York Regional Police did not respond to CTV News Toronto’s request for information about the case. Hassan said he has since filed a report with York Regional Police, which has been viewed by CTV News Toronto. While it works, he said he's too worried to use it in case his data is being tracked. He said the phone he purchased is an exact replica of an iPhone that is being run on Android software. "This is an Android phone, it's not made by Apple," he said, adding that upon closer inspection he noticed that the camera quality wasn't good and the phone's speed was far slower than it should be. That's when he said he realized he didn’t get what he paid for. iPhone does not support Google Play Store." "Google Play Store is only available for Android phones. "I saw an icon for the Google Play Store," Hassan said. Everything was fine."īut after playing with the phone for a few hours, he said he noticed one small thing that made him know it was fake. "It turned on and the start up process was very similar from start to end from when you get a new iPhone. Hassan said at that point he was satisfied the phone was real, e-transferred $1,600 and went home. That was the main thing I was looking for." "I entered the code online on Apple's coverage site and it came up as an iPhone Pro Max, which has support for the whole year. He said he tried to turn the phone on but the battery was dead, so instead he looked up the serial number to verify it was real. It was very nicely packed, it looked like I was the first one opening the phone," Hassan told CTV News Toronto on Thursday. I opened the box and took off the packing myself. He agreed to meet the person at a location in Richmond Hill on Dec. Hassan said he came across an ad for the phone he wanted and negotiated to buy it for $1,600. The 39-year-old, who has a degree in computer science and works in IT for Shopify, said he decided to buy the phone on Facebook Marketplace after being told by his cellphone company the wait for the model would be a few weeks. Hassan Awan, of Markham, Ont., said he wanted to upgrade his older model iPhone 6 for a new iPhone 12 Pro Max. An Ontario IT worker says he has been scammed out of $1,600 after buying a counterfeit iPhone that was practically impossible to tell is fake.
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