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Bought a stolen iphone.
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the funny thing is...the person can report it stolen and what good is it to the OP when he paid in cash?
tell them you already talked to a police officer and that the circumstances have been logged already and that you gave the officer their no. tell them an officer will be getting in touch with them soon. as soon as they got this message from you, i bet you 100% that they will stop calling or texting you.
if there is a kidnapping involved then most likely it would have been reported to the police. ask to meet with whoever is handling that case at the police station. i bet you wont hear anything after that
If the seller has the IMEI given how this is going I wouldn't be surprised if they blacklist the phone.
Why don't you just set up a meeting at an Applebee's, (or somewhere public)
and let the local police know about it, walk in on it, and ask them what's up!
Selling stolen property is illegal, so is extorting money from you.
(what if they scam older people out of their money)
If this happened to me I would get my local police involved right away.
They can easily trace the phone number that calls to the owner, and they can ping the phone for a location.
This could be more serious then it seems on the surface, your local police should be asking these folks some serious questions !!!!
It's not actually stolen. It's just a line they're feeding to the OP as part of the scam.
So your saying only "half" their act is criminal.
Call the cops, who knows what these people are involved in!
Yes, they're trying to exhort for sure. The OP is free to call the cops (if they'll actually do anything), but they'll move on to their next target if the OP ignores them.
I doubt I would ever buy a phone from a stranger, regardless of the site or location. So far all my purchases have been with Verizon. There's just too much scamming going on to take the risk.
More voicemails. They sound angry aggravated I haven't gotten back to them. Saying if they have to they will take it to my "home or work" and apparently she said some detectives name but it was inaudible cause it sounded like she was drunk lol. Mentioning a detective then threatening to bring it to my home or work makes a lot of sense.
Why didn't you call the cops yet and file a report?
They're threatening you and trying to extort money from you.
Let the police contact them and handle the situation.
They're threatening you and trying to extort money from you.
Let the police contact them and handle the situation.
The OP already did that (says so in the OP), but they can't really do anything unless they have their full names, etc.
It would've been over sooner if you didn't sound gullible (like in the OP) so they're still trying. Next time use a Google voice number when doing CL transactions.
Sounds like it's time for a text...
"Hi, I am sorry about not answering. After you called me I went straight to the police on x-street and told them I was in possession of a stolen iPhone and everything you told me. I left it there with contact information to both you and the seller/thief. They told me they would return the phone to you ASAP. You could probably go there and pick it up if they haven't managed to get a hold of you. I am currently using another iPhone that I purchased at the Apple Store in order to avoid this happening again. I am really sorry about your phone being stolen, but now you know where it is and you can go pick it up. Have a great day."
"Hi, I am sorry about not answering. After you called me I went straight to the police on x-street and told them I was in possession of a stolen iPhone and everything you told me. I left it there with contact information to both you and the seller/thief. They told me they would return the phone to you ASAP. You could probably go there and pick it up if they haven't managed to get a hold of you. I am currently using another iPhone that I purchased at the Apple Store in order to avoid this happening again. I am really sorry about your phone being stolen, but now you know where it is and you can go pick it up. Have a great day."
You underestimate the tenacity of criminal stupidity, money without working for it, and reckless drug use.
You underestimate the tenacity of criminal stupidity, money without working for it, and reckless drug use.
I saw a documentary about fake invoices, and persistency apparently is what pays off. Wearing people down by calling them over and over, saying stuff like "I don't want to cause any problems for you, so I'll give you another two days and then call back", is the name of the game.
I don't think he did.
Even without a full name police can find out their name and will give them a call.
A call from the cops should be enough to scare them away and leave him alone.