Spot an iPhone Duo deal promising 25pc off? It could be a scam
- ID
- 39460
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 26 Oct 2026, 2:47 PM
- Fetched
- 26 Oct 2026, 3:24 PM
- Provider
- Malay Mail Tech
- Category
- malaysia-tech
- Original URL
- https://www.malaymail.com/news/tech-gadgets/2026/10/26/spot-an-iphone-duo-deal-promising-25pc-off-it-could-be-a-scam/240652
- Source URL
- https://www.malaymail.com/feed/rss/tech-gadgets
Summary
- Score
- 2.5
- Created
- 26 Oct 2026, 3:25 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- saas_startup_founders
What happened
Kaspersky is warning that fake iPhone Duo discounts — advertised as 25% off — are circulating, using countdown timers and bogus preorder pages to pressure buyers. The article is timed to the iPhone Duo's Malaysia launch, which it dates to October 23, 2026 at the Apple Store in The Exchange TRX, Kuala Lumpur. The excerpt cuts off mid-sentence, so it names no specific scam domains, no loss figures, and no technical detail on how the fake pages are built or hosted.
Why it matters
The only concrete takeaway here is timing: a device that launched in Malaysia on October 23 is being used as bait three days later, and '25% off' is the hook. If you or your team are buying launch-window hardware, treat any discount offer on a days-old Apple product from a non-Apple seller as fraudulent by default. Beyond that, the text does not support a builder takeaway — there is no data on the scam infrastructure, no payment-rail detail, and no list of indicators to check, so don't build policy or detection rules off this piece.
Discussion angle
Launch-window scams follow a predictable clock — new device drops, fake discount pages appear within days. Worth asking whether anyone in the room has seen their own product's launch promos cloned, and what (if anything) they did about it.