[Closed] Officialiphoneunlock.co.uk

Sure, "officialiphoneunlock.co.uk" sounds totally legit to me.

Site's been around for three or four years according to Whois, registered to a (possibly false) address in Belize.

Seems you're not alone in being disgruntled:

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2023262

http://www.hotukdeals.com/ask/www-officialiphoneunlock-co-uk-anyone-used-them-reviews-1195550

If it quacks like a duck, etc etc. I'd be getting my money back if I were you.

iCloud Locked or network locked phone?

Paypal Gift?

Give it up and walk away. You've been bummed.

But, but it has 'official' in the website name! It [i]must[/i] be legit!

I cloud locked.
Paid using debit card.
Cheers

Ask the seller to contact the network some don't even charge.

If its iCloud locked it just needs to be reset and unregistered by the owner before selling. Easy enough to do.

That is, if the owner is the one selling the phone... if you catch my drift.

I bought the phone from someone on ebay but they said it was in lost property!

Sounds dodgy all the way along I know. 🙄

Oh dear. That was my fear.

You've just wasted the price of the phone and unlock. Can't be unlocked at all

GSI-MAN - Member
... lost property!

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oh well 😳 🙄

I was going to ask on what planet did you think sending money to officialphoneunlock was a good idea then you post that you bought a phone advertised as "lost property"( well the guy did lose the phone when the seller robbed him.)
Kiss good bye to your cash see if you can hand the phone into the police who may be able to trace and return it to the loser.

Cheers 😯

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Come on, that's not helpful. Stage left or right FFS.

OP,
I'll send you £20,000,000 today.
Just send me £5,000 in order for me to release it.

Come on, that's not helpful. Stage left or right FFS.

I think if I you're in possession of some "lost property" it may well be exit stage door and on yer toes doon the street pursued by the constabulary.....

unless you're Burt Reynolds in which case it would be

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Ebay seller accepts returns so maybe I will do that

Officialiphone unlock are a bunch of money grabbing shysters regardless of the provenance of the iPhone in question...

Robbers, plain and simple. Despite repeated attempts to get money returned, I ended up out of pocket with a phone purchased from a good friend that I know works and is not "lost/stolen/blacklisted" as my daughter popped a sim in it and is using quite happily.

Avoid them like the plague, and the payment service "nochex" that they use.

Grrr

Ebay seller accepts returns so maybe I will do that

start the refund process stating that you believe the phone to be stolen, usually they'll bend over backwards to get your money back as they can and will get booted off ebay for that.

Thats if they're a shop. If it's just a bloke from Peckham then maybe a different story.

For the iphone unlock shop i'd be the kind of vindictive bastard that would take the time to file a police report for fraud.

Just noticed that said ebay seller has something similar for sale and again lost property!!! 😯 😈

Out of interest do any of the 3rd party iphone unlocking sites actually work? When I mean 3rd party I mean a company that is not Apple or a mobile phone network (Three, EE, etc.) ?

Have you checked that this phone has not been reported lost or stolen. I know that i would want mine back 🙁

All those on the giffgaff unlockapedia

Out of interest do any of the 3rd party iphone unlocking sites actually work? When I mean 3rd party I mean a company that is not Apple or a mobile phone network (Three, EE, etc.) ?

I'm curious as to why anyone would risk it, assuming they don't have a reason that they can't go to the network or Apple...

Pretty sure they are the ones my other half used. Same problem, one price, then come back demanding more. Don't accept phone calls we got no reply to emails until we gave them a big negative review on a review site. They then contacted us saying they would do it for cost if we withdrew the review, additionally they would keep our money and do nothing if we refused. We caved and took the lower offer, it got done but took over 2 weeks all in.

I'm curious as to why anyone would risk it, assuming they don't have a reason that they can't go to the network or Apple...

In Birmingham, it costs £20-£30 to get a iphone unlocked. Lots of phone shops and market stalls offering this service. I can't see why the OP wouldn't just look round the high street to get this done.

PS

If the phone is lost or stolen once it is up and running can it not be traced to it's new location?

If the phone is lost or stolen once it is up and running can it not be traced to it's new location

If the previous owner has reported it to their network then the IMEI number should be blacklisted meaning whether or not the phone gets unlocked it won't work as the phone will not register to a network.

its not necesarily network locked, it is icloud locked. ie its an expensive paperweight

If the previous owner has reported it to their network then the IMEI number should be blacklisted

You can just reprogram the IMEI, which is illegal, but easy enough to do, and what most of the dodgy shops who unlock stolen phone do.

Until the IMEI is genuinely burnt in at manufacture rather than just programmed into Flash, the whole stolen phone racket will continue.

sandwicheater - Member
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Come on, that's not helpful. Stage left or right FFS.