Stolen iPhone - found scam?

I'm in South Africa

My iPhone was stolen. I had it blacklisted and sim card cancelled, and I activated the erase phone on iFind.

Later in the day, both my friend and father received a SMS from +278200725116*****, and since it was addressed to me, they forwarded it to me. It read:

"Notification;

Dear [my name];

This is Megan H. Lawrence from Apple care, we have received your Lost device from SAPS today, please provide us a valid details so we can assist you further and dispatch your device to the provided address. http://findmyiphone.lost-alert.cu.cc/?=35bl

findmyiphone.lost-alert.cu.cc"

I stupidly clicked on the device and page looked exactly like the iFind webpage. I entered my details and my device was no longer there. I didn't think anything of it as the Lost iPhone was activated and I simply thought they switched it on and it was erased. Since apple say you can't track phone anymore once it's erased, I thought this was normal. Now I am reading the forums and am extremely worried.

I since changed my password and activate the double authentication function. I hope I am on time.

Its a scam, a Phishing attempt to get at your friend's details.

Even the web browser issues a warning that it is a known Deceptive website.

You can report the email and website at the address in this link:

Avoid phishing emails, fake 'virus' alerts, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

My phone has been stolen and I can not see it in my account. The thief may have entered a new account. I hope you activate the finding of the phone until I see it on the map and to restore my stolen phone. You are provided with the purchase invoice, supplies and contents of the phone and its number. Please take a look at Claude 's service to find the phone

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Hi

The exact same thing happend to me. Got mugged two days back, got the exact same sms (to the word) and did the exact same thing.

It took them one day from mugging me to sending me the sms. I feel my phone got stole twice.

Where was your phone stolen from?

I am a South African as well, and my friend's phone got stolen. This is the message i received :

Yours Case No. 4598790

A man arrested from johannesburg for smuggling of pre-owned Lost/Stolen iPhones. must registered your details to prove ownership by signing in to

http://icloudus.devicefoundios.com

So, we can assist you futher & help u getting your Apple Device.

Sincerely,

Megan Laurence from ( 

Apple support online care)

Criminals are getting good at making knockoff websites. Please always check for spelling mistakes, strange phone numbers and most of all, that the website link starts with https, not http. This is a quick way to check that the website that is requesting your information is legitimate.

Just had my Iphone 6 stolen and same message of it having been found came up. The phone is nolonger showing on icloud. This has happened in Zambia. The spam address for confirming the lost phone was http://findiphone-sa.com.

Yup the website is fake. If you provided your Apple ID and password to that site, you gave them the tools to remove your iPhone from iCloud.

I would immediately go change the Apple ID password. You can also forget about getting the iPhone back.

My iphone got stolen yesterday and today as soon as the phone was switched on by the thief (I'm assuming it was switched on as the message was received on one of my other phones and there is no way for the thief to know that other number), I got the following message:-

"Alert! Your lost iPhone 7 Plus has been located at 2:30 PM PDT. View location http://help-find-iphone.pe.hu/

Apple Support."

Surprisingly, this message came from the same display ID (Apple) from where I've received Apple verification codes in the past. When I clicked on the link it took me to a page which looked exactly liked an apple page. However, on the browser window before the link it showed "not secure". That alerted me that something's not right and I didn't enter my ID and password yet. Is there a way to verify if the above link is valid?

Hi,

same thing just happened to me, and I have a two factor authentication turned on.

it says someone tried to log in from chengdu, china and i did not allow it. changed my password from the link they sent and input my password....

i then looked up the situtaion and read that it is a phishing attempt.... I then changed my password again.. should i be worried?

purchasing iphone 4 checked imei big problem lost stolen find my iphone is still turned on blacklisted and activation locked im call the police waithing 6 monts ago no result im in varna bulgariq

please what to do 😭😭😭😭

Dear Apple Support, I just got this message. Is there anything I can help to really find my phone?

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It's a scam. The thief is attempting to compromise your iCloud account so they can remove the activation lock.

Notify the police.

It is a scam, once you've reported it to the police, forward that email to Apple here:

https://www.apple.com/legal/more-resources/phishing/

do not fall for this, I did...

My iPhone was stolen and I had turned on the "contact me when found" then I received a very similar sms (I had imported my number to another iPhone). I didn't realize that it was a phishing attempt, clicked on it and entered my apple Id and Password. Immediately after this (almost instantaneously) I could no longer see my stolen iPhone on the Found my iPhone devices.

DO NOT FALL FOR THIS... you can talk to apple support, they are very helpful (I wish I had known this ahead of time and I wish I had contacted Apple).

As indicated by others, this is a scam. Unless your device gets connected to the internet, you will not be able to locate your phone with Find My iPhone. Ignore the messages. That is not Apple or iCloud support, and actually neither is this. This is a user to user support forum hosted by Apple.