As far as I know, the response is case sensitive. Your response MUST include ONLY "YES" - in all capitals, no quotes, or anything before, after or in between.
Not that this would be of much help at the moment, but once you regain access to your Apple ID, please do yourself a favour and set up at least two other recovery/access methods. For example, I have my mobile and landline as trusted phone numbers, in...
The recent uptick in posts like this, as well as people posting about how they've lost their number, because they weren't made aware of the rules of how accounts work - which is one number, one email, one account, is concerning. PM needs to address t...