Scammed On Apple Cash. Launched in 2017, apple cash lets iphone users send money to each other through apple’s messages app. Adding a security freeze can prevent thieves from opening accounts using your stolen identity.
8, 2019, photo shows the apple pay app on an iphone in new york. What op wasn't the victim of was credit card fraud. Con artists often get away with scams because digital payment services such as venmo and apple cash don't protect consumers the same way credit cards do.
Be aware that anywhere money is involved, fraud is never far behind, so make sure you are educated on what scams exist.
Fraudsters are always working to find ways to take your money. It would read something like “your apple account is now locked” and will lure you into accessing a link which supposedly unlocks your account. In one alleged crime from april 2017, a stolen card was uploaded to an apple pay account to fraudulently acquire two macbook pros from an apple store in lynnwood, washington, costing $7,725. Apple cash is closer to cash, and completed cash transactions are not something apple openly offers a way to reverse.
