Apple Activation Lock service to your rescue – Check for stolen iPhone, iPad, iPod
UPDATE: Apple removed iCloud Activation Lock status page from January 2017. The URL iCloud.com/activationlock now returns a 404 error page
As soon as Apple launches a fresh model of iPhone , iPad or iPod touch we witness an exponential surge in the buying and selling of these iOS devices. On one hand because the new buyers have the opportunity to snatch these devices at an advantageous price from the previous owner(the one who sells now), which in time with the gain from the sale may well write off the cost of purchasing the new iDevice.
