Stolen iPhone scammer.

TheJman said:
Sure she has a password on it??

I don't remember selecting anything specific. Thought it was just a standard setting.
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100% sure. I can't do anything on it other than turn off her Wi-Fi and put it on flight mode so she can't have one of her friends/her brothers call it to find where I've hidden it from her when taken away. If it's taken for more than just a few hours, I turn it off.
 
Progenix Oj101 said:
100% sure. I can't do anything on it other than turn off her Wi-Fi and put it on flight mode so she can't have one of her friends/her brothers call it to find where I've hidden it from her when taken away. If it's taken for more than just a few hours, I turn it off.
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Bizarre, just tried on my phone now - can't do any of that with phone locked.
 
geezer said:
Unfortunately, yes. My brother-in-law discussed that yesterday with me saying that should definitely be added in IOS. That will prevent the thief from immediately switching the phone off, which then make the phone untraceable using the "Find My" feature. The moment we discovered that her phone was missing, I tried to locate it, but could not do so, assuming the phone was switched off by the thief.
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Could just have removed the SIM and gone out of the range of the wifi. Same thing.
 
TheJman said:
Interesting - on my Samsung, I don't think it's possible to turn it off without putting in password / fingerprint / faceID.

AFAIK - can't turn off Wifi, Bluetooth or Network, without password / fingerprint / faceID.

Means if it's stolen, they can't turn it off and I can continue to track it.

Wonder why Iphone hasn't moved to this.
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Do you have an eSIM? Otherwise see my above post.
 
My brother-in-law just sent me this video, which shows how you can enable a feature to require a passcode before the phone can be switched off. But it seems to be either phone specific, or country specific because it does not feature on my iPhone 12 Mini with the latest IOS installed.
 
geezer said:
My brother-in-law just sent me this video, which shows how you can enable a feature to require a passcode before the phone can be switched off. But it seems to be either phone specific, or country specific because it does not feature on my iPhone 12 Mini with the latest IOS installed.
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That's a concept video, not a feature. It says so in the description and at the end of the video.
 
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geezer said:
My brother-in-law just sent me this video, which shows how you can enable a feature to require a passcode before the phone can be switched off. But it seems to be either phone specific, or country specific because it does not feature on my iPhone
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“Concept video”
 
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geezer said:
Unfortunately, yes. My brother-in-law discussed that yesterday with me saying that should definitely be added in IOS. That will prevent the thief from immediately switching the phone off, which then make the phone untraceable using the "Find My" feature. The moment we discovered that her phone was missing, I tried to locate it, but could not do so, assuming the phone was switched off by the thief.
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Modern iPhones are traceable when powered off. A great solution if there’s an eSIM.

The Androids in question could just have their SIM cards removed while still on, no?
 
geezer said:
My wife's iPhone was stolen from her handbag yesterday when we were out shopping.

The phone was blocked at MTN after we discovered that it was stolen. I also her phone was marked as being lost from my iPhone and set up my phone number should it be found. Last night I received this message, informing me that the phone has been found, but from a cleverly disguised fake website, namely "icloud-inc.com". not the legit "iCloud.com".
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This then takes you to a site where it tries to get your Apple ID username and password so that they can wipe the phone and remove it from your Apple ID in order to possible use it themselves or sell it.
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I have subsequently set up her stolen phone to be remotely erased when it is switched on again. Luckily, I could restore her previous old phone with a very recent iCloud backup, so nothing (photos, contacts etc.) was lost with the phone being stolen.

Bloody thieves!:mad:
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Just goes to show that there are fairly sophisticated syndicates who these thieves sell stolen iPhones to. Obviously a working iPhone is more valuable (or quicker to sell) than harvesting non usable one for parts.

Thing is, 2FA is so widely adopted on iPhones these days… How would the thieves get past that? A phishing phone call after one puts in their Apple ID and password on the fake FindMy site?
 
I have a Samsung S20FE. I have ESET installed, and it locks everything, even if you are logged into the phone you need fingerprint or PIN to open important Apps (banking, Samsung Pay, WhatsApp etc) and the Settings menu.
In the ESET online dashboard I can remotely lock the phone and wipe it.
 
capd said:
Modern iPhones are traceable when powered off. A great solution if there’s an eSIM.

The Androids in question could just have their SIM cards removed while still on, no?
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That relies on the proximity to other Apple devices and the Find My Bluetooth network, not the eSIM.
 
SauRoNZA said:
That relies on the proximity to other Apple devices and the Find My Bluetooth network, not the eSIM.
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Aha, so like AirTag? I still need to get one to test.

Still decent. Do Androids have an equivalent when SIM is removed/powered off?
 
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