hi guys,

i recently bought an iphone 15 pro max from a seller in offerup. The device is in good conditions and works fine. The seller had it listed as "carrier unlocked" and claimed that I'd be able to connect it to my t-mobile network. i come to realize that attempting to connect it to my carrier the next day, the phone is sim locked and tried reaching back to the seller but he ended up ghosting me.

I did a imei report and the device is clean and does not come back as stolen/lost. After some research, it turns out that the device was unpaid for and was sold to me as is. I googled verizon's locking policy and according to their policy page, their prepaid device policy will still unlock after 60 days as long as the device hasn't been stolen nor bought fraudulently, which apparently isn't the case according to the imei report.

my doubt is that the iphone has no active line with verizon and im not sure if this would apply for this scenario. the imei report claimed that it has been bought since may 10th 2024 and my guess it hasn't completed the 60 day lock policy. Finally, can this phone be used and activated on a new verizon line?

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