Stolen I-phone 11

How can you help me locate my stolen phone? Help me lock my stolen phone?


iPhone 11

Posted on Sep 30, 2023 11:54 AM

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Sep 30, 2023 12:41 PM in response to Kurtosis12

Kurtosis12 wrote:

What to do if your phone is lost or stolen.

Find your lost iPhone or iPad with Find My - Apple Support


Note that someone whose phone was stolen might not want to take the final step (removing the phone from their account), since that would clear Activation Lock and let the thieves "make the phone their own."


Someone whose phone was stolen presumably would want to

  • Mark the phone as Lost.
  • Avoid the temptation to use the "Find My" location to go and confront the criminals in person. They're criminals – what if they're violent ones? Better to let the police handle it.
  • Avoid falling for calls or messages from "Apple Support", claiming that they have found the lost phone and want to reunite the owner with it. These types of contacts are "phishing" attempts by criminals, who want the owner to unbrick the phone, and/or to reveal credentials that they can use to rip off the owner even further.
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