You would think stolen phones would be pretty useless, but there does seem
to be a massive market for them, so apparently those guys aren't as dumb as
they appear to be. I never have been able to figure out exactly what people
want stolen phones for though
On Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 5:26 PM Matt Hoppes <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net>
wrote:
> Yes. Cell phone store thieves are the dumbest ones ever.
>
> The moment those phones are noticed stolen they are blacklisted and will
> never work on the tmobile network.
>
> You might be able to unlock them and use them on att.
>
> But not well.
>
> On Jan 10, 2021, at 6:21 PM, Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> Stolen phones is a massive market. All i can figure is they run some sort
> of masking software or jailbreak them. Its the SIM, or whetever is
> contained in a sim for simless phones that hits the networks. I find it
> hard to believe the pipe hitter that does the breakins is the same guy that
> does the tech work.
> Ive heard that the ebay parts only phones are code for stolen but that
> would seem something the police would shut down.
> Iphone screens get pretty pricey, they may do a digital chop shop on
> phones too like with cars since cars have the VINs. May be why apple makes
> their phones harder to repair with each iteration.
>
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 3:15 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> You can not fathom the brilliant scheme in a thief's brain. Thieves are
>> always masters at strategy and outsmarting the system.
>>
>> bp
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>> On 1/10/2021 1:11 PM, Jaime Solorza wrote:
>>
>> Some guy broke into a T-MOBILE store and stole about $7000.00 in phones ,
>> accessories and small amount of cash on Westside of town.
>> My pea brain trying to figure out how he is going to sell them? I am sure
>> they have EIN information and can track them even if sold in Cd. Juarez.
>> Am I missing something?
>> Perplexed in El Paso
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