[k4ce]

look , i think most of these chinese fones dont have IEMI numbers or have some invalid numbers ... ofcourse , very few of them must be having ... as of now , there is nothin anyone will do if u are using a phone widout an IEMI number ... but off late due to security concerns , operators are/will be doing something about this

eg http://www.rimweb.in/forums/index.ph...hreaded&start=

if u are talkin bout mainstream handsets like nokia , SE , moto , LG etc i dont think their IEMI numbers can be tampered wid easily and i'm sure not many will go thru the trouble of changing it (if at all , such a method does exist) and then selling on ebay ... so buy a mainstream handset from ebay without worries ...