Jason Manford's daughter suffers 'terrifying' ordeal as phone is 'taken over' by stranger

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The man claimed he had purchased the phone in a "dodgy" shop, but couldn't reset it without knowing its former password - and naturally Jason was in no hurry to hand it over.

Eventually, he resorted to extreme measures, explaining to fans: "I told him I was calling the police and he deleted everything he sent and blocked me!"The puzzled Starstruck judge then had a eureka moment. "I worked out that my dad took (and lost!) my daughter's old iPhone 6 to Australia LAST February & it must've found its way into a phone shop in Dubai or somewhere and this Indian fella must've got it," he explained. DON'T MISS. . . Paul O'Grady's final act to bid goodbye to village he loved so dearly [TRIBUTE]Lee Mead in 'private life vow' after ex Denise Van Outen's open letter [INSIGHT]Carol Vorderman 'fell in love' with boss while in South Africa [LATEST]"Anyway it came back online today cos my daughter noticed pictures that were not her appearing on her photos!"I've now managed to log in, find it (somewhere near New Delhi!) and erase and remove it from her iCloud etc!" he concluded with relief. (sic)Instagrammers were sympathetic, with one exclaiming: "This isn't weird, it's terrifying!"Another chimed in: "Just shows how easy it is to get hold of someone's identity in this disposable technical world we live in!!!

Glad you sorted the security for your daughter and relieved you were sat with her when it happened. "Jason, who has six children in total, didn't specify which one of them had.