Forex traders Kenyan Prince and Abeid have appealed to people who stole their iPhones to return the devices, with the two making separate pleas while explaining what they stood to lose if the phones were not recovered.
Speaking in a TikTok video on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, Abeid addressed the person who took his iPhone 18 Pro Max, saying he was willing to buy the individual another phone if they returned his device.
The forex trader appeared to avoid directly accusing the person of theft, instead making a personal appeal and offering what he described as an incentive to have the phone brought back.
“So please, this is a message to anyone who stole my iPhone 18. You robbed me, but I do not want to use that word, so I will say if you decided to keep it for me, please come and give it back to me. Once you give me that iPhone back, I will go and buy you another one,” Abeid said.
He then introduced Kenyan Prince, who was also present in the video, inviting him to explain what had happened to his own phone and what he wanted the person who took it to do.
The appeal revealed that the two forex traders had lost different iPhone models, with Kenyan Prince saying his missing device was an iPhone 16 Pro Max.
Unlike Abeid, who wanted his entire phone returned, Kenyan Prince said the most important thing to him was recovering the information stored in the device. He maintained that the person could keep the handset if they returned the data.
“The iPhone I have lost is an iPhone 16 Pro Max. I do not even need it, but if the thief can bring me back the data that was in that phone, they can keep the phone. I will give you the phone and even pay you because you are a fool,” Kenyan Prince said.
His remarks suggested that the information stored in the missing handset was more valuable to him than the physical device, prompting him to offer an unusual deal to whoever had it.
Abeid later returned to clarify the models they had lost, reiterating that his missing phone was an iPhone 18 Pro Max while Kenyan Prince had lost an iPhone 16 Pro Max.
The forex trader again urged whoever had taken the devices to return them, making it clear that the two were still hoping to recover their phones.
“So yeah, we are appealing now. It is clear mine was an iPhone 18 Pro Max and for Kenyan Prince was a 16 Pro Max. So kindly bring back the phones to us,” Abeid added.
