Lost iphone 12 mini - Apple Alert - New sim-card detected on lost....

Hello, we received the message on another iphone and when we opened it, it showed for a brief second the location of the phone before the login popup came up. After signing in i have not been able to see the location of the phone sadly.

iPhone 12 mini, iOS 16

Posted on Aug 6, 2023 10:23 AM

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Posted on Aug 7, 2023 7:16 AM

That message was sent by the people who had your phone. By signing in to the fake site the link went to, you gave them your Apple ID and password. That allowed them to unlock and erase the phone as new.


Sorry, but you'll never see that phone again.


What you must do - right now - is change your password as the thief now knows it, too.

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Aug 7, 2023 7:16 AM in response to parasbhundia97

That message was sent by the people who had your phone. By signing in to the fake site the link went to, you gave them your Apple ID and password. That allowed them to unlock and erase the phone as new.


Sorry, but you'll never see that phone again.


What you must do - right now - is change your password as the thief now knows it, too.

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