{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_jupytuettrmhi4u4kogq","title":"Warning about scam iPhone 18 deals that leave victims' bank accounts cleaned out","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/warning-about-scam-iphone-18-deals-that-leave-victims-bank-accounts-jupytuettr","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_jupytuettrmhi4u4kogq","seq":672798,"kind":"article","title":"Warning about scam iPhone 18 deals that leave victims' bank accounts cleaned out","url":"https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/2026/09/29/warning-about-scam-iphone-18-deals-that-leave-victims-bank-accounts-cleaned-out","summary":"Scammers are using offers of discounted iPhone 18s on fake Arabic-language websites to clean out victims’ bank accounts, cyber security experts have warned. The launch of Apple’s latest phone has led to hundreds of customers queuing at Dubai Mal l to get one, with some hoping to be the first in the region. But the cyber security firm Kaspersky says it has found websites in several languages, including Arabic, English and Portuguese, that claim to be selling the iPhone 18s at…","published":"2026-09-29T12:10:53Z","seen":"2026-09-29T12:51:28Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-thenationalnews-com-2cb87a","name":"thenationalnews.com","domain":"thenationalnews.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q2544289","name":"The National","type":"newspaper","country":"AE","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-thenationalnews-com-2cb87a","topics":["middle-east"],"authors":["Tariq Tahir"],"entities":[{"id":"Q139556016","name":"iPhone 18","type":"other"}],"image":"https://www.thenationalnews.com/resizer/v2/HWJ7MAHKABEIPINWG2FFJCFC4I.jpg?auth=5b057c62bd0efc31c2041ee01851a9e04043d5cc8587545ef7f5d3f6aa941b2e&height=5464&smart=true&width=8192","story":"st_jupytuettrmhi4u4kogq","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.550000011920929,"category2":"economy-business","sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.7799999713897705,"political":0.05000000074505806}]}