Lost phone- Is the website legit?

So my dad just lost his iPhone a couple days back. We had gone into his iCloud account and reported it as lost on ‘Find my Phone’. We put a message that said phone is stolen and if found call xxxxxx (my mom’s phone number). Yesterday she had gotten a call from an American number and it was labelled as apple support (they live in South Asia). Then she got a message on WhatsApp (kind of a red flag) with a link that said it was open for 24hrs and it was a map with the phone location. However, the website was map.my-iCloud.sa.com. This seems completely fake to me. But I am unsure since my mom also did miss a call from Apple support. Did anyone else ever get a link like this?

Posted on Nov 13, 2024 10:55 AM

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Posted on Nov 13, 2024 10:59 AM

Yes it is fake. They are looking for you to provide them with your Apple ID/Password so they can reset the phone and use it as theirs. Apple is not going to call you.


That is a drawback of entering your contact details if found. There is always the chance that the person intentionally stole the phone and is not looking to return it.

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Nov 13, 2024 10:59 AM in response to Lamyas

Yes it is fake. They are looking for you to provide them with your Apple ID/Password so they can reset the phone and use it as theirs. Apple is not going to call you.


That is a drawback of entering your contact details if found. There is always the chance that the person intentionally stole the phone and is not looking to return it.

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