The message on screen, which popped up an hour ago when I returned from work says:

Amazon

Passkey: 61783337 (doesnt work when entered)

IMEI: 354484224894558

"This device has been reported as lost or stolen and must be returned to Amazon.

Please call 08002797234 for details"

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According to a simple google search, I discovered real people´s 47 comments saying its a scam, located UK but picks up a chinese or indian woman with bad english etc. Can somebody help me? Im shivering rn for real. I havent contacted that number yet. Phone is like new, paid 800$ for it early October. did I buy a stolen phone or what is this?

BTW, I contacted the guy who sold me the phone by mail with attached photo (seems I cant attach it here) and so far he hasnt replied. As Im writing he replied with 2 mails and wants to call me. He says he doesnt know whats happening, but will give me another phone or money back, but…questionable still and I fear Im gonna lose this and my nerves. Someone, please :( :( :(

  • No-Space8547@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    BTW, I contacted the guy who sold me the phone by mail with attached photo (seems I cant attach it here) and so far he hasnt replied.

    If he legit stole this from Amazon, he ain’t returning your money. If he’s allowing you to get your money back (I am still suspicious), then take it.

  • SuccessAutomatic6726@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If this is a system message you are seeing, then yes get the refund.

    If this is just a regular Text message then it is a simple scam.

  • ThatGothGuyUK@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Technically you need to call Amazon and return their property otherwise you are handling stolen goods.

  • Taolan13@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Congratulations.

    You just accepted your first bribe!

    Dude doesnt give a shit about your suffering, he’s the endpoint in a scam handling the actual devices. He paid you extra abd gave a bad cover story to get you to not report this to the police or anyone else.

    Lucky for him, the police are mostly useless in this kind of situation.

    You should take everything you have on this, and get in touch with the friendly folks over at Scammer Payback.

  • azthal@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    You were unable to understand how he gets the phones, despite him explaining it. That makes me think it’s some weird complicated scheme, that is “sort of legal” or “appears legal” but really isn’t.

    Most of the time these sort of schemes are based on cancelling a contract, but never returning the phones. Usually require someone internal who can essentially remove or cancel orders after they have been shipped. It’s a pretty common scam, that usually works for a good amount of time, until the seller does an inventory and realize they have a lot fewer phones than they should.

    Why would a scammer give you the money back? Cause he wasn’t trying to scam you, he thought that he had successfully scammed amazon, and when it turns out that Amazon have realized that something is wrong, he really, REALLY want you to not talk to police about it, hoping that Amazon only know that someone has stolen the phones, but not who has stolen them.