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After Vasai resident Atin Shah lost his iPhone 7 plus on the local train, he was handed a slice of the (rotten) Apple pie. The 50-year-old's Apple login ID and password were changed after he clicked on a link from a fake website to locate his stolen phone.
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Atin, who is a developer, lost his phone on the morning of April 21. He registered a complaint at the Naigaon GRP station and locked his phone by registering it on the Apple website.
<img title="An Apple iPhone 7 plus" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/sep/19iphone-7.jpg" alt="An Apple iPhone 7 plus" width="670" height="446" /> An Apple iPhone 7 plus
On April 26, Atin's younger brother Rakesh received this message on his phone: "Dear Apple customer, your lost iPhone 7 plus is located. You can view location of your device now. http://apple.fmi-iphone.com Apple Inc." "When I logged in, it showed the phone's location in Bandra," said Atin. But an hour later, he received the same message from the number + 31614741495, after which he repeated the same process once again. "But a few minutes later, I stopped getting the location as someone changed the login ID and password," said Atin.
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When Atin called on the Apple help line, they said that they never send messages, only e-mails. Someone changed the login ID and password by sending a fake Apple link in a text message on the alternate mobile number. "If someone loses their iPhone and receives such messages, they should call Apple before logging into the site," said Rakesh.

Vasai resident Atin Shah lost his iPhone 7 plus on a local train, his Apple login ID and password were changed after he clicked on a link from a fake website to locate his stolen phone

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