▲ 38 ▼ Nearly two-fifths of robberies in London last year were for mobile phones (www.theguardian.com) submitted 3 years ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk 29 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] 520@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) The owner tries to call the number from another phone, usually a mobile. The hope is that the phone was misplaced and not stolen. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] frazorth@feddit.uk 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) So the owner calls the phone, which is answered by the thief who pretends to be Apple? Interesting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 520@kbin.social 2 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) So the owner calls the phone, which is answered by the thief who pretends to be Apple? Interesting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 520@kbin.social 2 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 520@kbin.social 2 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent