iPhone 13 stolen in Denmark and Activation Lock request in Lithuania

Arkivaren wrote:

Now in February I received an email from Apple titled

"Activation lock requests your password to iPhone 13" (verbatim translation from the danish) indicating of

course that the thief was trying to access it.

You seem to have figured this out – but that message wasn't from Apple. It was from the thief, fence, or another such criminal, trying to trick you into disclosing your credentials, so that they could

• Remove Activation Lock and "make your phone their own", and possibly also
• Rifle through any synchronized data or backups you had stored in iCloud

apart from contacting your carrier, and the local law enforcements and your insurance company then read

Find your lost iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

Arkivaren wrote:

I assure you it was from Apple and quite legimitate. Everything about it checks out. Also, wherefrom would the thief have gotten my email addy?!

If the message asked you to enter your Apple ID and Apple ID password, there's no way it was from Apple.

They have ways

read Identify legitimate emails from the App Store or iTunes Store – Apple Support (UK)

and

Recognize and avoid social engineering schemes including phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

and maybe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing