iPhone5s package stolen form front porch, how to find its serial and IMEI#'s

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iPhone5s package stolen form front porch, how to find its serial and IMEI#'s

I had my brand new iPhone5s stolen off my front porch still in its FedEx box. The police are asking me for the phones serial# and IMEI#. I do not have the phone or the box and it was never activated. I asked Verizon for these numbers and they said that the serial#, IMEI# and MEID# are all the same number. She also gave me an SIM# which I have no idea what that is. Is what Verizon is saying correct? Are the serial#, IMEI# and MEID# are all the same number? If not how can I get this information without the phone or box to reference?

iPhone 5s, iOS 7.0.3

Posted on Oct 30, 2013 10:00 AM

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Rudegar

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Oct 30, 2013 10:29 AM in response to FANTASICK

no they are not but that being said it's very likely that verzon don't have any of the numbers

both IMEI and serial nr are 100% a phone thing and when it was never activated the phone company would never had been exposed to them

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Oct 30, 2013 12:23 PM in response to FANTASICK

If you ordered the phone through Verizon, they will have the IMEI and the SIM number. The IMEI and the MEID are, for all practical purposes, the same number. Verizon will not have the serial #. It's not used to sell or activate the phone so they have no reason to keep a record of it attached to customer accounts.

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Oct 30, 2013 3:28 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

Thanks, this helps clear things up a bit. So if Verizon has no knowledge of the serial number how should I go about aquiering it? Is this something I will have to find by contacting Apple directly? I should note that I dont have insurace on the phone though Apple so I may not be able to even have that conversation with them without paying them a fee.

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Oct 30, 2013 6:13 PM in response to FANTASICK

I don't know how you'd get the serial number. The police should be able to use the MEID as identification.

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