IPhone Scam

[Tresbn00]

My son found a new IPhone six about two months ago and tried to find the owner for about three weeks. He went to AT&T and they said it was Verizon. He went to Verizon and they had to recharge it for a day. When Verizon was able to enter the phone they were unable to determine who the owner was. After exhausting all efforts I told my son to list it on Craigslist for six hundred dollars. He immediately got four offers. The first one offered him $750.00 if he would ship it to his son in Nigeria. The second one offered him $750.00 to send it to her sister in Nigeria. The 3rd one offered $750.00 to send it to their mate in Nigeria. All 3 demanded that we use paypal. We looked up phone scam on the net and found that scammers send you a fake e-mail notice that appears to be from paypal saying your money has been deposited. You send the phone, there is no money and they keep the phone.

[natashaspy]

Hmmmm be careful with the scammers...but would think maybe it would have been better to turn it in to the police in case someone asks about it? I think if after a certain amount of time it's not claimed, then it's yours to keep?

[countrygirl12]

Nobody is going to offer you $150 MORE than what you are asking for something.  And if no one here can get into the phone then him selling it for $600 is scamming the person he is sending it to.  Because the person purchasing it will be assuming the phone is unlocked.  I would be pretty p*ssed if I bought an iphone from someone for the same price or more than I can just buy a new one for and then it is locked and I can't do anything with it.  He should have turned it in to the police.  I would never buy a used iphone anyway unless it was from a family member I knew I could trust.  Most people lie and sell crap that is not working correctly so they can buy a new one.  Then laugh at the sucker that bought it from them.

A few years ago a girl I worked with was laughing because she sold a little radio/tape player at a yard sale to a local well know guy who was re-tard-ed.  He tried it there and it didn't work.  She told him it just needed batteries.  She knew it did not work.  She took his $5 and laughed at him as he walked away.

And no the police don't give it back to you after a certain amount of time if it is not claimed.   It either sits on a shelf at the police station forever or one of them will keep it.

[Nancy5]

Have to agree with Countrygirl.  No person would ever pay $150 more than you are selling it for.  Also, a address in Niguara is a major red flag.  That spells scam big time!

[UGetPaid]

Have to agree with Countrygirl.  No person would ever pay $150 more than you are selling it for.  Also, a address in Niguara is a major red flag.  That spells scam big time!

Kind of makes you feel bad for anyone from Nigeria who HAS A LEGITIMATE business or project.  Anything remotely tied to that region is immediately red flagged in my mind and would never even consider buying from, selling to, or dealing with.  But there are obviously enough people who regularly fall for the schemes -- otherwise they would not be so rampant.

[ghunter]

I agree be careful with scammers.  Most of the new scammers are from Nigeria so chose wisley.

[elvisdo]

I get spam from these places all the time. It's just a matter of knowing what is truly fake.

[tgreen20]

Yes a lot of scams.....why does people have the need to scam when they could easily do what we do to make money FC

[Cbsteffen]

Virgin Mobile doesn't even like iPhones.

[aflyingmonkey]

iPhone 6 phones come unlocked
Switch the sim card from the iPhone 6 with whatever sim card you have with your carrier & you will have a working iPhone with your carrier.   If your sim card doesn't fit in the iphone, I think they use a micro, you can go to the Apple store & they will give you one & set up the phone to your carrier. 

The Apple store will be able to track the owner of the phone by the serial number... if you truly want to find the owner & don't live by the Apple Store you could call them -- all iPhones are tracked by Apple directly, no matter the carrier.   I have no doubt that the owner of the iphone 6 has already notified his carrier that the phone is lost or stolen & the serial on the phone is now blacklisted, & won't be able to be used or to get a service with any carrier.

*You can switch out iPhone 6 to whatever carrier, unless the iPhone is through Sprint, then only that iphone can work with Sprint, something to do with the bands they service.

[oldbuddy]

Only GSM phones have a SIM card and can be switched between carriers if they are unlocked and have a clean EIMI  number. Do some research online.

[curtclapier]

You could verify with paypal if you ever got the money before you ship i.

[aflyingmonkey]

Only GSM phones have a SIM card and can be switched between carriers if they are unlocked and have a clean EIMI  number. Do some research online.

iPhones 6 come unlocked no matter what carrier you purchase the iphone from.  It's the Sim card that is activated, not the phone itself on the newer iphones... some new government regulation.

I purchased an iphone 6 from Verizon with a 2-year contract 2 months ago, immediately cancelled the service with Verizon, paid the ETF, & switched out the sim card at an Apple Store of my new Verizon iPhone 6 to my current At&T account, Phone works fine, there is no difference.  The Apple store gave me the nano sim card for the iphone, All iphones have sim cards, the 6 uses a nano sim so mine sim from my old iphone was too large, or else I would have been able to switch them out on my own, or I could have purchased a nano sim from AT&T, but Apple Store gives them out for free.     All iphone 6 come unlock & are transferablle from one phone service to another, great if you travel abroad & have multiple phone accounts.    Will work with any iphone 6, which all have sims, unless your with Sprint.    Old rules of phone activation no longer applies since it goes through the iphone sim now. 

I did a ton of research on Apple forums before I purchased the $600 iphone 6 from Verizon that I was planning on switching immediately to At&t, too much money to play around.    Saved over $200.       

[dogsleash]

I try not to sell anything out of country it is just easier that way.

[heypeg]

Craigslist is the biggest scam.