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So I lost my phone and a scheme dawns on me...
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wont work. once u report phone lost its pretty much dead. :/
tried it with a chocolat wit verizon and the old one wouldnt activate
tried it with a chocolat wit verizon and the old one wouldnt activate
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yea you wouldnt be able to use BBM/pin at all. so if you got a blackberry plan your out of luck but you can still make calls.
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Wouldn't the carrier then just ask for the replacment phone to be returned? Or wouldnt they just charge him for it?
I thought about doing this a while ago but my friend wasnt down for it.
well for verizon at least, asurion provides the insurance for your phone and they are a completely separate company from verizon.
there's a limit to how many claims you can make within a calendar year, but you don't have to return a replacement if you happen to find your old phone at a later date.
i've legitimately lost a phone that was on silent, got a replacement, found it in the couch six months later and gave it my sister. Verizon contacted me saying my someone was trying to activate my old phone, and i told them go ahead since i gave permission.
unknowingly, all of that came together//// knowingly trying to beat the system is unlawful, and pretty much an admission of guilt if for some reason it ever comes back on you. again, i don't support insurance fraud, just giving the logistics.
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All insurance is just out there to get money, so go ahead and fraud them
(yes I know all companies want money...)
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Do it!
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since you don't have insurance...you can put insurance on your phone now, then file a claim when you can... that way its not really fraud, I've done that many times. and since your verizon and CDMA I don't know if your current plan will work, but I have done that for AT&T with a razr, i reported it lost, and sold it while getting a new one from them.
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I used to get it through with sprintOriginally Posted by J23S
I beg to differ
once with a customer care rep
and twice with someone my employee knew on the inside, but dude charged $50 each phone
I dont think OP will figure it out tho.
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I know someone who tried this with Verizon, and she couldn't get the phone activated.
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This...we found a samsung instinct at a store and the owner claimed it stolen but since we know a guy @ sprint he "looked the other way" and put it on my sisters line
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this. Once a phone is reported LOST or STOLEN, they cant be reactivated. The only thing you can do with them is flash them to another service like Metro PCS, assuming the phone was CDMA (sprint, verizon, alltell) to begin with
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They deactivate the old phones ESN number. That way it becomes useless.
You could get a new ESN number but your going to have to find someone to do that for you. I've done it with Metro PCS.
You could get a new ESN number but your going to have to find someone to do that for you. I've done it with Metro PCS.
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word. Aint no hymen in jail.
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KingofIlladelph:
I lost my blackberry yesterday and I do not have insurance. I am not eligible for a new phone til August.
My friend has the exact same blackberry and he does have insurance.
-lightbulb-
I come up with this idea that my friend reports his phone stolen, he gets a new phone, and I take his old phone, get it activated and make it my own.
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U wont go to jail just dont go to the store do it on the phone
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Don't risk it.
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I say you do it people steal phones and sell them all of the time. Risk is only a game if you decide to play.
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oh yes you can
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who hasent done dat lol cmon broski madd late lol !
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I apologize to my sensitive friends who think when I say I "came up" with the idea that I was some kind of innovator. I merely meant that it dawned on me that this was an option. Because if I was actually the first person to come up with the idea, I wouldn't have asked if anybody had done it before. And yes, I do have a lot of million dollar ideas. One involves your sister...but she isn't that flexible...
But to the point, my friend at Verizon said that he could make this happen. We'll see what he does.
