Before buying from Ebay..........

callmybill

Ask for the IMEI number and check it on this site, it may be stolen/blocked:

http://www.amta.org.au/default.asp?Page=405

MUHAMID

Good finding.....!
Thanks

espresso

Unfortunately it doesn't stop an unscrupulous seller reporting it lost/stolen after you have bought it.

fraz41

Great...if you live in Australia. Don't think it applies to phones lost or stolen in the UK does it ?

callmybill

Try your own EMEI number and see for yourself...

Bertville

Only problem is, you shouldn't give your IMEI to anyone as it can be cloned. If somebody asked me I wouldn't give it out.

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Bertville wrote:

Only problem is, you shouldn't give your IMEI to anyone as it can be cloned. If somebody asked me I wouldn't give it out.

Same here, i've seen cloned phones and spoken to customers who had it happen, also seen their mahoosive bills too. Not nice.

Tip : Before buying off eBay, look everywhere else first, last resort check the seller has a good history of feedback then buy if needs be.

drahcir_2

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Same here, i've seen cloned phones and spoken to customers who had it happen, also seen their mahoosive bills too. Not nice.

Tip : Before buying off eBay, look everywhere else first, last resort check the seller has a good history of feedback then buy if needs be.

they would have to clone the sim card to run up a bill -not the phone imei?
in theory you could have 100s of phones all with the same imei and they would all work as normal untill the imei was blocked

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Yes, the sim was cloned for their bill to be run up.

barry_m_2

but only the old style analogue phone sim cards can be cloned, not the new (past 8 years +) digital ones. That's why chip and pin was introduced - becuase the chips can't be cloned.