Get poor quick - buy I Am Rich

When Apple set up the app store it set an arbitrary $999.99 limit on the prices developers could charge for their software. It didn't, however, reckon on someone uploading a spoof "I Am Rich" app and charging customers the full $999.99 to be in on the joke.

For a dollar shy of a grand the "I Am Rich" app does little more than display a glowing red gem on the iPhone's screen. In a show of oppulence not seen since the launch of the first Vertu mobile phone, the apps author, Armin Heinrich, gives its description as: "The red icon on your iPhone or iPod Touch always reminds you (and others when you show it to them) that you were able to afford this. It's a work of art with no hidden function at all." 

Still, no one would be fool enough to fall for the scam and click the Buy button, would they? Well, er, yes, actually. Lee5279xx did just that - as his review (pictured) attests. Judging from the 339 other reviews of "I Am Rich", we'd say he's not the only one either.

It's not the first time Apple's let an app into the store that shouldn't have been there. Thankfully, like NetShare, Apple has spotted this unashamed rip-off and removed the app from its listings.Wish we'd thought of itfirst, though...

[ Digital Daily]