Apple looking to hire iTunes Fraud Prevention Specialist

Just days prior to the App Store fraud story, Apple posted a job listing for an "iTunes Fraud Prevention Specialist." The winning candidate will join "...a small but high impact team of specialists whose goal is to improve the iTunes Experience by mitigating the risk associated with iTunes Orders."

Earlier this week, it was discovered that a developer called Thuat Nguyen had his book apps removed from the App Store after taking 42 of the top 50 sales slots. At the same time, some users reported unauthorized charges on their accounts.

Considering that there are 150 million iTunes users, there will be, statistically, some who aren't there just to buy music and apps. Apple has reported that only 400 accounts were affected by the scam (that's 0.0003% of all customers) which is better than it could have been. Hopefully, the iTunes Fraud Prevention Team will but the smack down on these guys once and for all.

[Via 9to5 Mac]

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Supercool4

Shouldn't they already have one?

July 08 2010 at 8:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Whosthatrandom

I think Apple are just posting these job descriptions to tide the blogs over and make it look like they're doing things; it's probably just a PR trick, and they might not actually hire anyone.

July 07 2010 at 6:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Mike

This is the method my bank uses. When I opened the bank account, I give them my mobile phone number. Every time I pay a bill using the online banking, the bank sends me a SMS containing a code, that I must type on a box that appears on the screen, so the transaction can go forward.

This is unbeatable. Even if the guy steal the credit cards and all logins and passwords, he will never get the SMS.

This has to be done in a way that the mobile number is blocked and not shows on itunes, so the guy will not know the number and never receive the SMS. For those who don't want the SMS method, Apple can provide an alternative method using e-mail.

July 07 2010 at 4:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

frequncydip

They should look at this software its what PayPal and ebay use to track fraud
http://www.palantir.com/government/videos

July 07 2010 at 3:22 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Richie

Does it seem that apple has no one on staff and just hires people as problems come up?

iPhone 4 antenna sucks... Hire 3 antenna engineers

App Store gets hacked... Hire a Fraud specialist...

July 07 2010 at 2:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

mark

Put the smack down.

July 07 2010 at 2:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Michael Bushnell

The link says the job is no longer posted. I'm curious what the requirements are for something like this. .

July 07 2010 at 2:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Roberto

I hope this means that there will be actually someone with brains vetting the Apps submitted to the App store.
P.S. That job has been taken down. Apparently, anyone can do this job.

July 07 2010 at 2:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply