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stolen phone

hi,

last friday i was pick pocketed in london and my phone (iPhone 11 ) was stolen. last night i got a text message from 'apple' saying the phone had been switched on and to locate it ,follow this link which was the link to find my iPhone, when i clicked the link it asked for the passcode to the phone and me being stupid i entered it! quickly realising after it was a scam. so i then located the iPhone on find my iPhone and it is in romania. i am very worried that they now have gotten access to everything on my phone, is there anyway at all you can block them from using it ?

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Posted on Dec 17, 2021 7:02 AM

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Posted on Dec 17, 2021 8:39 AM

cdavies98 wrote:

hi,
last friday i was pick pocketed in london and my phone (iPhone 11 ) was stolen. last night i got a text message from 'apple' saying the phone had been switched on and to locate it ,follow this link which was the link to find my iPhone, when i clicked the link it asked for the passcode to the phone and me being stupid i entered it! quickly realising after it was a scam. so i then located the iPhone on find my iPhone and it is in romania. i am very worried that they now have gotten access to everything on my phone, is there anyway at all you can block them from using it ?

No, change all of your password now if any credit card was stored cancel them now.

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Dec 17, 2021 8:39 AM in response to cdavies98

cdavies98 wrote:

hi,
last friday i was pick pocketed in london and my phone (iPhone 11 ) was stolen. last night i got a text message from 'apple' saying the phone had been switched on and to locate it ,follow this link which was the link to find my iPhone, when i clicked the link it asked for the passcode to the phone and me being stupid i entered it! quickly realising after it was a scam. so i then located the iPhone on find my iPhone and it is in romania. i am very worried that they now have gotten access to everything on my phone, is there anyway at all you can block them from using it ?

No, change all of your password now if any credit card was stored cancel them now.

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