Safe to provide IMEI number?

[roccobladr]

Is it safe to provide my iphone4s IMEI number to a potential ebay buyer? I put up a second chance offer and they replied : "Hi send me please IMEI."

It was sent through a legit ebay message. Should I have any concerns?

 

[dictoresno]

Is it safe to provide my iphone4s IMEI number to a potential ebay buyer? I put up a second chance offer and they replied : "Hi send me please IMEI."

It was sent through a legit ebay message. Should I have any concerns?

no, they want to verify that its not stolen or IMEI blacklisted. a general rule is to never publicly provide your ESN/IMEI/MEID as there are people who can potentially clone them. but it isnt as much of a problem as it used to be. if someone was buying the phone, as in your case, i think they have every right to do their own homework to make sure the device is legit. when i bought my wife an iphone 4 a few years ago, i asked the seller for the ESN so i can verify with verizon it was clear. so yea, provide it to the seller.

 

[Dave Felix]

Is it safe to provide my iphone4s IMEI number to a potential ebay buyer? I put up a second chance offer and they replied : "Hi send me please IMEI."

It was sent through a legit ebay message. Should I have any concerns?

I wondered about this too.

 

[heated lime]

I buy and sell iphones, and whenever someone asks me for the imei i do not hesitate to give it to them. I have never had a issue releasing the imei to someone.

 

[psyadav]

There is n risks in sharing IMEI for verification. So don't worry abut it.