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Lost phone. Sms from your service

Hello,

Today I received a text message on my phone number, that my lost iphone XR was found.

I want to know if a message was sent from apple or if it was sent from scammers.

iPhone XR, iOS 15

Posted on Jun 14, 2022 10:02 AM

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Posted on Jun 14, 2022 10:39 AM

That is a scam message. They are attempting to get you to reply and enter your password so that they can turn off activation lock on the phone.

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Lost phone. Sms from your service

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