lost iphone

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lost iphone

hello,

my wife lost her iphone in Milan at the weekend. we activated lost mode and I got a text which shows up as from apple, saying - 'iPhone Xr lost is found and will and will be sent to the nearest Apple Store based on your location. For more info and about the exact location and the documents needed to pickup your iphone, please visit the link below

when I go to this website, it shows up in the browser as ***** and asks for my icloud login, but I'm not sure if this website is genuine or a phishing scam.

does anyone know and can you help?

thanks.

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iPhone XR

Posted on May 28, 2019 3:44 AM

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devliiin Author

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May 28, 2019 5:27 AM in response to devliiin

I thought that, but then this morning I was trying to reset the icloud password and it sent my apple id verification from the same address and it worked? see image attached.

note: posted again as not sure if replies to individual comments show up to everyone

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sergekills

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May 28, 2019 5:31 AM in response to devliiin

I have no idea how do hackers do that making it look like an original SMS from Apple, but if you take a closer look at the message, you see mistakes and not valid apple address. Apple will never EVER spell an iPhone like an 'iphone'.

The original one is appleid.apple.com and not idapple.com

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sergekills

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May 28, 2019 6:55 AM in response to devliiin

This is scam 100%.

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devliiin Author

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May 28, 2019 4:05 AM in response to sergekills

I thought that, but then this morning I was trying to reset the icloud password and it sent my apple id verification from the same address and it worked? see image attached.

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