DENVER - Apple's highly anticipated iPad isn't even in stores yet, but scammers are already taking advantage of the hype. The Boulder-Denver Better Business Bureau is telling people not to be fooled by iPad offers that sound to good to be true.
Megan Miller with the BBB says there are e-mails, websites and Facebook pages that offer free iPads. One offer says the company needs testers, and after two months you can keep the iPad.
But the site asks for your e-mail address AND password. One e-mail offers free iPads if you buy an item and provide a credit card number.
According to Miller, another offer on Facebook tricks you into buying cell service.
"We want people to know these offers are too good to be true, and no one is getting a free iPad," Miller said.
She says consumers should buy iPads from authorized dealers or Apple stores.
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Megan Miller with the BBB says there are e-mails, websites and Facebook pages that offer free iPads. One offer says the company needs testers, and after two months you can keep the iPad.
But the site asks for your e-mail address AND password. One e-mail offers free iPads if you buy an item and provide a credit card number.
According to Miller, another offer on Facebook tricks you into buying cell service.
"We want people to know these offers are too good to be true, and no one is getting a free iPad," Miller said.
She says consumers should buy iPads from authorized dealers or Apple stores.
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