I moved to a new city almost a year ago now. Within the first month of us moving in we received a package with a iPhone and Apple Watch we didn’t order. I opened the box at first because we were receiving a bunch of packages and didn’t think to look for a name on it. When we opened it we realized it wasn’t ours and put it with all the other random mail that isn’t ours to bring to our property manager. Needless to say it got put on a shelf and forgotten about in the chaos of moving in. Now what do I do? It’s been almost a year, can I just turn it in? Do I have a new phone? Or am I a accidental criminal?
Apple has the IMEI’s for that missing phone and watch and when you try to use or activate the phone, I would assume it’s on a list of stolen/lost new merchandise. I wouldn’t risk it. It would’ve been really simple to call Apple when you received $2000 worth of merchandise you didn’t order a year ago and they would’ve made it very easy for you to return it. A year later, I don’t think anyone will be real lenient with this story, if you try to activate this phone.