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Scam Of The Week: Your Stolen iPhone Has Been Found Between 3 and 4 million smartphones are stolen every year. It is the modern-day purse snatching. Many people put their entire private and work lives on these devices which can cost up to $500. Losing a device or getting it stolen can feel like a disaster, way beyond just the monetary loss. Cyber thieves count on this panic and abuse their victims twice in this sophisticated iPhone scam. They count on you wanting to prevent a negative consequence and target you for social engineering. Here is how the scam goes down:Your iPhone get stolen.You go online and turn on the Find My iPhone Activation Lock.Shortly afterward you get a message that the phone is found but you need to go to this website and verify your Apple ID. You quickly do this.Gotcha! It is a spoofed Apple iCloud site and when you enter your credentials, these go straight to the scammers who now own your account and unlock the phone.You've been social engineered and the thieves will sell the phone. There is nothing you can do but go to Apple, change your password and set up 2-factor verification for your account but the phone (or iPad) is gone forever.How can the bad guys do this? Simple -- send an iMessage to the email address that it said it had been locked by, as the default iOS settings mean you can send & receive iMessages to email addresses with an Apple ID. The problem is the end-user is in a panic and does not notice the malicious "From" address in the received email. What should you do if your smartphone is lost or stolen?The City of Albuquerque Mobile Device Security Policy was developed to provide direction in protecting your Smart Phone or other mobile device. “City employees who possess City owned laptop computers and other portable electronic devices are expected to secure them whenever they are left unattended. In the event a City-owned or controlled laptop computer or other device is lost or stolen, the theft or loss must be reported immediately to the Department of ownership and the Albuquerque Police Department. In the event City Confidential Data is contained on any personally-owned computer or device that is lost or stolen, DTI Service Desk must be contacted immediately.”If you get a message from an address you do not recognize claiming "your phone is found", do not click on anything and do not call any number that the message may give you. Specifically, do not log into any site this message tells you to go to and leave your username and password, because that is likely a spoofed site and they are trying to steal your credentials. Remember, the bad guys try to trick you when you are worried and manipulate you into doing things against your own interest. Online crooks have no shame in abusing their victims twice to get what they want. Think Before You Click!"The City of Albuquerque Cyber Security Website has additionally information and security tips to help you from becoming a victim of malicious activity. ................
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