Why is this a big deal? Just get a new sim card. You keep asking this question, but it is a no brainer. Getting a new sim card is very easy. Just ask for it at your phone store.
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I bought a stolen iPhone, help please!
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Why is this a big deal? Just get a new sim card. You keep asking this question, but it is a no brainer. Getting a new sim card is very easy. Just ask for it at your phone store.
plus getting a new SIM would not make a difference b.c it contains the same information
What's that have to do with anything ?
We don't even KNOW how the legal system in Denmark stands in regards to this matter. The OP is as clueless as everyone else around here.
I'm pretty sure the truth is, the legal system in Denmark is LESS screwed up than in the US.
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if you bought it at a reasonable price from a genuine website then hand it to police in person with as much detail as possible about the sale. You are a victim not a suspect....just sending in to the police without any background is a irresponsible thing to do. And they are not going to spend a fortune on trying to find out what sim card was used in the phone! This isn't the movies. 
However.........
If you bought it at a silly low price where a reasonable person would consider it 'dodgy' then yes, you could have committed a crime of receiving stolen goods......depending on local law. But even so, unlikely a charge would happen.
Now, that will be £60 please!
However.........
If you bought it at a silly low price where a reasonable person would consider it 'dodgy' then yes, you could have committed a crime of receiving stolen goods......depending on local law. But even so, unlikely a charge would happen.
Now, that will be £60 please!
Receiving stolen goods is a crime if you know, or if you should have known, that the goods were stolen, at the time you bought them. Going to the police is the safe thing to do. Of course you will lose the iPhone.
^ that. if you didn't know it was stolen, then explain it to them. I think they'll also take into consideration that you returned it.
No its not, at least in LA. You must have knowledge (Reasonable knowledge) that it was stolen to be charged with receiving stolen property. Once you learn that it was stolen, and reported, it is your responsibility to turn it in. If not, than you can be charged with stolen property..
Retired police by the way (LAPD).....
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Receiving+Stolen+Property
Elements
"Receiving stolen property is defined by statute in most states. Generally it consists of four elements: (1) the property must be received; (2) it must have been previously stolen; (3) the person receiving the property must know it was stolen; and (4) the receiver must intend to deprive the owner of his or her property."
whenever you buy a stolen gadget, you are contributing to delinquency!!
and remember, the next victim could be you!
and remember, the next victim could be you!
Since you probably still have the receipt from the purchase, print it out, if you have any other correspodence do that as-well. Get the location details and any detail about the seller (even better if you can get or have a screenshot of the original ad) , than go to the police and tell them the situation. If you have proof , you should be left unharmed. I am no lawyer but i think this should help you.
Why not call the police station call from a public phone if you are that nervous. explain what happened what you want to do and your concerns. See what they say. Oh and no they are not going to trace the call.
bringing it to the police will do NOTHING but screw the OP out of the money he paid.
OP: RETURN THE PHONE, get your money back, why should you have to pay for a stolen phone????
If you are upset that this company is selling stolen phones report them to the police AFTER you get your money back.
OP: RETURN THE PHONE, get your money back, why should you have to pay for a stolen phone????
If you are upset that this company is selling stolen phones report them to the police AFTER you get your money back.
Laws very greatly by location, he needs to check his local laws. It some states the mere possession of stolen property is illegal but in most you have to have knowledge that it is stolen. Heck, in some states it varies by what the item is. In my state if the car is stolen and your driving it's legally assumed you knew it was stolen, other property isn't the same. That said, if this dude walks into a police station and says I bought this phone, found out it's stolen and here is it. Then they charge him, something is very wrong with the human race.