I bought a Stolen iPhone Unknowingly how do I give it back to who it was stolen from?

[noisycats]

OP, while your intentions are honorable, I would recommend just moving on.

Since s/he lost the phone in April, I'm sure they have moved on as well.

 

[617aircav]

OP, while your intentions are honorable, I would recommend just moving on.

Since s/he lost the phone in April, I'm sure they have moved on as well.

Agreed. Op has made a reasonable effort to locate the owner. That's good enough.

 

[CEmajr]

Seriously just put it up on eBay now and sell it as a bad IMEI phone at least that way you make back some of your money and someone in another country can get some use out of the device. You've tried already to get it back to the owner but it just isn't going to happen.

 

[adder7712]

Assuming the IMEI is only blocked by AT&T, would the phone be usable on let's say, T-Mobile or a non-US carrier?

 

[Lucille Carter]

Walk into the police station. Tell them of the iPhone you have being stolen. Ask for a report to be filed or if not a supervisor. Ask for the report number. Now the report is on file with a proper legal number. I should know. I'm a retired police and how it's done at the department I worked at. And no, they are not the most corrupted organization on the planet. Stay off the drugs will ya

I would never do this. I have no trust in the police or our government after the last few years. They are arrougant and self serving. They have elevated themselves above us .

 

[apollo1444]

I'd try again with at&t and ask for a manager. i'm sure they have some sort ethics within that evil empire

 

[CEmajr]

Assuming the IMEI is only blocked by AT&T, would the phone be usable on let's say, T-Mobile or a non-US carrier?

It's not usable on any US carrier, not even Tmobile. It's only usable outside the US now.

 

[marc55]

I would never do this. I have no trust in the police or our government after the last few years. They are arrougant and self serving. They have elevated themselves above us .

Wow, what an outlook!

 

[Lucille Carter]

Wow, what an outlook!

Not a problem, you would be surprised how many feel the same but do not say it.

 

[ghanwani]

On a trip to Singapore, after the flight, I found a Kindle in my backpack. Apparently, someone thought my backpack was theirs and put it in there during the flight. (Fortunately they didn't walk off with my backpack after the flight!). I guess the near-coma induced by long flights causes these kinds of things.

I contacted Amazon. They refused to give out information about the owner, but sent me a box for sending it in to Amazon. They said they would get it to the owner.

 

[617aircav]

Not a problem, you would be surprised how many feel the same but do not say it.

Its just a phone not a key to the welfare of mankind.

 

[Satnam1989]

people are still going on about this? OP is no where to be found...lol he's moved on people...so should u

 

[TheProFTW]

It's not usable on any US carrier, not even Tmobile. It's only usable outside the US now.

Not in Canada either.