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Giving out IMEI number and phone number

Hello everyone. I'm selling one of my iphones. An interested buyer asked for the phone's imei number. I didn't give it to him right away. Instead I called apple and asked a customer service rep if it was ok to give it out. The lady I asked, put me on hold and then, said yes. Anyway, I gave the potential buyer the imei. Then he asked for my phone number so he could give me a call. I thought this was a harmless and sincere request so I provided my phone number.


A few hours go by and he hasn't called/texted or messaged me. So I got suspicious and did some research and found out that my number can be ported with those two pieces of information (imei # and phone #). A few hours after I gave him the information he asked for, I called my wireless provider and told them to apply port protection to my account which they did.


My question is, do I have anything else to be worried about. Could he have done anything else other than porting my number with my imei and number? Should I do anything else to protect myself?

Thanks.

iPhone 11, iOS 13

Posted on Jan 15, 2020 7:54 PM

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Posted on Jan 15, 2020 8:52 PM

My question is, do I have anything else to be worried about because someone has my imei and phone number? Can he do anything else other than porting my number with my imei and number? Should I do anything else to protect myself?

Thanks.

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Jan 15, 2020 8:52 PM in response to Johnathan Burger

My question is, do I have anything else to be worried about because someone has my imei and phone number? Can he do anything else other than porting my number with my imei and number? Should I do anything else to protect myself?

Thanks.

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