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iPhone officialiphoneunlock.co.uk is a SCAM
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Read the terms and conditions, they use the word blocked and server report, which ring my alarm bells straight away. Best thing to do is contact the network and ask for an unlock. I know O2 do it for £15.
Beware IT IS A SCAM. Very well designed, yes. BUT a SCAM. First they got GPB 19.99 from my Credit Card. Then they replied they needed an additional GPB 30.00 which I AGAIN paid ('idiot me') and now they would like to get a further GPB 109 for a 'premium service' which apparently is needed to unlock my phone. I could easily have bought a second hand old model factory unlocked for GPB 49.99!! Stay away from this site and spread the rumor. I hope I have learned my lesson!
It's not well designed. It's just bait designed to net anyone who doesn't have the patience to do simple homework before throwing cash at a screen.
I learned the hard way too. I have been researching to unlock my iphone 5 here in the Philippines (which is currently SMART TELCO locked) to temporarily use until the iPhone 7 launch. When I googled the best site to unlock my phone, officialiphoneunlock.co.uk turned out to be the best and with a lot of positive reviews. Plus it is the only site that offers to unlock a carrier in my country, I decided to go on with the purchase.
Whenever i see a site with something suspicious content I don't normally purchase online without researching thoroughly. I have been really careful ever since and with no experience being scammed i tried risking my £25 since this is a time that I cannot afford not to use a non-iPhone because of iCloud. I even know about macrumors forum a long time ago but never registered (unfortunately for me). Until after a couple of days had passed with no feedback, me and my wife decided to further research only to find out from this forum that this CRAP IS A SCAM and shame to me that as early as 2012 they have reports already.
I agree that is somehow well-designed giving that it has maybe HUNDREDS of sites promoting this bastard unlocking scammers and even noting that they have pretty decent after sales support. But it still could be avoided by being patient and researching further.
I tried reaching my bank and they told me they can no longer reverse the transaction unless the MERCHANT approves it. I am still researching on how to contact these bunch of guys who doesn't know a thing except taking advantage of someone else's need.
Whenever i see a site with something suspicious content I don't normally purchase online without researching thoroughly. I have been really careful ever since and with no experience being scammed i tried risking my £25 since this is a time that I cannot afford not to use a non-iPhone because of iCloud. I even know about macrumors forum a long time ago but never registered (unfortunately for me). Until after a couple of days had passed with no feedback, me and my wife decided to further research only to find out from this forum that this CRAP IS A SCAM and shame to me that as early as 2012 they have reports already.
I agree that is somehow well-designed giving that it has maybe HUNDREDS of sites promoting this bastard unlocking scammers and even noting that they have pretty decent after sales support. But it still could be avoided by being patient and researching further.
I tried reaching my bank and they told me they can no longer reverse the transaction unless the MERCHANT approves it. I am still researching on how to contact these bunch of guys who doesn't know a thing except taking advantage of someone else's need.
The only business that ******* runs is the one keeping the illusion up. Reporting and trying to silence people spilling the beans, or posting fake reviews to promote the scam.
Wonder if mass reporting can get the site buried in Google so less people stumble onto it.
Suppose it's never too late to add my little bits of information about this crowd, and it's affiliate cronies.
I did get suckered just like many other people have, and are being every day.
I did the battle against them, and lost.
I did the battle against the company they use to process the funds, and lost.
I had a review run on the website and Facebook and feedback site, they post to.
They are All manipulated.
And yes they withdraw any nastyfeedback.
My salvation was my bank in Australia.
They refunded me.
For a service not supplied, nor was ever going to be supplied.
Basically the iPhone unlock company is fishing for your money.
And will keep going in the hope they will get more.
And most people just say, pack of B*stards, and move on.
I tried Nochex and Trust Pilot.
I was officially told to remove defamatory comments and third party reference.
So what's the point?
The UK cyber crime division eventually came back to me saying that ongoing investigation was taking place.
That was January.
These creatures have been at this for ten years..
Enough said.
If you pay for a service and think that you can get it from these or other unlock crowds.
You would be better having a good night out, and save your money.
Two points..
If you have a phone with imei locked to a carrier, you can get it unlocked your self, normally for free or a minimum charge.
Check the service support site of the carrier.
Even saw a lock screen pin work around the other day.
Worth trying.
If you want an imei lock removed from the Cloud..
Or a friend forgot to take it off when you purchased the phone.
Forget it.
It Can Only be done by Apple.
And apples websites tell you what you need to get it done.
That's it in a nutshell.
There are numerous ways to try to work around the Apple imei locks.
Only have seen one that is working.
On you tube and done in India by removing the cpu.
From the logic board.
Start from the basis of you have up to £100 you are looking to throw away.
Think about the night out option or giving it to charity.
And if you still have a burning desire to blow it away.
Send it to any of these scamming operations.
They will be more than happy to help you to spend it.
I did get suckered just like many other people have, and are being every day.
I did the battle against them, and lost.
I did the battle against the company they use to process the funds, and lost.
I had a review run on the website and Facebook and feedback site, they post to.
They are All manipulated.
And yes they withdraw any nastyfeedback.
My salvation was my bank in Australia.
They refunded me.
For a service not supplied, nor was ever going to be supplied.
Basically the iPhone unlock company is fishing for your money.
And will keep going in the hope they will get more.
And most people just say, pack of B*stards, and move on.
I tried Nochex and Trust Pilot.
I was officially told to remove defamatory comments and third party reference.
So what's the point?
The UK cyber crime division eventually came back to me saying that ongoing investigation was taking place.
That was January.
These creatures have been at this for ten years..
Enough said.
If you pay for a service and think that you can get it from these or other unlock crowds.
You would be better having a good night out, and save your money.
Two points..
If you have a phone with imei locked to a carrier, you can get it unlocked your self, normally for free or a minimum charge.
Check the service support site of the carrier.
Even saw a lock screen pin work around the other day.
Worth trying.
If you want an imei lock removed from the Cloud..
Or a friend forgot to take it off when you purchased the phone.
Forget it.
It Can Only be done by Apple.
And apples websites tell you what you need to get it done.
That's it in a nutshell.
There are numerous ways to try to work around the Apple imei locks.
Only have seen one that is working.
On you tube and done in India by removing the cpu.
From the logic board.
Start from the basis of you have up to £100 you are looking to throw away.
Think about the night out option or giving it to charity.
And if you still have a burning desire to blow it away.
Send it to any of these scamming operations.
They will be more than happy to help you to spend it.
Just to simplify what I said before.
If your phone is carrier locked.
This crowd may well be able to remove the carrier lock.
Just remember YOU can most likely do this yourself for FREE.
Many carriers do this for free after a certain amount of time elapsed.
If you phone is ICLOUD locked, or Blanklisted or reported stolen.
Just kiss it goodbye..
Apple do NOT design safety software for it to be bypass able.
These Clowns do not have a magic person who inputs your imei into a White list, and it then becomes active again.
Ex employee etc.
Even imei code generators will not make it workable again.
You can encode a new imei to some phones, but generally you still need that imei inserted into the whitelist.
I recently sold an ipad air 2 that had the previous owners name in the Icloud details.
I could not get them to remove it. After I purchased it.
So, effectively Icloud locked.
I even contracted Apple assistance. .
No help there, sorry to say.
BUT, it was still very usable, except for the Icloud message that pops up.
If you have an Activation Lock on.
Same scenario, it is locked..kaput. forget it.
Like many other posts before mine..
I say, Please read all the information available on Google and other sites, before throwing you cash away.
Do nother give them any customer, and they will soon go away.
They only exist because people keep feeding them money.
It cannot be done.. full stop...
If your phone is carrier locked.
This crowd may well be able to remove the carrier lock.
Just remember YOU can most likely do this yourself for FREE.
Many carriers do this for free after a certain amount of time elapsed.
If you phone is ICLOUD locked, or Blanklisted or reported stolen.
Just kiss it goodbye..
Apple do NOT design safety software for it to be bypass able.
These Clowns do not have a magic person who inputs your imei into a White list, and it then becomes active again.
Ex employee etc.
Even imei code generators will not make it workable again.
You can encode a new imei to some phones, but generally you still need that imei inserted into the whitelist.
I recently sold an ipad air 2 that had the previous owners name in the Icloud details.
I could not get them to remove it. After I purchased it.
So, effectively Icloud locked.
I even contracted Apple assistance. .
No help there, sorry to say.
BUT, it was still very usable, except for the Icloud message that pops up.
If you have an Activation Lock on.
Same scenario, it is locked..kaput. forget it.
Like many other posts before mine..
I say, Please read all the information available on Google and other sites, before throwing you cash away.
Do nother give them any customer, and they will soon go away.
They only exist because people keep feeding them money.
It cannot be done.. full stop...
Yes,
I was able to do this.
After several futile time wasting efforts with the unlock crowd.
The unlock company and its money clearing company Nochex, threw every possible blocker up.
Including using check.me to suggest my imei was blacklisted.
This imei checker is manipulated by the phone unlock company, to help reinforce its make believe story that the unlock is not possible due to a blacklisted imei.
They also remove less favourable feedbacks from facebook, and alsoTrustmark reviews.
And when you really rock thier credability they block you from further communications.
I was able to do this.
After several futile time wasting efforts with the unlock crowd.
The unlock company and its money clearing company Nochex, threw every possible blocker up.
Including using check.me to suggest my imei was blacklisted.
This imei checker is manipulated by the phone unlock company, to help reinforce its make believe story that the unlock is not possible due to a blacklisted imei.
They also remove less favourable feedbacks from facebook, and alsoTrustmark reviews.
And when you really rock thier credability they block you from further communications.
Hi Guys,
Yesterday I decided to try and get my Iphone unlocked from this scam of a website you guys are talking about
. I don't remember being told about a further 34.99 that I had to pay but was emailed the next day that if I didn;t pay my order was basically null and void and that I could not get a refund for 19.99. My initial payment. Feel really sad not just about the money but the fact that people like that are getting away with ripping others off every day.
I have reported them to the trading standards who will apparently contact me back in about three days and I am looking forward to seeing what they say. My bank refused to refund me (Lloyds Bank) because they said that I entered my card details willingly. Either way I am going to fight this and genuinely try and take them down in the process. I may die trying but what they are doing should be illegal. I can't believe it isn';t! and people are still getting scammed every day!
Yesterday I decided to try and get my Iphone unlocked from this scam of a website you guys are talking about
. I don't remember being told about a further 34.99 that I had to pay but was emailed the next day that if I didn;t pay my order was basically null and void and that I could not get a refund for 19.99. My initial payment. Feel really sad not just about the money but the fact that people like that are getting away with ripping others off every day. I have reported them to the trading standards who will apparently contact me back in about three days and I am looking forward to seeing what they say. My bank refused to refund me (Lloyds Bank) because they said that I entered my card details willingly. Either way I am going to fight this and genuinely try and take them down in the process. I may die trying but what they are doing should be illegal. I can't believe it isn';t! and people are still getting scammed every day!
It doesn't really matter that you entered your details willingly, you didn't get what you paid for, that's really what it all comes down to as far as the bank should be concerned.Hi Guys,
Yesterday I decided to try and get my Iphone unlocked from this scam of a website you guys are talking about
I have reported them to the trading standards who will apparently contact me back in about three days and I am looking forward to seeing what they say. My bank refused to refund me (Lloyds Bank) because they said that I entered my card details willingly. Either way I am going to fight this and genuinely try and take them down in the process. I may die trying but what they are doing should be illegal. I can't believe it isn';t! and people are still getting scammed every day!
I believe that people are still failing for these. The must be billionaires by now
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Those guys must have consulted high profile legal team before starting this business. They know exactly what they doing. Your logical thinking wouldn't work there
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Those guys must have consulted high profile legal team before starting this business. They know exactly what they doing. Your logical thinking wouldn't work there
Well, it's not really so much as logical thinking, as that is generally part of what can be disputed when it comes to bank transactions--not getting what you paid for. I guess rules for different banks and different countries can be different in regards to that, but it seems like that is one of the more basic ones.
It really does not matter what the banks say,because the banking code clearly says that you are protected for transactions such as the one you did.
You purchased a service or product, that was not provided.or could be.
Therefor a refund is normally possible.
The company in question invokes a catch 22 because the first payment is basically to be put on a register to request this service. READ THE PRINT...
Once you make additional payments, well it's a different ball game.
Then it's a fraud. Out and out.
But can I say that you should all read the many comments posted.
Look at what you are purchasing.
If it is an unlock from a service provider, well this is possible.
And quite possible available for free. Google it.
If you are like I was, and trying to get an imei or Icloud activation lock removed.
FORGET IT.
It cannot be done.
IGNORE the check.me site they use.
They control and manipulate the output data.
I had an ethical reason for requesting an imei removal on my ipad air.
The past owner was deceased.
But it makes no difference to these bozo operators. Nor Apple.
It is Never going to happen.
Yes it is a fraud. And you will feel pissed off.
But £19 and £19 and £19 every day from hundreds of people.
With NO comeback.
You purchased a place on a listing, to see if the request was possible.
Only when you go to the next level are you getting into iffy territory.
Knowingly entering you card details or not.
Get onto the Banking Ombudsman ..
FAIR trading, Action fraud..you name it. You can try, and try.
WRITE to the feedback sites. They control some of these
So will filter the postings.
Get onto Nochex, I did, and got sweet FA. Except reprimands for derogatory comments without substantiated information.
I had to retract and remove what I said.
Yesterday I received a third letter from the UK Police Cyber crime investigations saying thank you, and it was ongoing.
Eight months later.
And now With Staffordshire Police.??
I suggested a class action be launched, but they have been doing this for ten years.
It's frustrating.
But the only workable way to do this is to NOT USE THEM.
I cannot yet think of a way to get around them.
It's like a shelf company. A name, registered in England.
But funds I have been told go offshore.
I'm sure they are going to be around for a while yet.
Phone the UK Action Fraud number. Or look at Thier website.
Sorry to hear you have become another one of Thier customers.
You purchased a service or product, that was not provided.or could be.
Therefor a refund is normally possible.
The company in question invokes a catch 22 because the first payment is basically to be put on a register to request this service. READ THE PRINT...
Once you make additional payments, well it's a different ball game.
Then it's a fraud. Out and out.
But can I say that you should all read the many comments posted.
Look at what you are purchasing.
If it is an unlock from a service provider, well this is possible.
And quite possible available for free. Google it.
If you are like I was, and trying to get an imei or Icloud activation lock removed.
FORGET IT.
It cannot be done.
IGNORE the check.me site they use.
They control and manipulate the output data.
I had an ethical reason for requesting an imei removal on my ipad air.
The past owner was deceased.
But it makes no difference to these bozo operators. Nor Apple.
It is Never going to happen.
Yes it is a fraud. And you will feel pissed off.
But £19 and £19 and £19 every day from hundreds of people.
With NO comeback.
You purchased a place on a listing, to see if the request was possible.
Only when you go to the next level are you getting into iffy territory.
Knowingly entering you card details or not.
Get onto the Banking Ombudsman ..
FAIR trading, Action fraud..you name it. You can try, and try.
WRITE to the feedback sites. They control some of these
So will filter the postings.
Get onto Nochex, I did, and got sweet FA. Except reprimands for derogatory comments without substantiated information.
I had to retract and remove what I said.
Yesterday I received a third letter from the UK Police Cyber crime investigations saying thank you, and it was ongoing.
Eight months later.
And now With Staffordshire Police.??
I suggested a class action be launched, but they have been doing this for ten years.
It's frustrating.
But the only workable way to do this is to NOT USE THEM.
I cannot yet think of a way to get around them.
It's like a shelf company. A name, registered in England.
But funds I have been told go offshore.
I'm sure they are going to be around for a while yet.
Phone the UK Action Fraud number. Or look at Thier website.
Sorry to hear you have become another one of Thier customers.
yes there is some website unlock the icloud but they are expensive
i have tried one and it costed me around 300 $
they unlock the icloud for many reasons
may be forget the password or the email or someone bought it as second hand
It's to restore functionality of all Apples features on the newer I pads and I equipment.
Cloud storage is a part of this.
Face time, and find my iPhone are others.
The last one I had fully updated, and functioned. Ipad air 2.
It just had a pop up regards the previous owners Icloud account.
ITunes and the rest, all worked fine.
Apple looks on it as a part of the inbuilt security.
As long as the previous owner has a cloud account link, they could login and erase the contents, or report the imei stolen.
Cloud storage is a part of this.
Face time, and find my iPhone are others.
The last one I had fully updated, and functioned. Ipad air 2.
It just had a pop up regards the previous owners Icloud account.
ITunes and the rest, all worked fine.
Apple looks on it as a part of the inbuilt security.
As long as the previous owner has a cloud account link, they could login and erase the contents, or report the imei stolen.
I was thinking in the line of unlocking iCloud so that you can use it like dropbox. But that's not the case
Only $300? I bet the US government wished they used them instead of it costing over a million dollars.
I call bull that you got an iCloud locked phone unlocked.
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Because they,
1) Stole the phone
2) They bought a stolen phone
3) Found a phone and done the scummy thing and not hand it in.
well any way i gave the answer and its back to the person that have the phone locked if he is a thief or not
i do not care its his problem not mine .
and for unlocking the phone if its stolen the original owner should report so it will not be unlocked
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