Stolen phones are actually very useable for about 120 days on most networks. I know because I was the victim of a NIB Pixel 3 on ebay. It turned out that the phone was blacklisted on VZW because of non payment by the PO. I turned it on and activated it and was happy for about 3 months till one day it quit. Called VZW and they said sorry charlie, you are out of luck, buy a new phone. A friend in Mexico had the same thing happen to him while travelling. He had to buy a New phone and it too worked for about 3 months till the blacklist finally caught up to it. So, thieves aren't that dumb.
On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 5:03 PM Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 < > [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- -- *Sam Lambie* Taosnet Wireless Tech. 575-758-7598 Office www.Taosnet.com <http://www.newmex.com>
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