Just as it was back in 2017, the woman’s goal could be to get inside the homeowner’s dwelling to get an idea of the layout of the house, figure out where the valuables might be kept, and possibly learn when the home would be unattended. More frightening is the possibility that this woman is trying to get the homeowner to let her in so that her accomplices, hidden off to the side, could race inside the home and rob the place at gunpoint.
Even though the KSAT report is quite dated, obviously this is a scam that is still being used today. If you are ever in a situation like this, do not open the door. Call the police immediately. If a random person says that their iPhone, iPad, AirPods, or Apple Watch is inside your home and they truly believe that they are telling you the truth, there should be no objection if you tell him/her not to move, and that you are calling the police.
The woman could have told the homeowner that she would use the Find My app on her iPhone to play a pinging sound on her missing Apple Watch
Another Redditor said that if the woman’s Apple Watch was inside the home of “CalciteQ” as she claimed, she could have hit the “Play sound” button when her Apple Watch appeared on her iPhone’s Find My app. This suggestion could have been made over the Ring camera and her failure to bring it up might indicate that she is working a scam.
