How to track iPhone owner with IMEI number?

My friend found an iPhone 13 Pro Max and gave it to me... I want to contact the owner to see if they're still interested in taking it back.


Here's the IMEI number:


35 ***31 0


Are you able to get in contact with the owner?


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iPhone 13 Pro Max

Posted on Jan 16, 2025 09:21 AM

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Posted on Jan 16, 2025 09:26 AM

No. Apple won’t get involved.


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Jan 16, 2025 09:28 AM in response to Cmindo

We aren't allowed to post personal information on these forums, so you wouldn't find the owner here. Also we are a user-to-user forum, not Apple, so neither can we locate the owner.


Try seeing if there is any information about the owner in the Medical ID, so you can possibly reach the owner to return their iPhone. Apart from that, there isn't much else you can do. I would suggest leaving it at a lost and found or a police station where the owners can see the location and pick their iPhone up.

Jan 16, 2025 09:36 AM in response to Cmindo

Apple used to have a service where you could send in a found iPhone, but apparently that no longer exists.


You can see if the owner has left a message that should appear on the iPhone if you try activating it.


Otherwise you are left with conventional methods of dealing with fund possessions such as turning it in to the police or a lost and found service.

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