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Mizter T · June 14th 12, 12:10 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On 14/06/2012 12:20, d wrote:

On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:13:32 +0100
Mizter wrote:
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Or get a replacement handset and SIM, and then carry on using your
existing mobile number. (o2 will happily hand out a replacement SIM at
one of their shops.)

How do you persuade the grunt at the desk that you really have lost it and
haven't just given it to your cousin as a hand-me-down?

The number gets re-associated with the new SIM, so the old SIM becomes
useless.

The SIM might be useless but you could still have given away or sold 400 quids
worth of phone and then claimed you lost it and got a free replacement.
Even if they block the IMEI number most smartphones can still use wifi.

Eh? Where does the 'free replacement' phone come from?

If it's insurance, then that's an insurance fraud, plain and simple.
(And the old handset will have its IMEI blocked on UK networks, so it's
a case of getting the IMEI changed - not easy on many handsets, and also
now illegal - or sending the handset off to foreign parts.)