Things the guys who stole my phone have texted me to try to get me to unlock it
gothamist.com
Don’t fall for these texts from scammers trying to crack into your stolen phone.

This is a very entertaining and educational article, giving insights into the methods used by thiefs to try and get access to your phone data.

I don’t like Apple but it’s great that their security is so good when it comes to this.

  • thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.caEnglish
    34·
    5 months ago

    As someone who’s experienced the same thing, some of the messages I received were shockingly well written.

    The fake “find my” site they tried to use to convince me to log into my iCloud account was wildly convincing, if not for the index.php at the end of the URL - something Apple would never configure for service endpoints.

    They continued to try - but never threatening. However I never engaged and eventually they just stopped trying.

    • AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      221·
      5 months ago

      yeah and the said part is most people without the tech background would never notice the index.php in the URL, or care.