No Network on Samsung Galaxy 5 02 phone

[Anonymous]

Hi, 

After purchasing a second hand SG5, I had to venture out to the shops as my new phone only accepted the 02 network, for other sims like orange it demanded a network unlock code. 

I popped a new sim in the Samsung Galaxy 5 only to read theres no network. 

Possibly the phone is barred, but how do I know for sure that the phone is barred? How can I find out and how can I resolve this issue ?

[Cleoriff]

What a sad scam this is....And on the rise now as people see it as such a money making scheme..:smileysad:

[Anonymous]

And the police are unlikely to get involved. If you are lucky they might try once but otherwise they tend to have bigger stuff to deal with

[MI5]

People like this are generally "known" to the Police so it can't hurt to report it.....

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

hi, thank you for your response. I did the check mend, it turns out the person who sold me the phone reported it lost or stolen to to mobile network. 

what are my next steps? how do I proceed from here?

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I'm saddened to learn you've been scammed. Sadly integrity isn't high up on some peoples lists. 

As as said above if it's eBay start a dispute. If you've bought it off Gumtree etc and paid Cash then I'm afraid it's an expensive learning curve.