My iPhone was stolen and I’m receiving spam/threats, is my information safe?

I'm glad he didn't respond. They are on the other side of the world and all they have are threats. Don't let them intimidate you.

My Son had his phone stolen a few months ago. Now he is receiving death threats if he doesn’t detach his device. I understand it could be a scam but scary none the less. He will obviously contact the local PD but how does one get his phone number? Is there a way to get the phone number off the stolen phone? His phone was placed in lost mode right away. He has his roommates number to call in case found. Not his?

Re: “… but how does one get his [my son’s] phone number? Is there a way to get the phone number off the stolen phone? … “

The criminals likely used your son’s SIM to learn your Son’s number before he was able to report the theft to your carrier.

(Something not possible w/ modern eSIMs)

Law enforcement - backed-up by the carriers - have other tracing / tracking tools at their disposal.

I’d think that a death threat should be sufficient for their “investigative” wheels to be set in-motion.

I had my phone stolen in SF in Jan, and I started getting messages saying, theyll hack into my phone and steal my data and only yesterday I received a horrible threat with the video of a gun and some really disturbing words but im not sure even if i remove my device will everything get erased for sure or if they might still have access to some content, i haven’t removed it but its not great getting these horrific texts

shrebhan wrote:

I had my phone stolen in SF in Jan, and I started getting messages saying, theyll hack into my phone and steal my data and only yesterday I received a horrible threat with the video of a gun and some really disturbing words but im not sure even if i remove my device will everything get erased for sure or if they might still have access to some content, i haven’t removed it but its not great getting these horrific texts

DO NOT remove your device from your account. Their threats are scary, but they aren't going to come after you. They're pretty much guaranteed to be outside the country. But if you remove your device, you unlock the phone for them, which is what they want you to do. I know its difficult, but IGNORE them. Don't respond to them at all. They'll go away when the realize you won't do what they want.

I received this same message and then I received one about how the phone was for his daughter. Each text came with screenshots/videos on how to remove my iPhone from my iCloud.

Then this morning I got a really threatening text message, threatening me and my family and saying that I had until Thursday. They send a video with a weapon in it and a video showing how they hack into iPhones. Not really sure what to do from here.

Yep same exact message was copied and pasted to me I checked the location and it’s in china in the same place as everyone else lol. I called AT&T and blacklisted the phone. Today they sent the really scary threating message & videos, which I now see is the same thing they copy and paste to everyone.

Why are you telling us instead of going to the police. There was a death threat in there. That’s a felony.

The police were contacted. Unfortunately there's not much police or Apple can do.

Yes that’s exactly what I just said. This person has contacted the police. They were trying to see if this has happened to anyone else.