All my Contacts have changed!

Two days ago, suddenly, my iPhone Messages no longer had names as headers, just phone numbers. Now I find that all my iPhone Contacts have changed! I used to have more than 1100, and now I'm down to 108, and the folks who used to Message me most are no longer in my contacts!
My full Contact list is still on my Mac, but it no longer syncs with my iPhone! I have no idea how to make the iPhone see my Mac Contacts.
Help!

If you previous set up the FIndMyiPod feature via Settings>Mail>MobileMe
and the iPod is on wifi and connected, go to iCloud, sign in, and go to FindMyiPhone. There you can wipe the iPod and find its general location. It the iPod has been restored it will never show up.
- Report to police
- Apple will not help
Reporting a lost or stolen Apple product

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