Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Blacklisted Question

[paviter619]

Okay, so I purchased of a phone of Craigslist.

At the time of the meeting I made sure the phone I was purchasing was not fake, had warranty and also was not blacklisted. It checked out all fine.

It was a brand new phone, never activated.

I purchased the phone 15 days ago and today suddenly it gets blacklisted.

I still have the original emails from the seller but it turns out the phone number he was using to contact me was a TEXT NOW account as I tried calling that number.

Is it possible I can get this phone un-blacklisted by talking to a Telus representative and explaining my story?

[Nighthawk · Accepted solution]

This was very recently discussed here: https://forum.telus.com/t5/My-Mobility-Account/Apparently-blacklisted/td-p/72236

[NFtoBC]

If you have the original purchase receipt, you may be able to show proof of ownership, and get it unlisted

[paviter619]

Don't have the purchase receipt, all I have is the chat transcripts with the seller and the original box with the stickers and everything on it.

[WestCoasterBC]

Think you'll be Out of luck on this unfortunately. Unless you can find the seller, there won't be much recourse. I would have requested the sellers ID to protect yourself, for this very reason before giving them a dime..

Chances are the seller never owned the phone. The real owner discovered it missing then reported it stolen. They could have been on vacation, a retailer audit on inventory etc..

So many scams on Craigslist. Chat transcripts won't do much good as anyone can make a textnow account (burner phone).

Sorry for your loss of money.