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Apr 23, 2010
Beware iPad offer e-mail
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Eager beavers can also choose to fork over $1,600 for the device at parallel import stores in Lucky Plaza and Sim Lim Square. The same version costs US$499 (S$700) in the US. -- PHOTO: AFP
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IPAD fans, beware. Even before the tech world's darling of the moment officially comes to Singapore, an e-mail is making the rounds, claiming people can get their hands on the device - as long as they take part in the product review.
The scam directs recipients to the website Testitandkeepit.com to be product testers. They get to keep the device as a reward.
The catch: Interested parties have to provide their e-mail address and password to 'tell your friends', who could then become victims too.
Some companies in Singapore have circulated internal memos warning staff about the scam. my paper said on Wednesday that at least 4,000 consumers here have made pre-orders for the iPad with Apple retailer Epicentre.
Eager beavers can also choose to fork over $1,600 for the device at parallel import stores in Lucky Plaza and Sim Lim Square. The same version costs US$499 (S$700) in the US.
So remember the old adage - if an offer sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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Apr 23, 2010
Beware iPad offer e-mail
<!-- by line -->By Koh Hui Theng
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IPAD fans, beware. Even before the tech world's darling of the moment officially comes to Singapore, an e-mail is making the rounds, claiming people can get their hands on the device - as long as they take part in the product review.
The scam directs recipients to the website Testitandkeepit.com to be product testers. They get to keep the device as a reward.
The catch: Interested parties have to provide their e-mail address and password to 'tell your friends', who could then become victims too.
Some companies in Singapore have circulated internal memos warning staff about the scam. my paper said on Wednesday that at least 4,000 consumers here have made pre-orders for the iPad with Apple retailer Epicentre.
Eager beavers can also choose to fork over $1,600 for the device at parallel import stores in Lucky Plaza and Sim Lim Square. The same version costs US$499 (S$700) in the US.
So remember the old adage - if an offer sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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