After reading these "sentences" from his FB, I kind of want you to find him so you can whip the phone at his head.-
Someone banged my phone ****!
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Lost hella contacts.
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Who gotta iPhone for sale ? Hit me up!
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Who got a verison phone ? hmu !
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Lookin for an iphone . Hit me up if yu got one!
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******* , still loookin' for an iphone . Someone hmu!
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Whoever got a iphone hmu !
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Finally got my iPhone
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Who got a Verizon phone ? Hit me up fast !
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Fresh new iPhone! Now I just needa get it unlocked.
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No numbers . Hit my phone with ur name !
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Send me a text with ur name! xxx-xxx-xxxx
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Finally back in tha iPhone game
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Stuck with a stolen iPhone. Should I contact the original owner?
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If he is seeking iPhones to buy on facebook, I could only assume the original owner is the kind of person that would have bought a stolen iPhone and not care. Haha. Therefore, you may have a stolen, stolen iPhone OP. haha.
Or maybe the original owner isn't as stupid as those posts make him sound... Geez. hmu? I didn't know that was a "thing".
lol at people saying to contact the police. The police won't do a thing about a craigslist sale of a stolen iphone.
Well, he did ask several times to be hit up... soooo, he can't blame you for obliging his requests.
As for the OP. Contact him, since he already got a replacement, maybe he will be cool with just getting his photos and contacts. If not, tell him you want half what you paid for it, but obviously explain the story and how you are as much a victim in this as he is. You shouldn't be out $$, and he shouldn't be out a phone.
Hoping it works out that you get to keep it. ;D
His FB wall was full of chat lingo, I had hard time understanding it. Googled for 'hmu' and found out it means Hit Me Up.
So what does HMU mean on Facebook anyway? Well it stands for 'Hit Me Up', or to be more direct, get in touch or holler when you're free or when something comes up. So how is it that such things take so little time to catch on? I got one word for you - Facebook.
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/what-does-hmu-mean.html
If you contacted him and he says it wasn't stolen then you can keep it and enjoy your iPhone. Just to be on the safe side I would save your emails when you contacted him incase he ever decides that it was stolen and reports it. You can prove that you tried to return it and he said it wasn't stolen.
exactly.. i pay them to investigate real issues, not some stupid idiot who lost their phone.
So you work in the payroll department?
It is one thing to have LOST a phone, it is another thing to have it STOLEN. So cops shouldn't investigate people who STEAL THINGS FROM OTHERS anymore? A crime is a crime, no matter how big or small. What next, if you get mugged for an iPhone the cops shouldn't investigate it, but if you get mugged for your MacBook they will? BS!
Also do your research, for example, if you do not own a car in California, you didn't do jack **** in paying the CHP, as they are funded by vehicle registration fees.
Unfortunately I think it falls into a category the police won't want to invest too many man hours and cost. If the person has not been assaulted but say pickpocketed then in the uk they just provide a crime number so the affected person can claim from whatever insurance cover they have.
I'm not saying it's right but that's how it goes at the moment.
I'm not saying it's right but that's how it goes at the moment.
Dude it's time to make a decision.
Accept the answer and delete his info and move on.
Hand the phone to the police.
This thread has well and truly run it's course now !!
Accept the answer and delete his info and move on.
Hand the phone to the police.
This thread has well and truly run it's course now !!
Maccon - you may be the criminal now - beware!
Maybe they are leaving it active so they can track down the person who bought it and charge them with posession of stolen property - which is a crime too by the way. Unfortunately this whole conversation, now in the public domain, can be used against the opriginal poster to show they knew for some time to property was stolen and did nothing.
At this point you should come clean and return the phone to the original owner or the police. Doing otherwise is just not worth the risk.
Maybe they are leaving it active so they can track down the person who bought it and charge them with posession of stolen property - which is a crime too by the way. Unfortunately this whole conversation, now in the public domain, can be used against the opriginal poster to show they knew for some time to property was stolen and did nothing.
At this point you should come clean and return the phone to the original owner or the police. Doing otherwise is just not worth the risk.
Or you could all just stop with this nonsense that has no impact on you whatsoever and just get one with your lives...if you have any.
If you have to ask...then you probably are not the type of person who would do the right thing on your own. Shame!
Do you actually believe that the OP will be criminally punished for this?
I doubt that the police will send an investigator to the OP's house to confiscate his computer to check what websites he's been to and to see that he created this thread. All over a used iPhone.
You should watch "the road". Wait for the scene with father telling his sone about carrying the fire. You sir do not carry the fire. I'm really sad for you and your perspective.
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