It’s Garreth here, from the Trust and Safety team at eBay.co.uk. I want to let you know about some developments related to the sale of blocked or barred mobile phones. The sale of blocked or barred mobile phones is not permitted under our Encouraging Illegal Activity policy which you can find here.

We’ve partnered with the National Mobile Phone Crime Unit (a part of the Metropolitan Police Service) to create a guide to buying and selling mobile phone safely on eBay. You can find the guide here. The guide has lots of tips and advice to help buyers and sellers.

The partnership follows a successful joint-operation in Greater London to identify and arrest eBay users trying to sell blocked or barred phones. The joint investigation by NMPCU and eBay’s Fraud Investigations Team led to the execution of 20 warrants and 13 arrests in the Greater London area. Forty-five stolen mobile handsets were seized as part of NMPCU raids carried out on the basis of information supplied by eBay.

I hope you’ll take the time to read the guide.

Regards,
Garreth
Trust and Safety, eBay.co.uk