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How can I prevent my iPhone from being blacklisted?

I recently purchased a used iPhone. The seller provided me the imei and it was clean. I was able to activate it no problem and so far so good.

But now I’m reading that a seller can potentially report the phone lost or stolen anytime and it could be blacklisted.

is there any way to prevent that from happening? Or do I just have to cross my fingers and hope for the best?

iPhone 12

Posted on Jul 15, 2021 4:35 AM

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Posted on Jul 15, 2021 4:56 AM

not really, unless you contact his carrier and convince them it's a phone which has been passed to another user,

it's also why one should never post ones IMEI in public internet forums

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How can I prevent my iPhone from being blacklisted?

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