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7. Do not sell or trade on the forums.
If you wish to advertise a product, simply contact us. We can provide ads but you are not permitted to just post it in the forums. If you do, it will be removed and you're likely to receive a ban.
The buying, selling, trading and / or exchanging of any item is now prohibited on XDA, in any forum or via Private Messages. We now use www.swappa.com
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IMEI-Check used to run by a guy called Florin Mandache. He always seemed very good, helpful and I think was highly regarded, from what I've read on various forums.
Suddenly his unlocking site has insisted that you need to send them some Photo-ID in addition to the PayPal payment. Hang on a minute, fraud is not his problem, that's up to PayPal and PayPal say they do not need it.
In my case the payment has gone from PayPal to IMEI-Check but they're still insisting on Photo-ID
So I inquired to [email protected] as to why Photo-ID was needed as just about everybody advises you nowadays, not to give out that kinda stuff on the net!
The reply "Below" was not like any reply I'd seen Florin make on bulletin boards before (his english is better!) and now I'm very nervous about using them...
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 2:04 PM
Subject: RE: Question regarding fraud
Hello,
We want to make sure that you are the real owner of the account and nothing else. We are LTD company, and we signed the data protection act.
If you still worried about sending the ID, i recomend you to use one of our reseller www.unlockitnow.com.
Regards,
IMEI-CHECK Team
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Unlockitnow.com are a reseller???..
Does anybody have any thoughts?
Thanks,
Dai
Hi there,
We had to introduce this protection to avoid people buying with hijacked accounts , because two weeks ago we cought one of the big scammers/phishers and now police is investigating this and paypal and ebay need (a much to long) time to investigate.
So to protect ourself we had to install this extra protection.
The seller is not getting any money if was used by hijacked paypal accounts. Even worse we have to pay GBP7 / reversed transaction...
To keep this service online we request something which proves identity of the paypal account holder. So the hijacker (which sold for 15GBP on ebay) will not have a chance anymore. We have to continue until police arrested this guy (full address and name are known)
Regarding paypal saying not to send anything is not true! Paypal says NOT TO SEND CREDIT CARD DETAILS OR BANK DETAILS (we never ask for them).
Also here is a quote from our paypal manager (when we said to them that we had to introduce this verification because PayPal don't protect us and our sells droped):
"If you conduct business on the internet, you should be putting processes
in place to minimise your risk as much as possible, so the id
verification is an excellent idea. As a business person, I presume you
weighed up the costs of losing out to fraudulent activity relative to
the drop in sales. These processes are your responsibility, not
PayPal's. PayPal enables you to transact quickly and safely with buyers,
they are not obliged to absorb losses you incur in doing so. Most
businesses factor in a percentage to cover these sort of losses
regardless of whether it is the physical or online environment."
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CREDIT CARD FRAUD IS A CRIME![/quote]
HTC WireTapping Violations Class Action Legal Help
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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against CIQ Claiming Smartphone Wiretap Violations
Seattle, WA: A group of consumers filed a nationwide class-action lawsuit claiming that smartphone manufacturers HTC Corporation, HTC America, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd use software developed by Carrier IQ, Inc. ("CIQ") that illegally intercepts incoming text messages and captures users' key strokes—including those used to compose email and text messages or to dial numbers—without consumers' knowledge or permission.
In mid-November, software developer Trevor Eckhart published a video blog illustrating the operation of the CIQ software recording keystrokes, including information sent to secure websites using HTTPS security protocols used in e-commerce and other security-sensitive sites.
After Eckhart published his discovery and documents he found on CIQ's website, CIQ accused him of copyright violations and threatened legal actions unless he capitulated to the company's demands. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a public-interest digital rights watchdog stepped in to defend Eckhart and CIQ later apologized to Eckhart and rescinded its demands.
According to CIQ, its software is embedded on smartphones to allow the company to collect data for the benefit of cellular carriers and device manufacturers, which is important to improving customer experience, such as logging information related to dropped calls. CIQ says its program does not log keystrokes or intercept messages and it does not store or resell the information.
The lawsuit alleges that, in reality, the program does record keystrokes and the content of messages, and could transmit the information to third parties, possibly including information sent to secure websites using HTTPS security protocols used in e-commerce and other security-sensitive sites such as banking.
The complaint was filed on behalf of four smartphone users and names smartphone manufacturers HTC and Samsung as defendants along with CIQ. The lawsuit could be amended to include other smartphone manufacturers that embed the CIQ software on their devices.
The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, accuses the companies of violating the Federal Wiretap Act and California's Unfair Business Practice Act. The Federal Wiretap Act prohibits the unauthorized interception or illegal use of electronic communications.
The lawsuit asks the court to award damages under the Federal Wiretap Act, and prevent companies from including similar software in future smartphones.
mchristian said:
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MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY........MONEY!!!...hahahahahaha
I have been a long time XDA Member and have been very excited about the Sprint Optimus G. Through a corporate affiliation with Wireless Market Plus, I have access to pre-order the Optimus G for $149. after reading the forum rules, I don't think this is breaking any of them (and if it is, PLEASE REMOVE THIS POST), since I do not receive any direct profit from this link. I have not seen the phone for less anyplace else and thought it may be helpful for others.
This is for new lines or upgrades:
http://www.wirelessmarketplus.com/
Once again, if the Mods feel as though this breaks any rules, please remove this post.
--QuestingHero
Hey
Just wanted to check in and notify / see if anyone else has had issues with their OnePlus 5t purchase from the official Oneplus website?
I recently upgraded my 3t with a white 5t last week, using a credit card that I don't normally use (it's left in the house). Literally a day later, I get a call from my credit card company advising me they have blocked multiple attempted electrical purchases. My mobile phone number was also "reported stolen" at the same time, I assume to try and facilitate the credit card fraud. It appears as though I am not the only one who has experienced this issue, after buying direct off the Oneplus website.
There is a long thread on their 5t Community Forums named "Credit Card Fraud" with multiple folk being defrauded. (I can't post a link to the post yet, as I am a new-ish user )
Whilst I can not 100% say this is down to Oneplus, the balance of probability is that someone in their employee / contractor chain has potentially stolen customer details.
Just a heads up for those considering a direct purchase.
Thanks for the heads up. I found the thread you're referring to. The fraud seems to be spreading all over. I've always had fraud alerts enabled on all my accounts but just to be safe I checked all my cards and i'm good for now. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Why don't you use PayPal ?
Yeah I've used paypal with my Oneplus purchases. The company the money actually goes to is unknown to me.
"DA SHENG INTERNATIONAL TRADE CO., LIMITED"
Whoever that is :L
Jonnyn93 said:
Yeah I've used paypal with my Oneplus purchases. The company the money actually goes to is unknown to me.
"DA SHENG INTERNATIONAL TRADE CO., LIMITED"
Whoever that is :L
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OnePlus' PayPal account if you can believe it.
Jonnyn93 said:
Yeah I've used paypal with my Oneplus purchases. The company the money actually goes to is unknown to me.
"DA SHENG INTERNATIONAL TRADE CO., LIMITED"
Whoever that is :L
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It's the company owning 1+
Just seen the masses of Reddit posts on this issue. It looks big!
There's no employee involved in it. It's just a flaw OP has on site.
https://www.fidusinfosec.com/oneplus-checkout
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It's the company owning 1+
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Oneplus is owned by BBK Electronics
My bank preactively deactivated my CC because I had bought from a merchant which had served other customers which became victims to fraud: OnePlus. I am now waiting for a new card to be issued, luckily I did not see any fraudulent transactions on my account.
I'm in the "club"
I saw this post earlier this week... Immediately I logged in and checked my credit card and saw that everything was OK.
Today, however, I got a message from my credit card warning me about a possible fraudulent activity which I didn't do. So... yes, happened to me also...
Thanks for the heads up!
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