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Just remember to never remove the stolen iPhone from Find My, the thieves will try everything to convince you to do so.

Apple also fixed this a while back. If your GPS location is away from home, starting a wipe actually sets a timer where you have to Face ID and enter the password in an hour to actually do the wipe.

How do they try to convince you?

Like when they're taking it from you, or do they contact you later somehow?

If it's when they are taking it, why do they try to convince you instead of forcing you since they are already using force to take it?

If it's the latter, how do they contact you if you don't have a phone?

They contact you later (weeks or months later). And it’s contacting your phone number to attempt to convince you to unlink it, usually with some sob story or threat. They know the phones are worth way way less if they are blacklisted, so they’ll try all sorts of tricks. Apparently it’ll sometimes get sold and passed down to other scammers who try different tactics.

See this article on what that can look like:

https://www.phonearena.com/news/stolen-iphone-scams-how-to-p...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40578460

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