Scam Jailbreaks and Unlocks

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This is an incomplete list of community-reported scam sites that pretend to distribute or sell jailbreaking and unlocking tools/services. (There are tons of 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. Some legitimate forms of unlocking are not free - third-party IMEI unlocks and SIM interposer devices both cost money - but ultrasn0w is always free.

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 can register an account and remove it from the list.)

Make sure not to link to these pages, as all links will boost their Google ranking.

Jailbreak fakes

Domain Notes
7jailbreak.com On-device survey scam
alphajailbreak.com Survey scam
alpinejb.blogspot.com Fake
blackwid0w.com Copy of evasi0n.com
celtikios7.com Survey scam
downgradeiphone.com Sells a false promise (universal iOS/baseband downgrade) for $29
equsi0n.com Survey scam
evad3rsdevteam.com Survey scam, copy of evasi0n.com
evad3rs-devteam.com Copy of evasi0n.com
evad3rsteam.com Survey scam
evasi0nblog.com Repackaged evasi0n
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
evasionjailbreak.net Survey scam, copy of evasi0n.com
evasi0n-official.com Survey scam, loosely copied from evasi0n.com
evasl0n.blogspot.com Survey scam, copy of evasi0n.com
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
getthebest365.com Sells unspecified tool for $27.00
icysn0w.com Survey scam
ievad3rs.com Survey scam
ijailbreak-iphone.com Sells an unspecified tool for $19.95
ineedjailbreak.com Sells evasi0n / redsn0w for $24.95
inj3ct3d.klikkit.co.uk asking for donations to publish a non-existent jailbreak
ios-6-1-4-jailbreak.com Survey scam
ipadjailbreak3.com Forwards to jailbreakunlock.org
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
jailbreak-ios-7.com Tells people to go to thejailbreakshop.com
jailbreak-my-ipad.org Sells evasi0n / redsn0w for $29.95 per month
jailbreak-team.com Sells an unspecified tool for $29.99
jailbreakandunlock1.pressdoc.com Blog that is about jailbreak and unlock which uses fake tools.
jailbreakbj.com Survey scam
jailbreakios7untethered.com Survey scam, all set up in advance for iOS 7
jailbreakiphone5s.com Tells people to go to thejailbreakshop.com
jailbreaknewiphone.com Survey scam after being strung along downloading a fake tool
jailbreakunlock.info Sells unspecified tools for $19.95, $29.95, and $39.95
jailbreakunlock.org Sells evasi0n / redsn0w for $14.95
latestiphoneunlock.com Sells an unspecified tool for $9.95 or $29.95
newios7jailbreak.com Directs visitors to unlock-jailbreak.net
overcast7.com Survey scam
pod2gblog.blogspot.com Copy of pod2g's blog
purpletools.wordpress.com and all the other sites/people offering similar stuff Scam - It sells PurpleRestore and other internal tools at high price promising they'll allow to downgrade any device/firmware and to install any firmware on any device (e.g. iOS 6.1.3 on iPhone 3G).
redpois0n.net Survey scam
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
synergyjailbreak.com Survey scam
team7jailbreak.com On-device survey scam (redirects to 7jailbreak.com)
thejailbreakshop.com Sells an unspecified tool for $29.97 and $49.97
unja1l.com Survey scam

Scam jailbreak and unlock sites

Domain Notes
appleunlocker.com Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $19.95
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
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
myappledownload.com Sells undefined non-existing jailbreaks, unlocks, downgrades for $19.99
phoneunlockguy.com Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $14.95
solutions-directme.com Sells unspecified jailbreaking software for $14.95
superunlockiphone.com Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for £14.99
trusted-iphone-unlocker.com Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $24.95
ultimateiphoneunlocker.com Sells unspecified unlocking software for $19.95
unlock4iphone.com Sells unspecified unlocking software for $29.99
unlock-apple-iphone.com Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $29.99
unlockiphone.org Sells unspecified unlocking software for $24.95
unlock-ijailbreak.net Added a letter to the URL, otherwise it's the same site as unlock-jailbreak.net
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
unlockimeiiphone.com Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking tool for $19.95
unlockiphone.net Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking tool
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
ziphone.org Directs visitors to easyiphoneunlocking.com