I just got a cell phone a couple weeks ago, of course I lost it, or it was
stolen, whatever, after a week. I was under the impression, after some
searching, that the serial number of the phone is tied to my account, and
that if anyone tries to use the phone, even if changing the sim card,
wouldn't be able to because the serial # is used during when hooking up with
the service. But after talking to a couple customer service representatives,
I'm not so confident in that, one CS says if they change the sim card they
can use the phone, the other says it will be flagged by the fraud
department. Can anyone clear this up a little more for me? I was under the
impression that any cell phone was tied to a specific account, and could
only be used for that account, independant of the sim card, for anything
other than a 911 call, and this was for theft purposes because the police
couldn't handle all the lost/stolen cell phone problems. Thanks to anyone
helping me out here.