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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do you send a phishing text to a phone you have stolen? The owner would either not get the text, or get it via iMessage which the response wouldn't appear on the stolen phone. I'm not following this tactic, so I'm obviously missing something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The owner tries to call the number from another phone, usually a mobile. The hope is that the phone was misplaced and not stolen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So the owner calls the phone, which is answered by the thief who pretends to be Apple?

Interesting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They don't necessarily have to answer. They can just note the number that appears on-screen and text it later from a different device.

Usually the next step for the owner is to try get into their Apple ID to access the lost phone functions. That's where the texts come in.