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Yet another sign of how important China is to Apple and how different China is from other markets in which Apple deals.

End gadget says the Cupertino company has apologized to consumers in China whose Apple IDs were used to make fraudulent purchases.

How did the fraudsters get the stolen Apple IDs? The owners gave them to them.

And for that, Apple has apologized.

Highlighting a report from the Wall Street Journal,

N-Gadgett says, the Wall Street Journal and Gadgets as the Wall Street Journal reports

that the IDs were obtained through fishing scams. Users had connected their

Apple accounts to mobile payment systems, Ali Pay and WeCh we chat pay these IDs were then used to make

purchases through the App Store and for that Apple is sorry.

In a statement to its Chinese users, Apple said we are deeply apologetic about the inconvenience

caused to our customers by these fishing scams. Remember when Steve Jobs told us we were holding our phones wrong?

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