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Post by livinginmedellin on Aug 7, 2016 9:25:02 GMT -5
August 31 is the deadline to register IMEI numbers of cellphones in Colombia. Minister of Technology, David Luna, said after authorities alerted users about the extension for registration of IMEI of mobile phones, about 1 million more Colombians registered IMEI numbers that helps eliminate theft of cellphones. However, the minister said that despite the massive number that have registered to date still 2.2 million are missing registering the IMEI. Users who have not heeded the call, have time to register the IMEI of your phone until August 31. You can check if your number is registered as follows: Movistar: Dialing * 611, option 1 and then option 5, or through the website. Claro: Through the page: dialing 611 #. For postpaid option 7 and then option 2 for prepaid option 8/611, option 7 Tigo: Dialing * 300, option 6 / Sending an SMS to 585 with the word CONSULTA See (in Spanish): www.elcolombiano.com/colombia/el-31-de-agosto-es-el-plazo-final-para-registrar-el-imei-IC4712587If you haven't registered your cellphone IMEI number, not much time remains to do this.
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Post by dandl93 on Aug 7, 2016 9:37:55 GMT -5
Shut the phones off they will come and register or throw them away.Claro shut mine off over a year ago I had it back on the next day.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2016 10:14:37 GMT -5
Unfortunately, registering IMEI will not stop phone robberies. It is rather easy to modify the IMEI of a phone. You really don't need to be an expert. Dubious resellers just have to pick up the IMEI of a legitimate phone (for instance from and old phone a client returned against cash), and inject it in the stolen phone. And voila, you have a stolen phone with a legitimate, already registered IMEI.
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Post by livinginmedellin on Aug 7, 2016 10:54:21 GMT -5
Unfortunately, registering IMEI will not stop phone robberies. It is rather easy to modify the IMEI of a phone. You really don't need to be an expert. Dubious resellers just have to pick up the IMEI of a legitimate phone (for instance from and old phone a client returned against cash), and inject it in the stolen phone. And voila, you have a stolen phone with a legitimate, already registered IMEI. Exactly. It is relatively easy to change an IMEI number - just google it and you will see hundreds of thousands of sites. They need to make the IMEI numbers in cell phones unchangeable.
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Post by sedelen on Aug 8, 2016 11:30:37 GMT -5
I knew about this requirement for some time. And I had thought I had taken care of it through TIGO, but I kept getting messages from them to register it. So, I went to the office and they said it was indeed registered, and they showed me confirmation where I had, but it still didn't stop them from sending me notices to register it, Crazy.
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Post by livinginmedellin on Aug 8, 2016 12:04:45 GMT -5
I knew about this requirement for some time. And I had thought I had taken care of it through TIGO, but I kept getting messages from them to register it. So, I went to the office and they said it was indeed registered, and they showed me confirmation where I had, but it still didn't stop them from sending me notices to register it, Crazy. Tigo is Millicom. They are the third largest mobile provider in Colombia after Claro and Movistar. Millicom operates as Tigo in Colombia and is a screwed up company. They merged with UNE in 2014. My company did some work for them that they never paid for. Their systems are pretty screwed up so no surprise that continuing to send notices to register a cellphone even after you had registered.
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Post by flynnflanagan on Aug 8, 2016 12:04:59 GMT -5
Unfortunately, registering IMEI will not stop phone robberies. It is rather easy to modify the IMEI of a phone. You really don't need to be an expert. Dubious resellers just have to pick up the IMEI of a legitimate phone (for instance from and old phone a client returned against cash), and inject it in the stolen phone. And voila, you have a stolen phone with a legitimate, already registered IMEI. I think the goal is really not to stop robberies. That was just given as a reason to justify registering your private property. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU.
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