NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY: Apple Investigators Allegedly Posed as Cops in iPhone Prototype Hunt. If someone shows up at your house or office claiming to be a cop, you might want to call the police (or FBI office, or wherever they claim to be from) and independently verify their identity.

UPDATE: Reader Brian Smiley writes:

According to an article from CNN (posted today) CNN is reporting that the SF Police said they helped Apple search someone’s home for a missing item… which kind of goes against what you posted from Wired. Ooops.

“In the statement sent to CNN and other news media late Friday, police did not describe what ‘lost item’ Apple was looking for. However, the file name of that news release is ‘iphone5.doc,’ as Reuters pointed out. Lt. Troy Dangerfield gave an interview to SF Weekly Friday afternoon confirming the police’s involvement with Apple in the investigation.”

So I guess this means that the Wired article is not correct?

Well, if CNN is right, I think that means Wired has to be wrong.