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Prepaid MVNO TracFone Wireless is attempting to stop cell phone traffickers from purchasing low-cost phones and tweaking the software to make them work on any cell network globally. This practice is causing the company to lose millions of dollars. These phones are usually sold for a discount because TracFone subsidizes the handsets anticipating that it will make money from customers when they purchase airtime for the phone.
TracFone has filed 39 lawsuits in an attempt to stop companies and individuals from trafficking in its phones, most of the lawsuits were filed in South Florida. The firm has obtained more than 15 court orders haulting the unlocking and resale of phones and has been awarded $4 million in damages.
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Comments
Posted by ben | August 21, 2009 - 1:33pm
For more information about Tracfone lawsuit abuse go to stoptrac.com
Posted by Anonymous | September 10, 2009 - 2:11pm
Are there any class action lawsuits going on against Tracfone/Net10? I just had over 3000 minutes and 2 years killed by those crooks.
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2009 - 7:22pm
How can tracfone split up my last minute, if their system can do this, wwhy not on all calls?
Posted by Anonymous | October 29, 2009 - 4:43pm
I keep getting messages about double minutes for life, but it is not giving it to me. The tech support rep said they will check into this...
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