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| Saluki |
2 months back phone was stolen. ATT stopped service etc. Now it would seem it’s been opened and getting message about they’ve got all my info and if I would be nice enough to give them the codes to erase everything so it can be sold on black market, without compromising my security. Well that sure ain’t happening. But what is at risk? Card numbers were changed instantly, I didn’t change bank account numbers though. The fact they want pass codes makes me believe they don’t have the access they need. But what do they have? I’m going to change bank account numbers. Are all my remembered passwords at risk? ----------The weather is here I wish you were beautiful---------- | ||
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Raptorman |
From my understanding, it's a scam. From your iCloud account, put it in lost mode and change your iCloud account password. It's fucked from there. Use your find my feature and go tune them up a bit. ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
Could you use "find my phone" to find it? "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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Drill Here, Drill Now |
The "find my" application also has a lost phone mode to enable additional protection. Have you turned this feature on?  Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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Baroque Bloke |
The messages you’re getting are iMessages? Did you have FaceID set up? If so I’m surprised that they could know your number. Serious about crackers | |||
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| Saluki |
that’s pretty much what I thought. ----------The weather is here I wish you were beautiful---------- | |||
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| Member |
Offer to meet up to buy it back. Send the police instead. | |||
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| Saluki |
It would appear the phone is currently in China if Apple find my chit is to be believed ----------The weather is here I wish you were beautiful---------- | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
Brick it. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| Ice age heat wave, cant complain.  |
Do you mind sharing how the phone was stolen? NRA Life Member Steak: Rare. Coffee: Black. Bourbon: Neat. | |||
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| Raptorman |
That's a VPN. ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
By a sneaker Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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| Saluki |
Answering a few of you. I’m pretty sure I “bricked” the thing a couple months ago, but now I’m questioning myself. The fact there have been a couple email notifications from “Apple” telling me my find my phone app needs my secret code to do some sort of function, plus this mornings iMessage. The message mentions the theft, and that it’s been hooked to the internet in China and that this person wants to clean out all my personal info (because he has my best interests at heart)so he can sell it on the black market with a clear conscience I guess. They sent me instructions on which buttons to push pretty much like what you all have told me, pretty much not exactly. They left out the part where you push the erase everything button. But Reflex how pray tell did your shit get stolen? So now I’ll divulge my stupidity, threw the phone on the dash, left all my personal belongings except wallet in my “purse”, truck keys house keys work keys Bose ear buds, nice leatherman, lots of stuff $1000 isn’t a bad replacement cost estimate. Left the doors unlocked at the Walmart on Capital St Milwaukee, WI. I don’t do that anymore. I have developed a theory that they got plenty of info about my phone situation from the recent ATT data breaches. They don’t have my phone, but if given those pass codes they could figure out some other way to f’ me remotely. The bank assured me that I have nothing to worry about, I’m on the list of watch out for this guy. Local bank 2 branches #1 kid has worked there for over a decade, I’m known by sight as #1’s dad by everyone. ----------The weather is here I wish you were beautiful---------- | |||
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| Member |
I should think online Apple support would be able to tell you if it is truly bricked. -- I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. JALLEN 10/18/18 https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...610094844#7610094844 | |||
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| Raptorman |
It ain't in no China. They are using a VPN. The emergency call feature displays the number when it's locked. Tell them to Venmo you $500 and you'll let them unlock it. ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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| Saluki |
Damn such a simple thing I forgot completely that you can do that. I’m likely dealing with a Jedi tweaker then. I do appreciate your input. ----------The weather is here I wish you were beautiful---------- | |||
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| Eye on the Silver Lining |
This happened to me. I bricked it and ignored every message. __________________________ "Trust, but verify." | |||
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| Just for the hell of it  |
Through iCloud, Apple has an option to erase your phone or at least they used to. I think there is a stolen option that not only will erase it but may also brick it. The only problem is whoever stole it has to connect it to the internet. I would ignore them or respond with. I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. _____________________________________ Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain. Jack Kerouac | |||
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Member |
Too bad you can't pull a "pager" on these jerks. _________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902 | |||
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Not really from Vienna |
You’ve probably seen this and done as they suggest, but here’s what apple says to do if your phone is lost/stolen: https://support.apple.com/en-us/120837 | |||
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