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How to check for water damage before purchasing a used iPhone 4

By , Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 at 1:29 pm
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"Checking for water damage is pretty simple and something everyone should do before forking over your hard earned cash for a second-hand iPhone 4."

If you're trying to save some money and are in the market to purchase a used iPhone 4 from either Craigslist, eBay, or some other local or online seller, one of the first things you'll want to do is check for any signs of water damage. I see several people in my office each week that purchased used iPhones that mysteriously quit working after a few days. As much as we'd like to believe there aren't people out there who would sell us broken or water damaged devices, it happens every day.

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Spammers take fake iPhone 5 scams to SMS

By , Thursday, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:42 pm
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Scammers never miss an opportunity to scam, and while Twitter, forums, and email have long been subject to disgusting "test & keep new iPhone/iPad/whatever" spam, it looks like the iPhone 5 version has taken to SMS. That's right, not only are they content to waste your time and attention, they're now also wasting your text message totals.

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Is AT&T tightening the screws on unlimited iPhone users with new, overly aggressive data throttling?

By , Thursday, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:01 pm
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Is 2GB really all it takes now to be considered a "top 5" iPhone data user by AT&T and have your data throttled down?

AT&T now seems to be throttling

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New phishing email scam asks you to update Apple ID billing information

By , Wednesday, Dec 28, 2011 at 6:29 pm
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The Mac Security Blog points to a phishing email scam in circulation that asks for users to update their Apple ID billing information.

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MobileMe to iCloud phishing scam hitting inboxes

By , Saturday, Aug 27, 2011 at 4:06 am
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A new phishing email scam is arriving in email inboxes targeted at Apple MobileMe users. The email is supposed to be from Apple and is asking users to upgrade their

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Fake jailbreak tool for iOS 4.x is stealing passwords

By , Wednesday, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:14 pm
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There seems to be a fake jailbreak tool circulating at the moment that is being called "greenpois0n" that is claiming to be using the SHAtter exploit. Now this would

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Scammers steal from PayPal accounts of iTunes users

By , Tuesday, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:08 am
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Yesterday reports were flying in that a "major security hole" in iTunes accounts linked to PayPal was being exploited. The problem turns out not to be a "major security hole"

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MobileMe Hackery: Salma Hayek Edition

By , Tuesday, Apr 28, 2009 at 5:50 am
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Lately all has been quiet in regards to Apple's MobileMe service and shady activities. In the past we've told you about a few separate cases of phishing scams going around.

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Psst! Hey, You! iPhone Developer! Wanna Scam Some Apple Bucks?

By , Wednesday, Apr 8, 2009 at 2:26 pm
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While in the old days, this would no doubt have come from Creep McShady in a trench coat around the corner of some noir-esque alley, now its online fraudsters who've

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MobileMe Scam Alert: Round 3

By , Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:07 pm
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September was the last time we saw some malicious attacks on MobileMe subscribers. Well the scammers are at it again, trying to take advantage of Apple's MobileMe subscribers. A

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