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Some months ago it was reported that numerous amount of cell phones were stolen from a Claro Warehouse, among the phones stolen were a large number of Blackberry Bold 9000 Smart-phone Devices, the indecent was being investigated by the relevant authorities unknowing to the public. As time would have it a few months later these phones had resurfaced on the market and were being sold to unsuspecting buyers as new but ‘Branded to Claro’, when asked where the phones were sourced, many were told by a cooperate Claro Link or From a Claro Dealer, being that these phones were passed down to many different re-sellers it is possible that a large number of them had no idea they were stolen, but one still has to ask if these re-sellers had suspicions.

The persons who bought the Blackberry devices for way less than the actual value soon ran into problems as after activating their Blackberry data plan many experienced a loss in service a few weeks down the road, when they contacted their respective service providers they were advised that these devices were stolen and subsequently had to be barred from using the Blackberry Data Services. The exact amount of Blackberry Phones that went down is somewhere in the 100+ region, so as you would imagine many persons were calling the sellers asking for refunds, which to many would lead to a dead end.

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