Techie orders Apple iPhone 11 Pro online, gets fake iPhone

Bengaluru: As online frauds have become relatively common these days, another incident of scary online shopping has taken place wherein a city-based software engineer ordered the latest Apple iPhone 11 Pro and received a fake iPhone that had a sticker of the triple-camera module found on the iPhone 11 Pro.

Rajani Kant Kushwah, had ordered an iPhone 11 Pro from Flipkart and even paid the Rs. 93,900 amount (after discount) in advance. But to his surprise, he received a fake iPhone that had a sticker of the triple-camera module found on the iPhone 11 Pro.

Upon removing the sticker, the iPhone appeared to be either the iPhone X or the iPhone XS, but after looking into the phone’s settings, it was found out that the smartphone ran Android and was an iPhone clone with Android apps.

However, following the revelation, Kushwah contacted Flipkart and was assured that his fake iPhone will be replaced by a genuine one.

It may be recalled that this isn’t the first blunder by Flipkart. Many such cases have been reported in the past when an iPhone was ordered but it was never delivered.