The purchaser handed over $1500, and was given two new iPhone boxes in return, the Quest community newspaper of Queensland reported today. Her mistake was to not look inside.

On returning home the young woman opened the boxes and found to her horror that they contained real apples.

Senior Constable Hopkin warned people to be wary when they buy anything online.

'Don't stay away because most people are doing the right thing - but be smart about what you buy,' she said.

'If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. It's really just common sense.'

Commentators writing on an online site weren't letting the buyer off the hook with their criticism.

'I don't know anyone that would hand over $1500 to a stranger without checking the item,' wrote one man.

'Besides, you can buy a brand new iPhone5 for $700. So if this is a true story then I'm sorry but she deserved it!'

A woman asked: 'And she went to the police?? Seriously, I'd be too embarrassed to go to the police if I'd been that stupid.'

But 'Victa' added a touch of humour, writing: 'An apple a day keeps the scammers away?'

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