Many have a kill system which makes the phone die and be worthless to them. Apple did that to reduce the issue of theft.
Be aware a spammer posted something about this as a top post but it was just spam. No assurance it would work at all. Well, they claim it works but almost all will not refund your money if it doesn't. You get ripped off twice!
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