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My iPhone had been stolen 4 month ago. Recently I have been receiving message from unknow number tells me to remove my device from find my, otherwise they can duplicate my personal information. Should I do so or not?
And Whatmore is "Mark as Lost" is still in pending
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iPhone 14 Pro
The message is not from Apple. It's a scam.
If you remove your iPhone from the list of devices using your Apple ID, you will give whoever has your phone free access to do anything that they want with your phone.
You won't ever get the phone back, but you can at least continue to really frustrate whoever has your phone if you do not remove the phone from your list of devices.......so they can't use the phone.
Either way, the phone is gone.
By leaving the phone on your device list, you prevent anyone else from ever using the phone. That will really frustrate whoever might have your phone, thinking they now have a phone to use for themselves or sell to any unsuspecting user.
If you are OK with someone else having use of your lost phone, then you can remove it from your list of devices.
Personally, I would much rather have whoever has the stolen phone really frustrated that they can't use it, but it's your call.
My phone was also stolen about 1 month ago. I got an identical text from an overseas number. I even blocked the number and got another text from a different overseas number threatening the same thing. I immediately called apple support who said to NOT remove the device. This gives the thieves the ability to wipe it and re-sell it. Do not remove it, erase it instead. It will say erase pending until the phone is turned on and on wifi for at least 10-15 minutes. Even once it is erased, your phone will remain under Activation Lock as long as you DO NOT REMOVE IT. Now the thieves can't re-sell it. STOP THE SCAMMERS!!!!!
Thank you so much I received similar messages today after having my phone stolen earlier this month and was thinking it must be a scam glad to see confirmation.
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How does removing it from Find My devices give thief access? Is t the phone locked either way?
Can’t Yves remotely disable the phone?
Ok. This is very helpful, although I have the new stolen phone feature activated as well
That adds an extra layer of security.
What if the apple ID was changed and find my iPhone disabled?
All authentications were sent to the stolen phone which housed my registered mobile number.
The message is a scam. Definitely not sent by Apple. I would block that number that keeps texting you trash
should i remove my stolen device from find my
