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Q: How to find a user of lost phone

I have a lost iphone but i dont know how to find the user, plus Im in another country different than the country the phone was found.

iPhone 5s

Posted on Mar 15, 2016 7:08 AM

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  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Mar 15, 2016 7:09 AM in response to Jaziko
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    Mar 15, 2016 7:09 AM in response to Jaziko

    Hand it over to your local authorities.

  • by Jaziko,

    Jaziko Jaziko Mar 15, 2016 7:42 AM in response to Csound1
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    Mar 15, 2016 7:42 AM in response to Csound1

    I'm in Mexico, there are no trusted police here, only corrupted people, if I go to them they probably will ask me for money or they will start asking questions, someone brought this phone to me, someone else gave it to this person who brought it to me saying he was the original owner, I know it was probably a bad decision to accept it. I didn't know about the icloud thing. All I know is that it came from the United States. I don't know if there is a way to contact the owner in case I'm not able to give it back at least I can buy it from them.

  • by ManSinha,

    ManSinha ManSinha Mar 15, 2016 7:44 AM in response to Jaziko
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    Mar 15, 2016 7:44 AM in response to Jaziko

    Unfortunately there is no way - the phone is probably cloud locked and disabled as well

    Sorry we cannot be much help to you

  • by kb1951,

    kb1951 kb1951 Mar 15, 2016 7:51 AM in response to Jaziko
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    Mar 15, 2016 7:51 AM in response to Jaziko

    You will never be able to use this phone if it is locked to someone else's Apple ID. Your story seems vey odd. You say that person "A", who you say was the owner, gave the phone to person "B", who gave it to you while you were in the US. Why would someone just give you a phone? If you knew it was lost, why did you take it to Mexico?

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Mar 15, 2016 7:56 AM in response to Jaziko
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    Mar 15, 2016 7:56 AM in response to Jaziko

    Jaziko wrote:

     

    I'm in Mexico, there are no trusted police here, only corrupted people, if I go to them they probably will ask me for money or they will start asking questions, someone brought this phone to me, someone else gave it to this person who brought it to me saying he was the original owner, I know it was probably a bad decision to accept it. I didn't know about the icloud thing. All I know is that it came from the United States. I don't know if there is a way to contact the owner in case I'm not able to give it back at least I can buy it from them.

    So throw it away.

  • by Jaziko,

    Jaziko Jaziko Mar 15, 2016 8:05 AM in response to kb1951
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    Mar 15, 2016 8:05 AM in response to kb1951

    I'm in Mexico, person A brought it to Mexico, then he gave it to person B saying he was the original owner, the phone was discharged, person B later brought this phone to me, saying it was a working phone the only thing it was discharged, I asked where it came from, person B told me person A was the owner, bought a newer phone so he don't need this one anymore. I believed the story, I didn't know about the icloud thing until I turned it on. Now I know it was stolen or losted. If there is no way to return it to the person, I will give it to the kids to play.

  • by damerucah,

    damerucah damerucah Mar 15, 2016 8:25 AM in response to Jaziko
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    Mar 15, 2016 8:25 AM in response to Jaziko

    hi i bought this iPhone online and when i got it i just found out that this Phone is locked from the original owners icloud and I couldnt contact the person who sold it. How will I contact the person who owns this phone? please help...

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Mar 15, 2016 8:27 AM in response to damerucah
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    Mar 15, 2016 8:27 AM in response to damerucah

    You can't, return the iPhone for a refund, you can not use it,