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A website to check if your phone was stolen

There is a new website launched by the National Communication Entity (Enacom) in Argentina, to track stolen phones. This might be a solution for the 5,000 phones that are stolen every day in Argentina!

It tracks the phone’s 15-digit code, the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) which every phone usually has printed behind the battery. The phone will be put on a blacklist that is updated daily. By doing so, the stolen phone will be unable to reconnect to the cellular service if and when it is resold.
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