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We are giving away iPhone 5's because the box seal is broken........

For heaven's sake - if you see the "We have got 239 boxes of iPhone 5's that can’t be sold because they have been unsealed. Therefore we are giving them away for free" message doing the rounds, just avoid it! 
That's almost £150k's worth of phones being disposed of free because the seal is broken on the box!!!!!!

They are after your email or mobile details so they can either flood you with spam, or try and get personal details and fleece you with a credit or debit card deposit for unusually high postage (or they'll just try and clear out your bank account, max your credit card or steal your identity).

Come on. Be realistic. 
Who in their right mind would give an iPhone 5's away for free because the box is unsealed? I don't see any of the mobile phone shops, retailers or for that matter Apple themselves doing it!
Have you seen any similar offers from any other retailers? Dell giving away laptops because the box seal is broken? Fortnum and Mason giving away food hampers because the seal is broken? Dyson giving away vacuum cleaners because the box seal is broken? All similarly or lower priced items than an i-Phone!

Sign up to WOT (http://www.mywot.com/) and just see for yourselves how "too good to be true" these offers are.

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