My locked iPhone 5 was lost. How did this person contact me?
I lost my iPhone 5 a couple weeks ago. The phone was locked with a password, and it had no data because it wasn't with a phone company. I thought about contacting an Apple store and blacklisting the phone, but I figured it's Christmas so i'll suppose my lost as a gift of giving.
Ironically, I received a phone call from a pleasant voice who told me that the he purchased a phone off of Kijiji (it's like craigslist) for $300, but he found out it's stolen and was contacting the home number to return it.
I'm pleased and ecstatic about the discovery, but my question is:
**how was he able to contact me when my phone was locked?**
I mean, the only way to get into the phone is with a password. Unless he somehow guessed the 4 digit code right (which I don't really see happening), the only way to use the phone is to reset it, and that would wipe out everything on the phone.