Lost/stolen iphone, now getting random iMessages.

[Satnam1989]

Good advice. I have had my wife monitor the messages today but nothing new has come through.

The only downside to doing this is that there's a chance that just as we can see their iMessages come through on my wife's handset, they could receive any iMessages sent to my wife too. (please correct me if I'm mistaken). Therefore, we can either a) turn iMessage off on her phone (resulting in her not getting their iMessages) or b) Change her email address associated to her apple ID per Apple's instructions (resulting in her not getting their iMessages).

In other words -- in order to continue to monitor their possible conversations, we may run the risk of them seeing her conversations as well.

go to the message coming in from the person, click on "Contact" then you can see what email or number the message is coming from if its associated with your wife's email ID or not...the number/email the message is coming from will be blue.

 

[Leonard1818]

go to the message coming in from the person, click on "Contact" then you can see what email or number the message is coming from if its associated with your wife's email ID or not...the number/email the message is coming from will be blue.

Thanks for the tip.

The message came through with an actual phone number (with our local area code) so I know the persons phone number. They also gave their first name. Interestingly enough, the reply message from the recipient also came through as a separate text and shows their number as well (also with a local area code). So I have the phone number and first name of the person who "just turned on iMessage" and also the phone number of the person who they were texting.

They haven't sent any more messages today. I suspect they caught on when they got a random message meant for my wife and either turned iMessage back off or, if they are smart, went into Settings > messages > "Send and receive" and removed her apple ID and/or phone number.

 

[Satnam1989]

Thanks for the tip.

The message came through with an actual phone number (with our local area code) so I know the persons phone number. They also gave their first name. Interestingly enough, the reply message from the recipient also came through as a separate text and shows their number as well (also with a local area code). So I have the phone number and first name of the person who "just turned on iMessage" and also the phone number of the person who they were texting.

They haven't sent any more messages today. I suspect they caught on when they got a random message meant for my wife and either turned iMessage back off or, if they are smart, went into Settings > messages > "Send and receive" and removed her apple ID and/or phone number.

Hmm strange..but I dont know I mean with even the added effort the odds are still extremely low of you actually getting the iPhone back...and things are definitely not going in your favor since your wife continues to receive iMessages from friends/family

 

[tremlock]

Just use find my iPhone and remote wipe the phone?

 

[Ste Nova]

Just use find my iPhone and remote wipe the phone?

he's done that, this is a imessage bug

anyway.... are you gonna post the numbers so we can have some fun?

 

[Pinkstiletto66]

Lol.

 

[Leonard1818]

anyway.... are you gonna post the numbers so we can have some fun?

lol, not yet... I think I am going to go to my local police tomorrow and present them with this new development and see if they'll do anything about it. I'd rather not go the route of "vigilante justice" if I can avoid it.

I changed my wife's apple ID and password (the email and password) and tested it. We no longer get any imessages from anyone else and any imessages that I send her with her iMessage turned off do not ever show as "delivered" (as in delivered to another handset), they convert to SMS eventually and send out that way.

 

[Leonard1818]

Well damn, I just dropped my iphone 5 and chipped the glass on the corner and dinged up the rest of it pretty good... Blah! Butterfingers.