Re: [AFMUG] Cellphone store break in

2021-01-10 Thread Sam Lambie
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

Re: [AFMUG] Cellphone store break in

2021-01-10 Thread Mathew Howard
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

Re: [AFMUG] Cellphone store break in

2021-01-10 Thread Matt Hoppes
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 wrote: > > 

Re: [AFMUG] Cellphone store break in

2021-01-10 Thread Steve Jones
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 t

Re: [AFMUG] Cellphone store break in

2021-01-10 Thread Bill Prince
You can not fathom the brilliant scheme in a thief's brain. Thieves are always masters at strategy and outsmarting the system. bp On 1/10/2021 1:11 PM, Jaime Solorza wrote: Some guy broke into a T-MOBILE store and stole a