What happens when you mark your iPhone stolen and the carrier black lists the IMEI?

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Context: iPhone was stolen in Spain (attenzione pickpocket!!) and carrier has blacklisted it and I have attempted to mark it stolen through Apple (will work if phone connects to internet).

What do these steps exactly do?

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Be prepared to receive texts saying the phone was not wiped, they can still access all of your… click here to remove from…

Then a story, I bought this for my daughter and now I am sad.

And then a photo of some hand with painted nails holding a gun threatening you.

Technically, they can access contacts on the Sim, not much more. That’s the benefit of e-sim. That’s how they may begin contacting you to social engineer an unlock so that they may resell.

Visit /r/scams for the common scenario those with stolen iPhones find themselves in. It’s comical how copy/paste their script is.

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