Comments on: App Scams http://www.panic.com/blog/2012/11/app-scams/ Dispatches from Panic HQ in Portland, Oregon Fri, 17 May 2013 00:27:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: jacqueline friedberb http://www.panic.com/blog/2012/11/app-scams/#comment-17461 jacqueline friedberb Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:06:21 +0000 http://www.panic.com/blog/?p=4453#comment-17461 I was pretty pleased to discover this website. I want to to thank you for ones time just for this fantastic read!! I definitely really liked every part of it and I have you book-marked to look at new things in your site.

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By: jacqueline friedberg http://www.panic.com/blog/2012/11/app-scams/#comment-17442 jacqueline friedberg Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:40:30 +0000 http://www.panic.com/blog/?p=4453#comment-17442 You’re so awesome! I don’t think I’ve read anything like this before. So good to find somebody with a few unique thoughts on this topic. Seriously.. thanks for starting this up. This web site is one thing that is needed on the web, someone with some originality!

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By: click through the next web site http://www.panic.com/blog/2012/11/app-scams/#comment-16737 click through the next web site Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:51:50 +0000 http://www.panic.com/blog/?p=4453#comment-16737 Today, while I was at work, my sister stole my iPad and tested to see if it can survive a 25 foot drop, just so she can be a youtube sensation. My apple ipad is now destroyed and she has 83 views. I know this is completely off topic but I had to share it with someone!|

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By: bobby b http://www.panic.com/blog/2012/11/app-scams/#comment-16543 bobby b Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:43:20 +0000 http://www.panic.com/blog/?p=4453#comment-16543 Rob Rawson. He calls himself a doctor. From australia and phillipines and ukraine and chicago(2885 samford ave, sw 13816, granville, mi 49418)and singapore( ….well i really dont know where hes from nor do i think he knows where hes from but…..as the truth be told………

Rob rawson phd says hes a softwear developer and hires hacking talented individuals from various countries….i believe homeland security has a few eyes on him plus…..as the story….the truth , unfolds here……mr rawson made over $10,000,000 from a SCAM he hacked GOOGLE with.

The SCAM……..
WELL….as his partner Ian from New Zealand had explained , mr rawson paid google 8cents per click for web browsers searching on google for key words would end up on mr rawsons webpage which was not even what the web browser was searching for. Well, that being said, the browser ends up on a scammed page rawson developed as a “software developer proffessional”, then instead of the person who was searching clicking the back button…..Rob Rawson ingenious idea SCAMMED up a “back to google” button big enough for any idiot to click to just go back to google search. WELLLLLLLLL………rob rawson on his site gets 15 cents a click for that from google!!!!!! Google caught on in 2 years but NOT BEFORE GOOGLE PAID OFF $10,000,000 TO ROB RAWSON “THE REAL” SCAMMER BUSINESSMAN.
AND……..HE IS NOW BANNED FROM “EVER” using google as a search tool for any of his companies. YOU MAY WANT TO GOOGLE THAT!!!
also now….mr rob rawson now says he has developed for MY USA GOVERNMENT a software system which any gov employee can work at home and his software installed in the employees laptops enable the gov to see everything the employee does on the device. The bosses can confirm every break taken, every minute worked, every hour spent on work to the second. Also leasure time browsing and surfing the web. Hmmmmmm sounds great…..but is this a lie? What i gather from his conversation it is a spy software being developed to hack into OUR US GOV TOP SECRET SERVICE TO ONLY SPY ON THE USA. I CALL THIS POSSIBLE TERRORIST ACTS. Blog that!!!!!!!!!!

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By: l3bel http://www.panic.com/blog/2012/11/app-scams/#comment-16524 l3bel Sat, 19 Jan 2013 23:57:56 +0000 http://www.panic.com/blog/?p=4453#comment-16524 can you please edit step 1 so as to make it clear this is at least double scam (refer to bdzs’ comment, I was about to post the same info)

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By: Justin http://www.panic.com/blog/2012/11/app-scams/#comment-16421 Justin Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:43:34 +0000 http://www.panic.com/blog/?p=4453#comment-16421 I could have sworn this was already the case. I’ve had some apps up for a couple years and thought I remembered when the name and screenshot lock happened.

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By: Nick http://www.panic.com/blog/2012/11/app-scams/#comment-16420 Nick Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:26:00 +0000 http://www.panic.com/blog/?p=4453#comment-16420 George:

Apple most definitely grants refunds for scam apps. It’s really not hard and so far has been flawless for me.

Cheers,

Nick

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By: George http://www.panic.com/blog/2012/11/app-scams/#comment-16419 George Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:02:11 +0000 http://www.panic.com/blog/?p=4453#comment-16419 FWIW, this is precisely why I haven’t bought more iOS apps, and OS X apps through the App Store. Apple has simultaneously created a “walled garden”, but insist that “all sales are final”.

If I thought I could get a refund for a completely bogus app, I’d certainly buy a lot more apps. It sounds like you can, sometimes, maybe, if you ask the right person in the right way.

Apple’s latest move — to prevent screenshots from being changed after approval — is attacking the wrong side of the problem. This makes life harder on legit developers, and still maintains the incentive for scammers to get apps into the store. Sigh.

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By: Michael Jurewitz http://www.panic.com/blog/2012/11/app-scams/#comment-16417 Michael Jurewitz Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:38:06 +0000 http://www.panic.com/blog/?p=4453#comment-16417 Looks like Apple is taking steps to help prevent this: https://developer.apple.com/news/index.php?id=1092013a

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By: Carl Jonard http://www.panic.com/blog/2012/11/app-scams/#comment-16154 Carl Jonard Sun, 09 Dec 2012 14:11:38 +0000 http://www.panic.com/blog/?p=4453#comment-16154 The scam app is back up:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mooncraft-build-blocks/id569951183?mt=8

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