How did someone adopt my IMEI number and clone my iphone

I literally watched a phone that no longer had service as far as making calls in or out. I could use the phone just for internet. One night while on the phone, a notification appeared and said phone activated. Also, MANY other factors over the last 2 years have occurred, which would take months to explain. It appears as though my credentials were adopted from that iPhone and is being utilized in a cloned phone. The fear is, what is this person/persons doing with my personal data including all my credentials, my small business info, and my EMEI/serial number that they appear to have adopted in creating a duplicate phone that appears to be me? also, a Chinese/Japanese keyboard was implemented onto my phone? also, you can hear phones pick up as though it’s a landline picking up when phone calls are placed. My life has been turned upside down and for lack of a better term, I would need to create a novel of all the occurrences that have happened with my phones.

iPhone 14 Pro Max

Posted on Jul 25, 2023 7:17 AM

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Feb 23, 2024 6:28 PM in response to tracie4578

Same here thought I was victim of commercial spyware I quit using my Wi-Fi and home desktop and and changed SIM cards. Guilty party gave it way instantly. Ask had I been to my local Apple Store. Then I knew my sim was getting cloned. Kept changing and kept getting cloned. Final solution was to get a eSIM activated and done a new Apple ID and password. If you use your home Wi-Fi to reset and get new I’d change it as soon as you are on data. Trust me you will get your sanity back

Dec 24, 2023 12:00 AM in response to Community User

I AM LITERALLY GOING through this now they have spent six grand from my Apple wallet and attempted to make it appear to be me but remember everything had a trace and a path if you download google data connected to the phone or have it signed in it will literally give you the persons up address the original device id the network EVERYTHING


WE NEED TO report this to the fbi and google Apple and all of the companies we signed a user agreement with. They are risking our lives our financial stability.

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