Stolen Smartphones
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My wife’s iPhone was stolen by a bloke who came into her business on Tuesday. As soon as she realised, she told me and I activated lost mode, but by that time the phone was already offline. Just had a notification pop up that it’s in some s
thole in East London.
Basically have one question:
Can they actually do anything with an iPhone that’s got activation lock on and is in lost mode? As far as I’m aware it’s pretty much only any good to part out - there’s no way of setting it up with how it is now. I doubt some scumbags are smarter than the folks who work for Apple.
Please tell me they can’t use it, because I’m fighting the urge to drive over there to forcibly take it back, but that is clearly a terrible idea. At least if it’s completely useless I can be half contented.
thole in East London.Basically have one question:
Can they actually do anything with an iPhone that’s got activation lock on and is in lost mode? As far as I’m aware it’s pretty much only any good to part out - there’s no way of setting it up with how it is now. I doubt some scumbags are smarter than the folks who work for Apple.
Please tell me they can’t use it, because I’m fighting the urge to drive over there to forcibly take it back, but that is clearly a terrible idea. At least if it’s completely useless I can be half contented.
Pretty sure they get shipped abroad where any security features don’t work.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk...
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk...
They're now sending me phishing SMS messages from 'Apple', telling me that the phone has been found (my number is displayed on the lost screen). All I have to do is click on a link and input the Apple ID details to see its location. 
Think I'll just use it as a handy way of sending them some abuse. 
Think I'll just use it as a handy way of sending them some abuse. David87 said:
They're now sending me phishing SMS messages from 'Apple', telling me that the phone has been found (my number is displayed on the lost screen). All I have to do is click on a link and input the Apple ID details to see its location. :
Sneaky! :I knew a kid like that once, he knew all the scams and tricks going. he could tell you how many security guards were likely to be on shift at the local shopping centre and when the shift changes were etc etc.
Yet, he got very generous benefits for having ADHD and learning difficulties..
David87 said:
My wife’s iPhone was stolen by a bloke who came into her business on Tuesday. As soon as she realised, she told me and I activated lost mode, but by that time the phone was already offline. Just had a notification pop up that it’s in some sthole in East London.
Basically have one question:
Can they actually do anything with an iPhone that’s got activation lock on and is in lost mode? As far as I’m aware it’s pretty much only any good to part out - there’s no way of setting it up with how it is now. I doubt some scumbags are smarter than the folks who work for Apple.
Please tell me they can’t use it, because I’m fighting the urge to drive over there to forcibly take it back, but that is clearly a terrible idea. At least if it’s completely useless I can be half contented.
It’s locked by the network. If it goes somewhere far away they wipe it, and sell it as a 2nd hand phone. Easy. Africa, for example it’s easy.thole in East London.Basically have one question:
Can they actually do anything with an iPhone that’s got activation lock on and is in lost mode? As far as I’m aware it’s pretty much only any good to part out - there’s no way of setting it up with how it is now. I doubt some scumbags are smarter than the folks who work for Apple.
Please tell me they can’t use it, because I’m fighting the urge to drive over there to forcibly take it back, but that is clearly a terrible idea. At least if it’s completely useless I can be half contented.
Just blocked here!
Turfy said:
It’s locked by the network. If it goes somewhere far away they wipe it, and sell it as a 2nd hand phone. Easy. Africa, for example it’s easy.
Just blocked here!
No, that's if it's IMEI blocked. That's only, generally, "western" countries.Just blocked here!
If it's blocked at Apple's servers, it stays blocked.
w00tman said:
Turfy said:
It’s locked by the network. If it goes somewhere far away they wipe it, and sell it as a 2nd hand phone. Easy. Africa, for example it’s easy.
Just blocked here!
No, that's if it's IMEI blocked. That's only, generally, "western" countries.Just blocked here!
If it's blocked at Apple's servers, it stays blocked.
Phone isn’t coming back!
Here are the scenarios
They will sell the phone to phone shops who will strip it for parts
If they are organised they will send a fake iCloud message to the owner and tell them to input iCloud username and password. Once they have these they can change the iCloud email account assword on the device, remove the account and now the phone belongs to them. If they are more intelligent, they'll feign a fault with the phone and get it replaced under warranty.
Or if above does not work
Organised groups will let shopkeepers collect enough phones and then come and buy them. They'll then sell them to places like Bury New Road, Manchester who will then strip them down to LCD screen, Logicboard, rear camera etc and sell parts on Ebay......
The mobile phone trade is full of scummy folk
They will sell the phone to phone shops who will strip it for parts
If they are organised they will send a fake iCloud message to the owner and tell them to input iCloud username and password. Once they have these they can change the iCloud email account assword on the device, remove the account and now the phone belongs to them. If they are more intelligent, they'll feign a fault with the phone and get it replaced under warranty.
Or if above does not work
Organised groups will let shopkeepers collect enough phones and then come and buy them. They'll then sell them to places like Bury New Road, Manchester who will then strip them down to LCD screen, Logicboard, rear camera etc and sell parts on Ebay......
The mobile phone trade is full of scummy folk
If it's got the "fine my iphone" feature turned on it's a brick to anyone without the iCloud details, hence they are phishing for your account details. Apple themselves cannot do anything until that feature is disabled, and they block the nation state level workarounds as and when they are exposed so I doubt some stheads in a crack den will be unlocking it any time soon.
theads in a crack den will be unlocking it any time soon.They need to invent some kind of battery dicharge feature, that cranks the power up to 10,000 amps, then when it is next touched by the scrote it discharges, frying all the internal components and making them worthless, and frying the scrote and making his carbon footprint predominately carbon.
bristolbaron said:
Call the police! They’d get over there straight away to retrieve it. 
Exactly, the police are simply not fit for purpose when it comes to crimes like these. Isn't the general message just to claim off your home insurance and let the scum carry on enjoying their life of crime... bristolbaron said:
Call the police! They’d get over there straight away to retrieve it.
My brother recently had 2 phones stolen from his house and the police were all over it.Ok admittedly they also took 2 cars. However it was the phones that the police found when doing a search and helped to implicate the Accused.
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