Origins: While the "free iPad/iPod" hoax has been kicking about on the Internet for a few years, the death of Apple founder Steve Jobs in October 2011 inspired scam artists to unleash anew. Within ...

Ducklin walks the reader through the scam, from the first click on the link in the SMS message, to a website where a phony chatbot says that you have been selected to get a free Apple iPhone 12 ...

As always with such cons, there were no gift cards to be had. The "Tim Hortons $25 gift card" con appears to be a clone of the early-October 2011 survey scam falsely offering free Apple iPods ...

YOUTUBE users are being warned about a new scam that cons you out of private info – and rewards crooks with free cash. Fraudsters are posing as YouTube celebs – like make-up vlogger James ...