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Old Mar 1, 2004 | 12:27 PM
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My friend got scammed

He owns a few cellular shops and has salesmen working for him all the time, as he was doing a batch report last night for the whole month he realized there were some shady activations coming from NY, after calling t-mobile and calling the numbers(they were all deactivated) he realized 3 differnt ladys all came in to purchase phones (23 in total)....

he is out about 10k in phones, and about another 10k in commisions since t-mobile wont pay him for the lines.....

so i know some people on the board deal with phones and services...just a lilttle heads up...

(the salesmen were half at fault though, the other part was t-mobile for allowing the activation to go through)
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Old Mar 1, 2004 | 12:31 PM
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you begged for a cell phone forum and then post this here...wtf?


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Old Mar 1, 2004 | 12:38 PM
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1. i didnt beg for shit
2. this is about being scammed
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Old Mar 1, 2004 | 12:46 PM
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so what exactly did they do?
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Old Mar 1, 2004 | 01:10 PM
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Originally posted by CLpower
so what exactly did they do?
they came in activated phones under a companys name that they did not work for, so i guess they stole identy of a company said they were authorized to get cell's for the business and then either sold the phones, or used them till they were shut off
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Old Mar 2, 2004 | 01:03 PM
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If I remember from my cell phones sales days.. Isn't it pretty easy to do this with just a minimal amount of info. about the company..?
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Old Mar 2, 2004 | 01:15 PM
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yes....and he should have picked up on it pretty quickly when someone from new york drives all the way to jersey to pick up 16 cells...
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