If you want to buy EVO on craigslist/Ebay, that is fine... The people worried about investigations for SWAC/EWD should worry some, but not fully.... Here is what appears to be happening that is causing investigations....... Someone steals an EVO, they call in to do a ESN change on the actual person's account who it belongs too (usually because 95% of all thefts are family/friend who may actually know your PIN number cause they are with you all the time and over hear it) they then sell it on craigslist/EBAY cause the ESN is now clean and free and clear to move on because the ESN is no longer active after doing a swap, (given they sell it fast enough before the actual owner realizes its gone) you buy it and activate it on your account cause it goes through as it is not yet reported stolen. The actual account holder reports it stolen, Fraud gets involved, and if its on your account, your screwed and its investigated. Not to mention the other portion of investigations are Employees literally stealing them and going into accounts and remove the stolen flag or doing an ESN change themselves, then selling them (this is a very very small few involving employees comiting the act). And, People will scam you as the buyer as well. They will do an ESN change and sell their own EVO, then call in and report it stolen and act like, who the hell did an ESN change, I never authorized this... Of course most of these are thrown out as the scammer is usually caught quickly and its usually not the buyers fault. But during the investigation, your account is frozen and non-usable which can take months for the investigation to complete, paper wise, the con-artists are usually caught within weeks, but for paper procedures and documenting the entire fraud case can take months to complete. **whats funny is now that I posted this fact, no one will ever buy a phone from craigslist/ebay again after reading this. LOL-Sorry, just wanted to straighten out the facts from fiction.**
