Putting your iPhone in the microwave will COOK it, not charge it, Apple warns. 蘋果警告：把你的iPhone拿去微波會毀了它，而不是為它充電

Fake advertisements claiming iPhones can be charged by putting them in the microwave have caught out unwary users whose phones have been set on fire or left a smoking ruin when they’ve tried it.

宣稱把iPhone放到微波爐裡能充電的假廣告，害許多不疑有他的使用者上當，他們嘗試後造成手機起火或冒煙損毀。

Apple has been frantically trying to hose down the ad by internet pranksters 4-Chan, Tweeting warnings that it is a hoax and asking followers to urgently retweet the message.

蘋果一直極力消毒這支由網路惡搞者網站4-Chan推出的廣告，推文警告這是騙人的，並請追隨者緊急轉貼這項訊息。

’Heard of #AppleWave? IT’S A HOAX & WILL DESTROY YOUR IPHONE,’ said a Tweet from the Apple iOS Support account. ’Please help spread the word!’

「聽過蘋果微波嗎？這是騙人的，會毀了你的手機」，蘋果iOS支援部門帳號發出的一篇推文這麼說，「請幫忙把這訊息傳出去！」

The warning came too late for many who fell for the convincing mock-up ad.

不過，對於許多受騙相信這個假廣告的人來說，警告來得太晚了。

Posted originally by the notorious internet pranksters 4-Chan, the ’IOS 8 exclusive’ Wave ad was designed to precisely mimic an update from Apple Inc following the release of their new software one week ago.

這支「iOS 8獨家微波功能」廣告最初由惡名昭彰的4-Chan網站張貼，設計以維妙維肖的手法模仿蘋果公司發布新軟體後推出的新廣告。

’Wave allows your device to be charged wirelessly through microwave frequencies,’ the post read. ’Wave can be used to quickly charge your device’s battery using any standard household microwave.’

「微波功能能讓你的裝置透過微波頻率無線充電」，假廣告說，「微波功能能利用一般家庭微波爐為你的裝置迅速充電」。

Gullible users took to their microwaves, and then to Twitter to show the results as a warning to other users by sharing images of smoking, cracked and flaming iPhones.

好騙的使用者真的拿去微波，然後到推特上秀出微波的結果，分享手機冒煙、裂開和起火的照片，以此警告其他使用者。
新聞辭典：

cook：（俚語）動詞，在本文中意思為「毀壞」。另有「竄改、偽造」之意，例如：cook the books（作假帳）。

unwary：形容詞，沒有防備心、沒警覺可能有問題的。

gullible：形容詞，容易受騙的。例句：Fraud rings usually cook up a story to deceive unwary, gullible people like you.（詐騙集團通常都編出一套說詞，欺騙像你們這種沒警覺心又好騙的人。）