Regidted ......How do I .....

Ralph-y

find out if a mobile has been registered to a name or address?

Ralph:cool:

Yes I know its spelt wrong!

matttye

What do you mean? Mobiles don't have to be registered, some are completely untraceable to a person.

Ralph-y

yes a mobile phone, I wondered if there was a scheme to check if one had been registered in the past ???

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jenniewb

You mean the handset I imagine?

I'd doubt you'd be able to find the details even if they were retained elsewhere due to data protection. I'd imagine the IMEI number would be connected to some mobile phone insurance contracts but only where they'd been registered and only used if the person in charge of the contract made a claim.

Ralph-y

just the phone not the sim.

In the USA there is a national number for this sort of thing.

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Frozen_up_north

For £1.99 you can check the phone hasn't been blocked or reported stolen at the CheckMEND web page (http://www.checkmend.com/uk/). If that is what you are asking.

eBay suggest the following to anyone selling a mobile phone via their web site: "To reassure buyers that your mobile phone is legitimate, the police recommend that you get a checkMEND certificate. checkMEND is a database of lost and stolen property and a certificate will show that you have verified that the item that you are selling is not stolen. There is a small fee for this service. "

Ralph-y

the phones I want to look at have not been stolen........... I just would like them to be 'not registered'

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Quiet_Spark

Ralph-y wrote: »

the phones I want to look at have not been stolen........... I just would like them to be 'not registered'

Ralph:cool:

Buy a "Pay As You Go" handset from a store that does not have CCTV cameras and pay for it with cash!

Ralph-y

:rotfl:

yes I know it does sound a bit doggy ......

I must have 5- 10 old phones in a cupboard and I would have liked to use one of them ...

oh well time to buy a hoody and visit my local phone shop



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