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Revision as of 14:52, 16 August 2015
This is an incomplete list of community-reported scam sites that pretend to distribute or sell jailbreaking and unlocking tools/services. (There are many other scam sites not listed here yet.)
If you see a site selling jailbreaking or unlocking software (or asking you to do a survey before downloading), it's a scam. (Companies make money when you fill out surveys, so they promise a jailbreak to get you to fill them out.) Scam sites may also provide free fake tools that actually install adware or other kinds of malware in order to make money from you. Some legitimate forms of unlocking are not free - third-party IMEI unlocks and SIM interposer devices both cost money - but ultrasn0w is always free.
In general, please consider: is what the site promises too good to be true? Does it promise a new jailbreak for the latest iOS version, when nobody from trusted sources (such as well-known blogs or Reddit or developers on Twitter) is talking about this new jailbreak? When a real new jailbreak gets released, huge numbers of people talk about it - so if you find something people aren't talking about, be very skeptical and check trusted sources.
You can contribute to this list
Please contribute to this list if you find a scam site. By listing them here, we can help people find good information when they search Google for more information about these sites. If your site is listed here and you believe that's a mistake, you may contact an administrator to request removal.
Be sure not to link to these pages, as all links will boost their Google ranking.
Jailbreak fakes
| Domain | Notes |
|---|---|
| 7evasi0n.com | Fake |
| 7jailbreak.com | On-device survey scam |
| 71jailbreak.com | Fake |
| 8jailbreak.net | Fake |
| alphajailbreak.com | Survey scam |
| alpinejb.blogspot.com | Fake |
| apps.appshed.com/[various #] | On-device fake, webclips and profiles |
| celtikios7.com | Survey scam |
| cyberelevat0r.net | Fake |
| cyberelevat0r.us | Fake |
| cydia8jailbreak.com | Fake has you download multiple free-to-play apps hoping for in-app purchases |
| cydia-download.us | On-device scam, cost is unknown as it wants to install a profile and I'm not willing to go that far ;p |
| cyrooting.com | Affiliated with cydia-download.us which installs a profile from cyrooting.com |
| downgradeios7.com | Fake on-device downgrade tool |
| downgradeiphone.com | Sells a false promise (universal iOS/baseband downgrade) for $29 |
| ecydia.com | Sells an unspecified tool for $24.99 |
| equsi0n.com | Survey scam |
| evad3rs.me | No survey, not selling anything, just has downloads of evasi0n 1.0.7, calling it 1.0.8 and saying it works on iOS 7.1.x. Pointless. |
| evad3rsdevteam.com | Survey scam, copy of evasi0n.com |
| evad3rs-devteam.com | Copy of evasi0n.com |
| evad3rsjb.com | Fake |
| evad3rsteam.com | Survey scam |
| evasi0nblog.com | Repackaged evasi0n |
| evasi0ndevteam.com | Sells evasi0n for $15 |
| evasi0njb.net | Copy of evasi0n.com |
| evasion-jailbreak.com | Survey scam |
| evasion-jailbreak7.com | Survey scam |
| evasi0n-jailbreak.net | Survey scam, copy of evasi0n.com |
| evasi0njailbreak.com | Fake |
| evasion7.com | Fake |
| evasion7download.info/pangu | Malware. See http://bit.ly/1Jcl1hw |
| evasioniosjailbreak.com | Survey scam |
| evasionjailbreak.net | Survey scam, copy of evasi0n.com |
| evasionjailbreak.us | Copy of evasi0n.com |
| evasionjailbreak7.com | Survey scam |
| evasi0n-official.com | Survey scam, loosely copied from evasi0n.com |
| evasl0n.blogspot.com | Survey scam, copy of evasi0n.com |
| evasi0n7.com/pangu | Fake |
| evasion7download.info | Malware. See http://bit.ly/1Jcl1hw |
| evasion7download.info/geeksn0w | Malware. See http://bit.ly/1Jcl1hw |
| evasion7-jailbreak.com | Fake |
| evazi0n.net | Fake |
| ex0dus-jailbreak.com | Unspecified tool, claims to be developed by @planetbeing and @pimskeks. Survey scam after being strung along downloading a fake tool which requires a patch, said patch download requiring survey completion. |
| factory-directme.com | Sells redsn0w for $14.95 |
| firest0rm.net | Survey scam |
| freed0md00r.com | Survey scam |
| future7ios7.com | Survey scam |
| geeksn0w.net | Copy of geeksn0w.it |
| geeksn0w.net/pangu | Fake |
| geeksn0wdownload.com | Copy of Geeksn0w.it |
| getthebest365.com | Sells unspecified tool for $27.00 |
| greenpois0n-gc.blogspot.com | Survey scam |
| icysn0w.com | Survey scam |
| idowngrade.com | Survey scam |
| iemu.org | Fake; previous site for iEmu |
| ievad3rs.com | Survey scam |
| ijailbreak-iphone.com | Sells an unspecified tool for $19.95 |
| ijailbreakpro.com | Sells an unspecified tool for $29.90, $39.90 and $49.90 |
| ijailbreaktool.com | Sells an unspecified tool for $24.99 |
| imessagewin.com | Claims to have iMessage for Windows platform; Survey scam |
| ineedjailbreak.com | Sells evasi0n / redsn0w for $24.95 |
| inj3ct3d.klikkit.co.uk | asking for donations to publish a non-existent jailbreak |
| insanelyios.blogspot.com | Downgrade fake, survey scam |
| instajailbreaker.com | Sells unspecified tool(s) for $29.95 |
| installcydia.mobi | Fake. Takes you to appial.com for freemium appstore games |
| ios-6-1-4-jailbreak.com | Survey scam |
| ios-jailbreak.com | Provides fake 8.4.1 jailbreak tool that includes malware |
| ios8jailbreak.org | Fake |
| ios8jailbreak.tk | Fake (alternate domain name is ios8-jailbreak.weebly.com) |
| ios8jailbreakdownload.net | Survey scam |
| ios8pangu.com | Fake, webclip. Wants to install unsigned profile that cannot be removed |
| ipadjailbreak3.com | Forwards to jailbreakunlock.org |
| ipangu.net | Fake. Passworded zip files |
| iphone5break.com | Sells unspecified tool for $49.99 |
| iphonejailbreakplus.com | Sells evasi0n / redsn0w for $29.95 |
| iphonejailbreak-unlock.com | Sells unspecified tool for $27.00 |
| irevert.wordpress.com/ | Claims to be able to downgrade firmware |
| jailbreak.cc | Sells jailbreaking tools |
| jailbreak-7.com | App Store app download+play time required, artificially inflating its popularity |
| jailbreak-absinthe.com | Survey scam |
| jailbreak-ios-7.com | Tells people to go to thejailbreakshop.com |
| jailbreak-ios7.net | Sells unspecified tools for $29.95 and $39.95 |
| jailbreak-my-ipad.org | Sells evasi0n / redsn0w for $29.95 per month |
| jailbreak-my-iphone.com | Sells unspecified tool for $29.97 |
| jailbreak-team.com | Sells an unspecified tool for $29.99 |
| jailbreak71.com | Fake |
| jailbreak7wizz.com | Links to jailbreakthings.com, which in turn links to instajailbreaker.com, which sells unspecified tools for $29.95 |
| jailbreakandunlock1.pressdoc.com | Blog that is about jailbreak and unlock which uses fake tools. |
| jailbreakbj.com | Survey scam |
| jailbreakgenie.com | Scam. Sells unspecified jailbreak tool for $9.99 |
| jailbreakios7untethered.com | Survey scam, all set up in advance for iOS 7 |
| jailbreakiosnewversion.elitegamershub.com | Survey scam, copied/modified verion of evasi0n7 |
| jailbreakiphone5s.com | Tells people to go to thejailbreakshop.com |
| jailbreakmenow.net | Sells unspecified tools for $19.95, $29.95, and $39.95 |
| jailbreaknewiphone.com | Survey scam after being strung along downloading a fake tool |
| jailbreaktheipad2.com | Sells unspecified tool for $14.95 |
| jailbreakthings.com | Exists solely to promote instajailbreaker.com, a scam site |
| jailbreakunlock.info | Sells unspecified tools for $19.95, $29.95, and $39.95 |
| jailbreakunlock.org | Sells evasi0n / redsn0w for $14.95 |
| jailbroke.info | Sells jailbreaking "solutions" |
| latestiphoneunlock.com | Sells an unspecified tool for $9.95 or $29.95 |
| newios7jailbreak.com | Directs visitors to unlock-jailbreak.net |
| opensn0w.net | Survey scam |
| overcast7.com | Survey scam |
| pangu8.com | Fake. Installs webclip from semijb.com |
| pangudownload.com | Fake |
| pangu-jailbreak.com | Fake |
| pangujailbreak.info | Fake, survey scam, poor things can't even pay their hosting bill :) |
| pangujb.blogspot.com | Fake |
| pangunow.com | Fake |
| pod2gblog.blogspot.com | Copy of pod2g's blog |
| p0sixspwn.co | Windows version is a malware downloader that eventually downloads the real p0sixspwn |
| posixspwndownload.com | Copy of p0sixspwn |
| ppjailbreak.com | Copy of PPJailbreak and copyright infringement |
| premiumjailbreak.com | Sells jailbreaking tools |
| purpletools.wordpress.com | (and all the other sites/people offering similar stuff) Scam - Claims access to Apple's internal VPN |
| redpois0n.net | Survey scam |
| red-snow.com | Sells unspecified tools for $29.95 and $39.95 |
| redsn0w-r9-new.blogspot.com | Survey scam, text is ripped from Dev-Team Blog |
| rocky-racoon.com | Survey scam, copy of Dev-Team Blog |
| safera1n.com | Sells an unspecified tool for $24.99 |
| silv3rwind.com | Sells an unspecified tool for $20 |
| semijb.com | Fake. Does not install "the cydia." |
| semirestore.org | Fake redistributions of SemiRestore and SemiRestore7 |
| spirit-jb.com | Survey scam |
| spiritjb.net | Survey scam |
| synergyjailbreak.com | Survey scam |
| taigremote.com | On-device app-download scam, basically a survey scam |
| taig8.net | Fake |
| team7jailbreak.com | On-device survey scam (redirects to 7jailbreak.com). Known to spam on Twitter |
| theios7jailbreaker.com | Directs people to scam sites (ijailbreakpro.com, appleunlocker.com, ijailbreaktool.com) |
| theios8jailbreak.com | Fake |
| thejailbreakshop.com | Sells an unspecified tool for $29.97 and $49.97 |
| trianglejailbreak.com | Sells jailbreaking tool |
| u7xjailbreak.com | Survey scam |
| unja1l.com | Survey scam |
| untetheredjailbreakios8.com | Survey scam |
Scam jailbreak and unlock sites
| Domain | Notes |
|---|---|
| appleunlocker.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $19.95 |
| bestra1n.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $24.99 |
| cheapestiphoneunlock.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $9.99 |
| deblocage-iphone-fr.com | Sells unspecified unlocking software for €29.99 |
| desbloquear-iphone-pro.com | Sells unspecified unlocking software for €29.99 |
| e-imeiunlock.com | Survey scam |
| easyiphoneunlocking.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $24.95 |
| easyunlockiphone.net | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $24.99 |
| easyunlockingsolutions.com | Sells unspecified unlocking software for $19.99 |
| how-jailbreak-iphone.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $19.95 |
| ijailbreakpro.com | Sells redsn0w for $29.90, $39.90, or $49.90 |
| ijailbreaktool.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking software for $24.99 |
| ios7jailbreaker.net | Survey scam |
| ios7jailbreak.fr | Survey scam |
| iphone5break.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $49.99 |
| iphone-instant-unlock.com | Sells unspecified unlocking software for $14.95 |
| iphone-unlock-pro.com | Redirects to unlock4iphone.com, desbloquear-iphone-pro.com, and deblocage-iphone-fr.com |
| iphone-unlocker-pro.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $24.95 |
| iphone-unlock-me.com | Sells unspecified unlocking software for $14.95 |
| iphone-unlockme.com | Sells unspecified unlocking software for $14.95 |
| iphoneunlocker.org.uk | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for £14.99 |
| iphoneunlockersoftware.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $24.97 |
| iphoneunlockplus.com | Sells unspecified unlocking software for $22.99 |
| iphoneunlockwiz.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $29.97 |
| jailbreakandunlockiphones.com | Glowing reviews of, and links to, scam sites which are mostly offline now |
| jailbreakiphone5express.com | Links to ijailbreakpro.com, appleunlocker.com and ijailbreaktool.com |
| myappledownload.com | Sells undefined non-existing jailbreaks, unlocks, downgrades for $19.99 |
| mydowngrade.com | Sells undefined non-existing jailbreaks, unlocks, downgrades for $19.99 |
| myunlocker.org | On-device survey / app download scam |
| phoneunlockguy.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $14.95 |
| solutions-directme.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking software for $14.95 |
| superiorsim.com | Sells SIM interposers, reported to be a scam by various websites |
| superunlockiphone.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for £14.99 |
| tracyandmatt.co.uk | Refers victims to unlock-jailbreak.net |
| transx-solutions.com | Sells software for $14.95 which does not say what it is. Also requires a download |
| trusted-iphone-unlocker.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $24.95 |
| ultimateiphoneunlocker.com | Sells unspecified unlocking software for $19.95 |
| unlock-your-phones.com | Sells evasi0n as an unlock for €8.99 |
| unlock-apple-iphone.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $29.99 |
| unlock-appleiphone.com | Sells IMEI unlocks for ANY carrier (including Singtel, which is factory unlocked, and including Sprint, which is nearly impossible, and certainly not done for that price) for $29.95 |
| unlock-ijailbreak.net | Added a letter to the URL, otherwise it's the same site as unlock-jailbreak.net |
| unlock-iphone.info | Fake. Claims that donating will expedite your request. |
| unlock-jailbreak.net | Sells unspecified unlocking software for $24.99 |
| unlock-jailbreak-iphone.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $24.99 |
| unlock-the-iphone.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $29.95, $37.95, or $49 |
| unlock4iphone.com | Sells unspecified unlocking software for $29.99 |
| unlockimeiiphone.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking tool for $19.95 |
| unlockiphone.net | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking tool |
| unlockiphone.org | Sells unspecified unlocking software for $24.95 |
| unlockiphoneios5.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $14.95 |
| unlockiphonenow.org | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $24.99 |
| unlockiphonepro.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $24.99 |
| unlockjailbreaktool.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $24.99 |
| unlockmecentral.com | Sells jailbreaking "membership" |
| ultrasn0wtool.com | Claims to unlock via a GUI app |
| ziphone.org | Directs visitors to iphone-unlocker-pro.com |
