster from Rivne.
12 people fell for the 18-year-old fraudster from Rivne.
The guy posted an ad on the OLX website for the sale of iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max mobile phones. To customers who wanted to purchase a phone, the suspect mailed a dummy phone in a branded box.
"Buyers at the post office did not check whether the real phone was sent to them, but only looked to see if there was anything in the box. After that, they sent money to the seller through the postal service. Already at home, the owners of the dummies understood that they had become victims of fraud," the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office reports .
In this way, the guy earned almost UAH 340,000, defrauding 12 customers.
So far, the resident has been informed of the suspicion and a preventive measure in the form of house arrest has been chosen. He faces punishment in the form of deprivation of liberty for up to 3 years or restriction of liberty for up to 5 years.
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