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This just in: Deals advertised on Craigslist may not be as fabulous as they appear. Just ask the 12 New Yorkers who responded to an ad on the site offering discounted iPhones in bulk, thinking they were in for a steal, which they were—just not in the way they expected. After showing up to conduct the transactions in locations that scream you're about to be robbed!—deserted corners of Flatbush and Flatlands—the naifs were robbed at gunpoint by four teenaged hoods. In one case, the four made off with as much as $2,000 in cash. Of course, if you want to buy your iPhones in bulk and sell them for a hefty profit, you don't have risk life and limb. Even if you hit the Apple store and pay $399 for the first-generation model, you'll still generate a nice return when you offload them to a Russian plutocrat for $700 a piece.