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		mcpherrinm on Aug 7, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AT&T employees were bribed to install phone unlock... Use a stolen credit card/identity to buy an iPhone on contract. You can walk out of the store with the phone that day and never pay AT&T another dime. Use this shady service to unlock without paying off the contract, and resell on the second-hand market. If an iPhone costs $1k, maybe you paid $100 to get it out the door, then you can still make hundreds of dollars selling it.

JCharante on Aug 7, 2019 [–]

AT&T also asks for your ID, so since they're using a stolen credit card I presume they're also committing identity fraud. Is this really wide spread issue though? Since they must be on the CCTV how many times can a scammer use the same human agent?

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