Can you sell an iPhone that you lost and already claimed on ?

H

hopkins

Banned

Nov 6, 2003

1,189

Brighton

• Sep 10, 2014

• #1

I found mine after I'd made a claim. I believe apple switch the phone off some how. Is there any way of getting it started again ?

 

gullshark

Well-known member

Dec 5, 2005

3,072

Worthing

• Sep 10, 2014

• #2

So, you now have 2 iPhones, one new one from insurance and one old one you lost and you want to sell the one you lost and claimed against? Surely that's fraud...

 

B

BensGrandad

New member

Jul 13, 2003

72,015

Haywards Heath

• Sep 10, 2014

• #3

I would assume once it has been paid by insurance co it becomes their property if found.

 

M

mwrpoole

Well-known member

Sep 10, 2010

1,506

Sevenoaks

• Sep 10, 2014

• #4

I don't know but I suspect you had to record the IMEI number on your insurance so that device is now registered as lost/stolen. If it starts getting used again you'd have to expect it would flag up somewhere.

But you could contact your insurance company and say you've now found it. You'll probably be surprised what they say....

 

spongy

Well-known member

Aug 7, 2011

2,764

Burgess Hill

• Sep 10, 2014

• #5

My mate bought a second hand iphone 4 years ago. All unlocked, a pretty good deal, then after a year it suddenly locked on him and he couldn't get it unlocked. Took it to Apple and they said it had been reported stolen the day before it locked.

It turns out that although he bought the phone legitimately, the previous owner still had it on his insurance so decided to have a cheeky claim up against it even though he'd sold it a year earlier. Which locked it. What a ******!

 

S

seagull_in_malaysia

Active member

Aug 18, 2006

910

Reading

• Sep 10, 2014

• #6

If insurance has paid out on it then the "lost" phone is their property technically.

 

P

Premiership Dream

New member

Nov 16, 2011

258

• Sep 10, 2014

• #7

it will be useless as imei number will be deleted so the phone can not be used in this country..........how ever the Asian guys will still buy it and take it home as it will work there

 

Thunder Bolt

Silly old bat

Aug 18, 2009

65,519

Beside the seaside, beside the sea

• Sep 10, 2014

• #8

mwrpoole said:

I don't know but I suspect you had to record the IMEI number on your insurance so that device is now registered as lost/stolen. If it starts getting used again you'd have to expect it would flag up somewhere.

But you could contact your insurance company and say you've now found it. You'll probably be surprised what they say....

Click to expand...

The police found a tv that we had stolen during a burglary when searching a property for another crime. We had already been paid out by the insurance company. After a while the police told us that we could have it back. I rang the insurance company to tell them, but they weren't interested, so we had two tvs.
Obviously a phone is different but it's worth a try.

 

Goldstone1976

We Got Calde in!!

Helpful Moderator

NSC Patron

Apr 30, 2013

13,789

Herts

• Sep 10, 2014

• #9

Thunder Bolt said:

The police found a tv that we had stolen during a burglary

Click to expand...

Brave of you to admit this crime on a public forum frequented by serving Police Officers...

 

edna krabappel

Well-known member

NSC Patron

Jul 7, 2003

47,222

• Sep 11, 2014

• #10

Goldstone1976 said:

Brave of you to admit this crime on a public forum frequented by serving Police Officers...

Click to expand...

Took me a few seconds, but

 

W.C.

New member

Oct 31, 2011

4,927

• Sep 12, 2014

• #11

edna krabappel said:

Took me a few seconds, but

Click to expand...

pretty good call out time to be fair