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Very strange. I'd assume they'd fence it to known associates.
by codyb 11y ago
Very strange. I'd assume they'd fence it to known associates.
- jschwartzi 11y agoIf somebody steals my phone, I can report it stolen and none of the major carriers in the US will allow its IMEI to register on their networks. This effectively renders it useless to anyone who buys it.
- danieltillett 11y agoUntil the phone is sent to a foreign country. We have had IMEI registration here in Australia for years and phones still get stolen.
- pakled_engineer 11y agoThere was an organized crew here that would snatch phones from people's hands and run off the subway as the doors closed. They just changed the IMEI and resold them and got away with this for almost 2yrs before getting caught