--- title: The Forged Apple Employee Badge | daily.dev description: A cautionary tale about a forged Apple employee badge and the steps taken to uncover the truth. It serves as a reminder to beware of fraudulent pieces of Apple... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-forged-apple-employee-badge-umhea9p65 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Forged Apple Employee Badge | daily.dev og:description: A cautionary tale about a forged Apple employee badge and the steps taken to uncover the truth. It serves as a reminder to beware of fraudulent pieces of Apple... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-forged-apple-employee-badge-umhea9p65 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/UmhEa9P65.png og:image:alt: The Forged Apple Employee Badge og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Forged Apple Employee Badge **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 3 min read · 25 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary A cautionary tale about a forged Apple employee badge and the steps taken to uncover the truth. It serves as a reminder to beware of fraudulent pieces of Apple history, avoid buying from this seller, and engage the internet when in doubt. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@gagansuie** · 0 upvotes > pretty fascinating read. wonder where the user engaged the internet. twitter? > > tbh, ebay has always been riddled with scammers. not surprised at all. **@ajdinmasic** · 0 upvotes > This is great internet sleuthing. I love it. **@laurenforde** · 0 upvotes > The truth is in the details! 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I love it.","datePublished":"2024-06-26T17:06:19.363Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/UmhEa9P65#c-uqnl5mkSu","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Ajdin Masic","url":"https://daily.dev/ajdinmasic","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/AGNmyxZPB34L1BQpwrbNkUt3epQaL45sQy6RTTijxHcz=s96-c"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"The truth is in the details! What a great read.","datePublished":"2024-06-24T19:36:19.862Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/UmhEa9P65#c-7Q3XYRzL7","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Lauren Forde","url":"https://daily.dev/laurenforde","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14Ggy9wLoQ0-IGieeerCvrYhLOEts0ahfF665DnYd=s100"}}]} ```