Messages received after iPhone stolen

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Messages received after iPhone stolen

HHad my iPhone 6+ stolen in Paris a few weeks ago. Since then I've had a flurry of emails claiming find my iPhone has located it temporarily. I took these to be phishing as they were from gmail emails and had French footers to the email. So today I get another one and try to send expletives in the sign up page of the email and it says that my email and password are incorrect - so now I'm thinking maybe they are genuine?!

ANyone know if this is a thing? Apple on Twitter sent me a link to a website rather than saying yes or no to the messages being from them.

ANy help appreciated.

keith

iPhone 6 Plus

Posted on Apr 9, 2016 8:13 AM

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FoxFifth

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Apr 9, 2016 8:22 AM in response to Thesundowns

It is phishing. Also, the following has some things that you may want to do: If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is lost or stolen - Apple Support

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Thesundowns Author

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Apr 9, 2016 8:25 AM in response to FoxFifth

whats with the username and password thing then? Any clues for that? I've set it to 'self destruct mode' when it connects to the interweb. Is the phone essentially useless or can they still wipe it and start again to sell it on?

thanks for the quick reply.

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FoxFifth

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Apr 9, 2016 8:32 AM in response to Thesundowns

It's useless unless you fall for the phishing attempt.

Regarding the username/password, it may be connecting to a site to validate. It doesn't need to be Apple -- anyone can determine whether a username/password combination will work or not.

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Thesundowns Author

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Apr 9, 2016 8:36 AM in response to FoxFifth

Interesting! Dirty sneaky garlic munchers!! Saw who stole it as well. Caught the car myself. Police weren't interested. Hey ho, thank goodness for insurance.

thanks very much for the help and insight.

keith

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