I live in Vietnam, phone theft is relatively prevalent here. My dad once got tricked into buying an icloud locked phone. I was very sure it was a loss cause, b

I live in Vietnam, phone theft is relatively prevalent here. My dad once got tricked into buying an icloud locked phone. I was very sure it was a loss cause, but he tried bringing it to a local repair shop anyway. They removed the lock in a few minutes for something like 100usd. Apparently at least some of those icloud unlocking ad that I always thought were scams are actually legit. So these locks may not be as effective as Apple may want you to believe.