A large Ukrainian online store, Allo.ua, is holding a promotion, thanks to which you can get a brand new iPhone 7. According to the conditions, you must officially change your name to “Seven iPhone” (Seven is a first name, and iPhone is a surname). Unfortunately, the description does not indicate the amount of built-in memory in the smartphone, but it is known that it will be black.

Are you ready to change your name for a new iPhone?

Yes, everything must be done officially: the rules require obtaining a passport of a citizen of Ukraine and taking a selfie photo so that you can see your face, photograph, as well as your first and last name. Naturally, you need to indicate a phone number where you could be contacted.

This offer may seem incredibly crazy to many, but you should know that for some Apple fans this is the only real chance to get the new flagship of the series at the start of sales. The fact is that due to problems with the country’s economy, the Ukrainian hryvnia has fallen very much in price. All products from foreign manufacturers, including iPhone smartphones, have risen significantly in price, so it is now quite difficult to afford a newly-made premium phone.

Of course, the whole point of this free promotion is to increase attention to the online store, and if you think the above conditions are crazy, then remember the people who gave their kidneys for new iPhones and iPads. Perhaps, thanks to such events, we will hear less of such stories, and they are the ones that are truly terrifying.

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Yes, almost always this is a deception and a scam for money.

Those who hold “competitions”, “iPhone giveaways”, “promotions” on VKontakte, Instagram and other social networks, publish ads like “I’ll give it away for free, I’ll give it away for a repost, I’ll choose a winner at random” are scammers in the vast majority of cases.

The deception scheme is simple:

1. A competition, raffle, or lottery is announced with tempting prizes (iPhone or other smartphone, tablet, laptop, game console, hoverboard, headphones, camera).
2. Naive people repost or write in PM to scammers that they want to participate.
3. They ALL get the answer that they have won, they are ready to send the prize, they just need to pay for shipping, insurance or something else.
4. After payment, the victim’s page is blocked so as not to be bothered by questions about when she will receive the prize.

Often scammers don't even run "contests" but simply send messages to people saying "I chose you as the winner" or "the system chose you as the winner." It's just bait for suckers. There will be no iPhone.

Report scammers using these instructions: How to report a person or group on VKontakte and mark incoming messages about winnings as spam. We will tell you more about how you are deceived below.

How to understand that they are scammers?

If you “won a prize” and they demand money from you for shipping, delivery, for reservations, to pay taxes, customs duties (customs clearance), insurance, and for some other services - this is a deception and a scam. When it's written “Delivery of the prize is paid by the winner himself”- there is nothing to catch there. If they write "Delivery at my expense" they will ask you to pay for something else. They convince you that you are obligated to pay gift tax - when you receive the gift, then you will pay it (and in any case, not to the scammer). Money is usually asked to be transferred to a Qiwi wallet, Yandex wallet or by card number. Scammers are almost always in a hurry. For example: “If we do not receive proof of payment within two hours, we will select another winner.”

A typical fraudulent VKontakte prize draw:

Never transfer money to anyone in advance. Don't believe what they write to you. If you want to please someone, pay for delivery when you receive the package.

Sometimes they offer to pick up a prize in another city for free - this is a scam, because you won’t go there. In addition, the address they provide is the registration address from the passport that the fraudster is presenting as his own. Even if you get there, at best you will find an unsuspecting person whose passport photo has gone viral on the Internet. In general, scammers persuade you to transfer money for “delivery.”

In groups and on the pages of scammers, there are often photographs of lucky winners of prizes and their reviews. In fact, the photos are collected from the Internet or from other fraudulent groups, and the reviews are faked. If the group says "Verified group"- it’s the same as if you write on a fence "Checked fence."

There are statements like “This draw has been fully verified by the Administration of the largest group, Odam Darom, and has full confidence in the host of the competition” or “This competition is being verified by law enforcement agencies”- this is just verbal diarrhea to lull your vigilance.

Also, scammers often post as if your photos, photos of the prize in the background of your page, passport photos, TIN, OGRNIP certificates and others “as a guarantee.” But you don’t know who’s really sitting there. There could be a convict in prison holding a dozen “contests” at the same time, or there could be a little girl who is just learning how to cheat. And the documents may have been circulating on the Internet for many years. The passport they show you is not the passport of a fraudster! A photo of a person is also not a photo of a fraudster! These are documents and photos of completely strangers, often deceived, who were asked to send all this “to get a job.” Having taken possession of copies of documents, scammers create pages on behalf of real people, and they do not even suspect it. Making a fake page takes five minutes.

When you see a photo of prizes against the background of a screen with an open VKontakte scammer page, most often the photo of the page is “pasted” there in Photoshop. Look - two identical photos, but on the screen there are different pages of scammers:

But even if the scammer took a photo of the iPhone specifically for you, your chances will not increase.

How can I use my head and make sure that I am being scammed out of money?

Here are some additional signs that will help you recognize a scammer:

1. The page was created recently (see the date of the first photo uploaded). But some work from old pages.
2. Comments on photos and comments on the wall are closed. You won’t be able to write “Give me my money back” on his page later.
3. Look at a person's friends and what cities they are from. Don’t be shy to ask one of them if he knows this person (although you may end up with fake friends).
4. Ask other people who reposted - did they also write that they are winners?
5. Advanced method: do an image search from the scammer's page on Google or Yandex - you will find some of them in other places on the Internet. And photos of prizes, and passports, and joyful “winners”.

Use logic and common sense. Look, here’s a person writing that he will give his iPhone to a random person for free because he bought a new one. Would anyone do that? He would sell it through an ad on the Internet or give it to a relative, but donate it to someone unknown, and even send it by mail? For what?

Or, for example, in a group they write: “Today our group turns 5 years old, on this occasion we are organizing a big raffle for Apple products - 32 winners!” Believe me, they don’t even have money for one iPhone. Groups and publics most often earn very little. Most likely, this is some poor student who cannot pay his loan and decided to warm up the suckers on the Internet.

It happens that “disposal of old iPhones from the warehouse” is announced. Why would anyone give away iPhones from a warehouse, even old ones? They cost money anyway.

After all, think about it: if someone is playing a prank, giving away an expensive phone or several phones, wouldn't they have a relatively small amount of money to pay for shipping, insurance, or something else?

The instructions you are reading now are read by 4 to 7 THOUSAND people every month. Are so many iPhones and iPads given away for free every month? And these are only those who thought to search the Internet to see if it’s worth sending money to scammers! Well, or at least what to do when you’ve already sent it.

Conclusion: Don't be naive and don't send your money to tricky people. You won’t see them (nor will you see your “prize” in any case).

One of the victims:

Some group wrote to me on Instagram from Moscow that I had won an iPhone 7, at first I had doubts, but I often participated in such sweepstakes, once I actually won a handbag, and therefore I believed this group. To be sure, they sent me a passport and some kind of tax document. They wrote to me that the total cost for delivery is 2000 rubles. And express delivery by courier within 3-6 days. I paid in Qiwi wallet. Then yesterday they said another 1,500 rubles for the courier, I still paid, but the number was different. So they deceived me and I gave them 3,500 rubles. Blocked on Instagram. What can I do to get my money back? Help...

I supposedly won an iPhone. They asked me to pay 2100 rubles for the flight. Sent. A day later they said that there was some kind of problem at customs and they still needed 900 rubles. I refused to send, citing lack of money. They said they would come up with something. Today, on the 3rd day, I left and contacted them again. They said that I would receive everything, but with a delay. And now I see that the page and group are blocked. The money was transferred to Tinkov’s card.

Today I also fell for a scammer. I sent her money. And now I will wait for the iPhone. She then deleted the page. I wrote that I supposedly won an iPhone in honor of my birthday. It seemed strange right away, but I fell for it. It happens... I wouldn’t want anyone else to fall for her tricks and people like her. I wish I could punish her somehow...

And so on ad infinitum.

What should I do if I was deceived? Transferred money. Is it possible to punish a fraudster?

First, complain to the VKontakte administration about the deceiver’s page and his group, if there is one. How to do this is well described here: How to complain on VKontakte (opens in a new window).

Secondly, theoretically it is possible to bring a fraudster to justice, but in practice it is difficult. You need to carefully collect evidence, consult with a lawyer, go to the police or prosecutor's office, waste time and money. Most likely, you were deceived for a small amount, but you will spend a lot more (and it is far from a fact that you will achieve something). This is what petty scammers are counting on - that you will think everything over and not bother going anywhere.

An important point: the last name, first name of the person on the page, his address, all the photographs and documents that you saw - all this has nothing to do with the scammer. These are documents and photographs of completely innocent people who somehow ended up on the Internet. The real scammer has a completely different name and lives in a completely different place. All you have is the number of the card or wallet where you sent the money (and this could be some leftist person who is simply cashing out money for scammers).

Advice: just be smarter next time, and if your goal is to punish the deceiver at any cost, start by consulting a lawyer or go to your local police officer.

1. Promotion “iPhone 7 for issuing a debit card”

This competition is organized by Sravni.ru together with Otkritie Bank. Its participants will be those who order one of the bank’s cards on. There are three options with bonus programs to choose from: an entertainment card, a traveler's card and an auto card. The winner will receive an iPhone 7 with 128 gigabytes of memory. The lucky winner will be named on New Year's Eve. Full rules at .

End date: 12/27/2016

2. Photo marathon competition

The 2GIS company is holding a “Photomarathon” competition. To participate in it, you need to register on, and then upload photos of various objects through the application or website 2gis.ru. Points are awarded for photographs. Whoever scores more can count on one of 34 prizes. The main one, of course, is the iPhone 7. Full rules at.

End date: 02/20/2017.

3. Birthday of “Online trade.ru”

To participate in the competition, you need to buy any product on the website onlinetrade.ru, and also join the VKontakte group of this store. Upon purchase, an order number is assigned. Once this number reaches 3,800,000, the organizer will determine the winner by randomly selecting the order number. Full rules at .

End date: upon completion of order No. 3,800,000.

4. Promotion "New Year's Formula"

End date: 01/31/2017.

5. Promotion “New Year with gifts”

To participate in the promotion, you need to buy fuel or other goods at the Tatneft gas station for an amount of at least 1 thousand rubles. As soon as such checks are collected in the amount of 6 thousand rubles or more, they can be exchanged for a coupon for the final prize draw. You can win not only an iPhone 7, but also Volkswagen Polo cars, radar detectors, GPS navigators, video recorders, fuel cards worth 3 thousand rubles, antifreeze and coffee. Full rules at .

End date: 12/22/2016.

6. Promotion “Have a good winter with Bridgestone”

A buyer of a set of Blizzak Spike tires can become a participant by registering on and also uploading a sales receipt confirming the purchase. That's all. Every week, three winners are selected and given the coveted smartphone. Full rules at .

One of the most popular phones today is the iPhone, but its price is steep and not many people can afford such a gadget. But don’t despair, because wishes tend to come true. There are several ways to get a free iPhone that anyone can use. You won’t have to make any investments or complete complex tasks.

How to get an iPhone for free and quickly?

Various websites and pages on social networks compete with each other, and in order to attract more users they hold various sweepstakes. With the help of such promotions you can get discount coupons and other various useful things. Some popular resources are also giving away phones, including the coveted iPhone. Speaking about where you can get a free iPhone, it is worth noting that if the draw is taking place on a website, then most likely you will just need to register or send a special code, which will allow you to become a full participant in the draw. If the promotion takes place on social networks, they usually ask you to “like” and repost the post. Today it is difficult to meet a person who would not take part in such pranks. Therefore, if you are interested in how you can get an iPhone for free, then do not be lazy and surf the Internet in search of the desired promotion and be sure to take part in them. The more giveaways you find, the greater your chance of winning.

There is another option to get a free iPhone at home - register on the website http://hochu-iphone.ru. The owners of this resource invite everyone to create a page for their phone by simply registering on the site. Every day you can increase the score of your page by clicking on the “+1” button. Friends can also help you improve your ranking. The more points, the higher the chance of getting the coveted one.