Overview

• The Apple Pay Prank, created by TikToker @slimeboyptv on March 31, 2025, involves playing the Apple Pay notification sound and showing a fake payment screen to deceive strangers.
• The prank primarily targets older individuals in public places like stores and restaurants, exploiting their unfamiliarity with mobile payment systems.
• The trend has quickly expanded from TikTok to YouTube and Instagram Reels, with videos garnering millions of views and likes by early May 2025.
• Content creators such as @mon3ypow3resp3ct and YouTuber J2hundred have contributed to the trend's virality, with individual videos receiving hundreds of thousands of likes and views.
• The prank highlights generational divides in technology literacy and reflects the ongoing popularity of shock-based viral content on social media.