T-Mobile has reported a break-in at one of their warehouses that resulted in the theft of approximately 36,000 phones, which holds a value of around $8.2 million. Be warned if you are offered a sweet deal on a “new” T-Mobile phone as they are actively tracking the IMEI numbers, its noted that a majority of the phones were Sidekicks. T-Mobile dealers were notified and they are working with law enforcement officials to try and make sure these stolen phones remain un-activated.
“Wanted to let you all know that one of our warehouses was broken into over the weekend and some 36,000 phones were stolen (worth about 8.2 Million). The most significant phones stolen were the Sidekick phones. Please make sure you inform the dealers who like to purchase gray market handsets that we are aggressively working with law enforcement to prosecute anyone who has these handsets. We do know the IMEI’s of the stolen phones and once they end up on our network we will go to the dealer code that activated the phone. So if your dealers get a call about Sidekicks and the deal is too good to be true you will know why.”
Via [Boy Genius Report]
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