Help!! Re: EBAY purchase possible insurance fraud/scam - Page 3

**WarChild** · #1 (**permalink**) 10-25-2009, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by BeanAnimal

Get a clue. To be charged with recieving stolen property, you have to be aware that the property was stolen at the time of the transaction. Purchase of a phone via Ebay from a person who you have never met and paying via PayPal is certainly not grounds for being charged with a crime, no matter how stolen the property is.

I am amazed at how much bad information is passed along via these forums.

Like I said before we have a lot of lawyers around here...lol

dimitri · #2 (**permalink**) 10-25-2009, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by BeanAnimal

Get a clue. To be charged with recieving stolen property, you have to be aware that the property was stolen at the time of the transaction. Purchase of a phone via Ebay from a person who you have never met and paying via PayPal is certainly not grounds for being charged with a crime, no matter how stolen the property is.

I am amazed at how much bad information is passed along via these forums.

Sorry to tell you but no you don't have to have knowledge that it was stolen for you to be charged with Recieving stolen property. I have seen it first hand.

**WarChild** · #3 (**permalink**) 10-25-2009, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by dimitri

Sorry to tell you but no you don't have to have knowledge that it was stolen for you to be charged with Recieving stolen property. I have seen it first hand.

well here is FL it is illegal to be in possession of stolen property, only law enforcement officers and pawn brokers are legally able to handle stolen property but alot of it has to do with knowledge. but that's just my lawyer knowledge...lol

dimitri · #4 (**permalink**) 10-25-2009, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ClevelandWheeler

well here is FL it is illegal to be in possession of stolen property, only law enforcement officers and pawn brokers are legally able to handle stolen property but alot of it has to do with knowledge. but that's just my lawyer knowledge...lol

No matter what the law states from state to state, if it were me in the OP's situation; I would still contact Sprint to cover myself.

rafyrod · #5 (**permalink**) 10-25-2009, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ClevelandWheeler

well here is FL it is illegal to be in possession of stolen property, only law enforcement officers and pawn brokers are legally able to handle stolen property but alot of it has to do with knowledge. but that's just my lawyer knowledge...lol

1+ agreed

it happen to my two bosses 3 years ago, they own a convenience store and they usually buy stuff from ppl that come to the store offering their service and this one time they got burn by buying some stolen stuff, long story short, police came didnt ask no question took them to jail and a bail of $30,000 for buying candies and sodas, but when is stolen is stolen no matter what... and by the way this was in florida too

thank you...

chong67 · #6 (**permalink**) 10-24-2009, 11:23 PM

I had the same problem as you. Check my other thread that I had posted.

But I didnt resell my phone. I am using the phone now.

dimitri · #7 (**permalink**) 10-24-2009, 11:26 PM

Well I also just found another thread about someone buying a TP 2 online and after two months of using it, Sprint locked their phone down.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=92344

You should read the thread.

chong67 · #8 (**permalink**) 10-24-2009, 11:35 PM

Man, I am sick to my stomach. I hope it doesnt happen to me!

dimitri · #9 (**permalink**) 10-24-2009, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by chong67

Man, I am sick to my stomach. I hope it doesnt happen to me!

That is why I am saying that you need to be proactive about it. If you wait to long, you might have trouble having PayPal do an investigation and you don't want to be caught off guard with Sprint shutting your phone off.

632627 · #10 (**permalink**) 10-25-2009, 12:02 AM

thanks for all the responses guys.... i have contacted the seller and he swears its not fraud and offered me a refund if i shipped the phone back. the only problem is i have no other phone(and i really like the tp2 also)

i think i am going to call sprint anonymously and tell them the situation first without giving them my account info.

if i do end up keeping the phone, for how long will paypal offer me buyers protection? say 6 months down the road the phone is bricked by sprint, can i still be covered by paypal?

i know this might sound bad, but i got the phone at a pretty good price and i dont want to give it up