Apple Refuses Customer refund except he proves he was not Saddam Hussein

Phone manufacturing giant Apple refused to give a man  a refund for his £799 iPhone unless he could prove he was not deceased Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.


Sharakat Hussain, 26, was surprised when he received an email from the tech giant claiming that he was on the Government's Denied Parties list, which made it illegal for him to be sold an iPhone, The Sun reports.

 Mr Hussain,who is  from Great Barr in Birmingham,  bought the phone for his sister but tried to get his money back after she did not want the gift. Apple however  refused to give a father-of-two a unless he could prove he is not the deceased dictator.

 Mr Hussain told the Sun: 'I thought the email was spam, I was stunned to learn it was real. I was

furious to be linked to Saddam.'