Here is the deal, I'm trading my N5 for someone's LG G2, and they are asking for my google play receipt. Should I give it to them or not for fear of leaking credit card information and what not.
filthygoat223996 said:
Here is the deal, I'm trading my N5 for someone's LG G2, and they are asking for my google play receipt. Should I give it to them or not for fear of leaking credit card information and what not.
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Can someone really find out your credit card number by looking at a Google Play receipt?
PhilipTD said:
Can someone really find out your credit card number by looking at a Google Play receipt?
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I'm not too sure, but it does give away address, email, and all sorts of other information.
filthygoat223996 said:
I'm not too sure, but it does give away address, email, and all sorts of other information.
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I guess you could redact the personal info.
1. Who is it?
If it's some stranger on the Internet, be wary. If it's a friend of a friend, I'd still be wary. If it's a friend/family member, you're probably ok.
2. Is he offering to give you his receipt?
If not, sounds sketchy. Straight up tell him that if he isn't giving his, you're keeping yours. If he is, well, insist that you aren't comfortable with that.
3. Is it really worth it?
Why not sell your N5 on Swappa, then buy a G2 on the same site? It's a hassle, but so is losing a grand before realizing that some random dude got into your bank account and getting a chance to stop him.
Of course, it's your call. The above are just what I would look at it. If it's a stranger, I'd say no to giving the receipt and if he won't sell it to me otherwise, I'd find other means to sell it. Maybe I'm too paranoid, but I'd rather be safe than sorry.
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The wiki list of prices showed this shop to be the cheapest one! http://www.tigaduacellular.com
I tried to order from them, please see what happened! DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THEM! PLEASE!
Here we go, the e-mail conversation with their sales department:
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Please Confirm Your Tiga Dua Cellular: Order #
to me
Hello XXX,
Thank you for your order. We have the phone you order in stock.
We have the EU and Asia version available.
We will dispatch your order after we have verified your payment. Please
confirm if you want to cancel this order or want to continue this order.
So we can provide you with our payment information.
If you have any questions regarding your order, don't be hesitate to contact
us.
Best Regards,
Mr. XXX
http://www.tigaduacellular.com
Email: [email protected]
Phone:
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Me to the shop
Hello,
Thanks for your extremely fast reply! I would like to purchase the EU version of the phone. So please continue with the Touch Pro EU version order.
Sincerely Yours,
XXX
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Me to the shop again
Hi,
I'm wondering if you have noted my message that i would like to continue with the purchase of the Touch Pro EU version as noted below. Now I find myself missing the payment information, which I am waiting from you to send me. The first contact from you was extremely fasy, which I'm thankful for, but approximately how long it can take to tell me how to pay?
The thing that you don't have option to pay via Credit card is already quite annoying, but even more annoying is to wait for the bank transfer payment information. Nothing personal, I'm just used to that shops would be more eager to get the money from the customers.
Sincerely yours,
XXX
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to me
Actually, we have send the payment information to you, the day you reply the
email.
We don't know if you already received it or not.
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Me to the shop
Hello,
Alright, I see! So the payment information is not sent via e-mail but by post. I am honestly sorry for my misunderstanding. I was assuming to get it to my e-mail. Thanks for the info. I'll be looking forward getting that information. Again sorry for my bad behaviour. all the best!
Regards,
XXX
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to me
Of course we have sent the information via e-mail.
Well I guess you're not serious buyer anyway.
Hope you will get your "FREE PHONE" with other website.
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Me to the shop
Hi,
I would really like to buy the phone, but have not received any confirmation? I double checked my spam folder also, nothing in there! I am really serious, as soon as you can provide me with the payment information i would like to purchase the phone.
Because i tried to be the nicest possible to you, i will take all the e-mails, collect a nice package of them and get in contact with your superior. This is not customer service.
You will hear from me, Mr. XXX. Too bad that you werent able to do your job. I will make sure no one will ever buy from your shop again if this harm done by you is not corrected.
Think twice before you fool around like that, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I WASNT A SERIOUS BUYER?
Sincerely,
XXX
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Me to the shop
PS. this information, and all the emails we have been sending to each other will soon be found from all the biggest mobile phone forums, where your customers are also coming.
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to me
Oh yes.
And you're just a customers who don't pay but want mobile phones.
Or maybe you're just another Nigerian buyer.
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Me to the shop
Excuse me!
I was ASKING YOU to send me the PAYMENT INFORMATION! BECAUSE YOU FAILED TO DO SO IN THE FIRST PLACE!
All this will be reported to your superior. Thanks.
Regards,
XXX
DAMN!!!!! what the hell....
Unbelievable!!!!
Thnx 4 sharing dude!
I was gona buy from them but when a seen they only do "Bank To Bank Transfers" a shat out of it. Don't see why any site wouldn't do paypal.
adamdon89 said:
I was gona buy from them but when a seen they only do "Bank To Bank Transfers" a shat out of it. Don't see why any site wouldn't do paypal.
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I'm glad i never got those payment instructions. who knows where my money could be right now!
And also remember, when ordering from them, you will probably have to pay the toll and VAT at your home country, so it really isn't even that cheap.
OMG
What a clueless webshop contact.
I think you should inform the owner of the shop so you can get this guy fired!
thanks for sharing
Amazing.......
You should copy the web-link from here and send them an email with the details of this post..... not good at all? and "who" pays "bank to bank" only these days - very strange indeed?
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WizzarD-me said:
What a clueless webshop contact.
I think you should inform the owner of the shop so you can get this guy fired!
thanks for sharing
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I thought to do so, but after doing whois pings on the domain, found out that the website is registered to a person with a same surname than the person answering my e-mail. Family biz.. They can go to hell with their stupid shop, just ordered from expansys.
Sounds very dodgie.... Thanks for sharing....
I bought from highstreet "Kamla" in London on Tottenham Court Road... UK version for £499.
A bit more expensive but from my past experience with HTC P3600 which was quite unstable initially, I thought it's better to buy from a shop where I can go back to if anything goes wrong.
I tell you...that is nuts. I had an issue with the first Touch Pro I ordered. Thank goodness I did it on E-Bay. Paypal refunded my money after my dispute, found another seller, and bought two of them with next day air delivery. Though I had one seller try to mess around with me, money was safe, and still had my Touch Pro within a week of the UK's launch.
Good luck with your next seller.
if it wasn't blindingly obvious to you already:
DON'T PAY BY BANK TRANSFER OR WESTERN UNION.
A merchant who doesn't take cards is generally always a scammer; bank transfers/WU are irreversible, this is precisely why they're required by scammers.
If you want to buy a device, buy it on a card; the price is cheaper than average for a good reason, use your noodle.
Got Some Info this app is a scam
So it's a pyramid scheme, then? What does it do other than pay you to refer people (if it even does that)?
Sent from my rough sketch of a Vibrant on a brick.
Droidificator said:
So it's a pyramid scheme, then? What does it do other than pay you to refer people (if it even does that)?
Sent from my rough sketch of a Vibrant on a brick.
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Not really a scheme. And its suppose to make paying easier with mobile. And if you don't believe that it pays you ill send you a screenshot of the transripcts on paypal
DON'T USE THIS!!! They already had this thing going on a few months ago.
When i say don't use it, i mean get that damn 5 dollars and another 5 for referring someone and get the hell out, because after that they require your credit card to give you the money. Which i, being stupid enough, trusted and did it and then fell into the credit card fraud. Got a call from my bank saying a bunch of transactions were being used in a state i didn't go to, cancelled it and nothing was lost.
I used it for about 10 bucks, and then after i had more money on clover, they require credit card, so then the scam starts.
If you don't believe me, go ahead you can do it, tell me how it goes. If you research this app "CLOVER" and the company behind it, you'll find it's not just me who got this credit card fraud.
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DON'T USE THIS!!! They already had this thing going on a few months ago.
When i say don't use it, i mean get that damn 5 dollars and another 5 for referring someone and get the hell out, because after that they require your credit card to give you the money. Which i, being stupid enough, trusted and did it and then fell into the credit card fraud. Got a call from my bank saying a bunch of transactions were being used in a state i didn't go to, cancelled it and nothing was lost.
I used it for about 10 bucks, and then after i had more money on clover, they require credit card, so then the scam starts.
If you don't believe me, go ahead you can do it, tell me how it goes. If you research this app "CLOVER" and the company behind it, you'll find it's not just me who got this credit card fraud.
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0_0 i Thank you for telling me this i used a pre-paid cc but ill close this topic for the safety of everyone else
I just bought a phone on eBay that was unwiped and had the previous owners photos, phone numbers, and gmail still on it. I have contacted Gazelle and await their reply. It should be interesting. Is there some other authority I should contact about this?
Just a reminder, if you are giving/trading/selling your phone... WIPE IT!
What is "Gazelle" and why do you contact any "authorities" about a phone of a lazy dude?
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What is "Gazelle" and why do you contact any "authorities" about a phone of a lazy dude?
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If I am working for a bank and buy their old servers with the promise of data destruction and do not do that before reselling it wouldn't that be criminal? The Gazelle company (huge online reseller) promises that. I guess it is up to the previous owner though so I have contacted them with the info.
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If I am working for a bank and buy their old servers with the promise of data destruction and do not do that before reselling it wouldn't that be criminal? The Gazelle company (huge online reseller) promises that. I guess it is up to the previous owner though so I have contacted them with the info.
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Might be, but it probably slipped through. If I were you, I'd contact the previous owner of the phone and told him - he might get much more out of that situation (not guiding anyone to sue any big company here). Please don't blackmail the previous owner of that device with the data you have from him. He might even be so nice and reward your for being so open to tell him what you discovered. Let's hope he's a good guy. Good luck!
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I just bought a phone on eBay that was unwiped and had the previous owners photos, phone numbers, and gmail still on it. I have contacted Gazelle and await their reply. It should be interesting. Is there some other authority I should contact about this?
Just a reminder, if you are giving/trading/selling your phone... WIPE IT!
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isn't it the responsibility of the first owner to wipe the phone before selling it to ebay?
Just inform the prevoius owner and see if that data is of some worth to him. If not, wipe it yourself and use the fone.
SIMPLE...
Sent from my GT-I9300.
I bought a phone once and got home to find it was loaded not only with the prev owners info, contacts and accounts...but page upon page of text messages and emails arranging drug deals. Not huge stuff...but there were names, addresses, , the whole lot. Months worth.
I can't understand how the guy selling it never thought he should maybe wipe that?
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no talking about IMEI changing period.
unlock pros
Did you ever got your money refunded. Or what ever transpired here? I did mailed a device to them for imei fix, but cannot get a hold of them to see what its happening.
mazinger4 said:
Did you ever got your money refunded. Or what ever transpired here? I did mailed a device to them for imei fix, but cannot get a hold of them to see what its happening.
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i´m on the same boat, i sent a unit to get imei repareid but nobody respond about my order, the tech guy talks horrible when you try to communicate thru remote service terminal, but i´m so worried i think i lost my unit and 70 US, be aware about this people, we have to do something.
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i´m on the same boat, i sent a unit to get imei repareid but nobody respond about my order, the tech guy talks horrible when you try to communicate thru remote service terminal, but i´m so worried i think i lost my unit and 70 US, be aware about this people, we have to do something.
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The same thing happen to me...I was told I had to send my phone in and its been well over a month and i had not received my phone or are they returning my call or email......Do not do any business with them....
Ouch, this thread caught my attention. Thanks for sharing with us.
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The Unlock Pros = The Scam Pros
They've done the same thing to me. They got me to send my $900 phone in for IMEI repair after they've screwed it up remotely. They use a UPS Store mailbox as shipping address.
Once they got the phone they started ignoring my emails and phone calls. When I finally got someone with the username "Scott" one their website live chat, he was rude first and later mocked me, called me stupid, dumb and all the f words for asking about my phone.
Never do business with these guys. They are thieves and they continue to steal phones because they assume people won't waste their time and money to sue them for stealing their cell phones. At least that's what the Scott guy told me after insulting me online. Also they think or assume your phone is stolen so you won't do anything if they steal from you.
They do provide the remote unlock and IMEI repair but this is just their way to make their business look legitimate. In reality the look for opportunities to have you ship your phone in. For example they will intentionally screw up the phone then as you to ship it in.
By the way, they will show you a mail label to make you think that they'll ship your phone back to you soon. This is just a trick, Kiss your phone goodbye if you've made the mistake like me to ship your phone to these scammer.
Just so you know(no offense) but to unblacklist means to hack into the phones database. And I feel really sorry for you. Hope you get your money back.
Sent from my GT-i9505(rooted) Android 4.4.2
mazinger4 said:
Did you ever got your money refunded. Or what ever transpired here? I did mailed a device to them for imei fix, but cannot get a hold of them to see what its happening.
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Just so you know(no offense) but to unblacklist means to hack into the phones database. And I feel really sorry for you. Hope you get your money back.
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Exactly like this scumbag told me, Paypal will not refund intangible goods. This pos "merchant ' had bragged to me about that & told me I'd never get my money back.
Paypal did refuse, at first... but they changed their minds after I sent 'em the tape of the guy they gave my money too threatening me and my kids.... (Thank goodness fro rooted phones!) I may have also mentioned that I would report them (paypal) to the Office of the Inspector General for aiding in interstate criminal this and that, extortion, etc etc.
The next day, I got an email saying Paypal had refunded my money from Paypal funds.
They did not take my money back from the Unlock Pros AFIK. The Unlock Pros is one scumbag ripoff artist using Paypal to do it.
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Update:
Exactly like this scumbag told me, Paypal will not refund intangible goods. This pos "merchant ' had bragged to me about that & told me I'd never get my money back.
Paypal did refuse, at first... but they changed their minds after I sent 'em the tape of the guy they gave my money too threatening me and my kids.... (Thank goodness fro rooted phones!) I may have also mentioned that I would report them (paypal) to the Office of the Inspector General for aiding in interstate criminal this and that, extortion, etc etc.
The next day, I got an email saying Paypal had refunded my money from Paypal funds.
They did not take my money back from the Unlock Pros AFIK. The Unlock Pros is one scumbag ripoff artist using Paypal to do it.
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I hate scammers more then anything. Hope they get what they deserve.
Sent from my GT-i9505(rooted) Android 4.4.2
I am sorry that you got scammed, and glad you got your money back.
But on THIS site we do not discuss anything to do with IMEI changing for any reason, this includes services or hack methods.
Closing this up.
Very similar situation with Verizon.. called them many times but they saidthe phone was under contract and I'd need the account info and before they can help me. I've tried to contact the guy on fb where I bought it and seen his post from a sell/buy page yet his account. Is no longer available or doesn't show when I search his name. I asked if I could have a number they have on file or can they contact him and they said that they couldn't due to privacy issues.. I bought the s7 edge from him and now only use it have of it is an Internet Explorer... it's a very nice phone set me back 240.00 between a rock and a hard place please help. Or any advice on what to do just try and sell it across seas get a Lil money back. That was about the best advice I have gotten so far. Thanks guys
Bobbybre said:
Very similar situation with Verizon.. called them many times but they saidthe phone was under contract and I'd need the account info and before they can help me. I've tried to contact the guy on fb where I bought it and seen his post from a sell/buy page yet his account. Is no longer available or doesn't show when I search his name. I asked if I could have a number they have on file or can they contact him and they said that they couldn't due to privacy issues.. I bought the s7 edge from him and now only use it have of it is an Internet Explorer... it's a very nice phone set me back 240.00 between a rock and a hard place please help. Or any advice on what to do just try and sell it across seas get a Lil money back. That was about the best advice I have gotten so far. Thanks guys
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You've been had, it seems they sold you a device that has been blacklisted due to non payment on their bill.
The only way to activate this phone is for the former owners bill to be paid, then they will remove the block.
Otherwise, sell it, but make it known to any buyers that it does not have a valid IMEI/blacklisted.
Don't cheat someone the way you were cheated, cut your losses and consider it a lesson learned, then be smarter the next time you buy a used device. Remember, when you find a deal that's too good to be true, it usually is.
If you buy from ebay, only buy devices that say they have a good/valid IMEI and only from sellers with a very high rating.
The safest option for buying used devices is to use Swappa.com.
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You've been had, it seems they sold you a device that has been blacklisted due to non payment on their bill.
The only way to activate this phone is for the former owners bill to be paid, then they will remove the block.
Otherwise, sell it, but make it known to any buyers that it does not have a valid IMEI/blacklisted.
Don't cheat someone the way you were cheated, cut your losses and consider it a lesson learned, then be smarter the next time you buy a used device. Remember, when you find a deal that's too good to be true, it usually is.
If you buy from ebay, only buy devices that say they have a good/valid IMEI and only from sellers with a very high rating.
The safest option for buying used devices is to use Swappa.com.
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Not sure if you got my earlier reply I just want to thank you for taking the time to answer my question.. Verizon totally left me in the dark basically. It's weird that Verizon won't let me pay a balance if there is one left won't lmk anything. Especially seems how I'm on a sister network and ultimately I'd be bringing them money in not even bring the phone in. Lol anyways I appreciate it again may try and sell it no worries won't do unto others what was done onto me feels kinda crappy.. ttyl
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Not sure if you got my earlier reply I just want to thank you for taking the time to answer my question.. Verizon totally left me in the dark basically. It's weird that Verizon won't let me pay a balance if there is one left won't lmk anything. Especially seems how I'm on a sister network and ultimately I'd be bringing them money in not even bring the phone in. Lol anyways I appreciate it again may try and sell it no worries won't do unto others what was done onto me feels kinda crappy.. ttyl
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They won't discuss or handle anything specific about an account with anyone but the authorities or the owner of the account, for security and privacy reasons, they are bound by law on this.
On a side note, if you bought the device from eBay then eBay might reimburse your purchase because what you received was not what was listed, you didn't get what you paid for. It wasn't listed as invalid IMEI, it was posted and sold as if it was all legit when it wasn't. eBay might handle this for you, it's worth a shot, at least.
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