Phones

• There is an Australian service available to check for potentially lost or stolen mobiles and this is run by the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association. The page to check IMEI numbers is located here and the main website is located here
• You can find further advice from Apple here on buying or selling an iPhone
• Local transactions should be arranged in a busy public place if possible. Take a friend or family member with you. If a buyer/seller is coming to your home or workplace, arrange to have someone with you and ask the buyer/seller to produce ID. Allow the buyer to inspect the item.
• Never send money to anyone you don’t know by bank transfer.
• Always use common sense.
• And if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!

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