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Official SIM Unlock

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Ireland
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This company accused me of sending them a blocked device (totally untrue) and then refused me my full refund, offering me only 50% instead. They could not tell me why my phone was blocked when challenged. Do not believe their promises.

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Date of experience: July 21, 2022
Missouri
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I had a phone from Simplemobile to unlock, it had been in service for 3 years, so should be unlock able, it's in my personal possession (not stolen), it's marked as active by Simplemobile. All valid criteria. Official Sim Unlock i/face to perform the unlock is simple enough, and good status tracking.

Unfortunately it reports unlockable (claims stolen, out of service or other - all wrong) and no money back options. Feels like theft to be honest, as all criteria were met, they just don't have a product that delivers, and basically take your money for no reason.

Disappointed - beware, they don't deliver, at least in my (valid unlock able) case

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Date of experience: May 1, 2021
Pennsylvania
1 review
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The worse service ever
December 8, 2023

Charged $26, no mention of a 'final fee.' When the 'unlock was ready. I got an email with a link to a final fee of another $112 Have no idea why this process isn't made completely clear all over their website. The phone was for my husband and was fully paid. But as he switched company 4 years ago he never asked for the phone to be unlocked. We tried to give the phone to my son as he is going to college. And he was using Verizon so we asked AT&T to unlock the phone they said we need a line and must stay with them for 60 days to have the phone unlocked. So I tried this website. 1st it took one month and never heard from them. The check status teaching was showing 95% but never updated. After reaching out to them. They said we are sorry the phone is blocked and our agreement says that we are unable to refund you if it's blocked. SCAM! Stay away from this website

Date of experience: December 1, 2023
Canada
1 review
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Keep away from this service as far as you can
April 24, 2021

I paid online unlock of my cell phone service with this company. The code they provided doesn't work, then you only agree to refund partial of the payment. This has been a painful process with them. They ask continuous video record showing the fact that the code they provided doesn't work, we provided. They just refuse to refund the payment.

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Date of experience: March 25, 2021
GB
1 review
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This is a scam company. They made me believe I am to pay only 23.99 but they sent a new bill after two days asking 70.99 again. I foolishly went ahead to pay, only for them to tell me my phone cannot be unlocked after waiting for more than 10 working days. Still I was the one that was chasing them, writing emails, sending reminders. They ended up saying it was my fault for providing a blacklisted phone and that they could only refund me 35 pounds. Who needs to unlock a clean phone anyway with third party cheats? And if the phone was blacklisted, why wasn't I notified that after the first payment of 23.99 but instead received a message saying "my phone has been released from the carrier, pay 70.99 to finish unlocking". This is a scam business guys, please do not patronize them.

Date of experience: September 13, 2020
Ireland
1 review
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Extra Expense
August 20, 2021

Purchased an unblocking Code.
Paid €23 'Prepaid' presumed it was total amount.
Got email 24hrs later looking for another €34 to complete the unblocking process.
Still waiting for my code. So am hopeful it arrives. But just needed to voice my opinion that they are not totally upfront.

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Date of experience: July 21, 2021
Canada
1 review
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This is a SCAM
December 10, 2020

Stay clear of this company. It's a scam.
Use another provider.

They lead you to believe that they'll unlock the phone for $23. But then they try to charge you upwards of $60.
The industry standard is about 30 to 40 bucks total. These guys will charge close to $100.
I wouldn't be surprised if they kept the $60 and did nothing too.

Scammers.

Date of experience: November 9, 2020
Florida
1 review
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The ultimate scam
September 3, 2023

Paid close.to 100 bucks just for them to take over month then tell me it couldn't be done. Told me I would get a 50% refund and never received it. I would not recommend this company at all. Take your services somewhere else

Date of experience: August 4, 2023
Canada
1 review
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Scam alert be warned
December 31, 2021

The company charges fees of $26 and doesn't unlock the device. Instead it returns with an additional charge of $100 to complete the unlock. A total of $125. I asked for a refund but got denied. Out $26 and no unlock. Buyer beware.

Date of experience: December 1, 2021
GB
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Awful, expensive service.
February 27, 2021
Updated review

Honestly way to expensive for just a sim unlock. Go get it done in a store or call your sim company get them to sort it.
Complete rip off... very unimpressed over £50 with a 20% discount and extremely slow...

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Date of experience: January 28, 2021

It is what it is
January 24, 2021
Previous review

It does the job. I had some issues with finding some information about the pricing. You will get refunded your pre-order payment and the real payment will come after this. It is pricy but you can do it with zero effort.
Customer service helped me find out what I needed to know after not being able to find the information I needed.

Date of experience: January 24, 2021
New York
1 review
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Wait and then wait again
February 4, 2021

You should maybe do some research. People have the same experience of waiting and then "Tom" messaging you back stating he needto enter code manually.
I would ask pay pal for money back and pay the extra $40-$50 for a reliable service to unlock your phone.

Date of experience: January 4, 2021
Canada
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Don't Use they will ask for more to release code
October 9, 2021

I am in Canada and they charged me $26 to get the unlock code for Samsung S7 and after waiting for two days they send me another email to pay another $70 to get the code

Official SIM Unlock will steal your money
I just unlocked the same phone for only $19.87 with Cellunlocker.net see the difference... unbelievable

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Date of experience: September 9, 2021
KR
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Fraudulent activities
September 30, 2020

Warning. OfficialSIMUnlock.com is largely a scam.

They charged me a £23.99 upfront payment to unlock my phone, but stated 48 hrs later that I had to pay another £47 before they would release my code. That's over £60 in total.

I then asked for a refund of my initial payment of £23.99 but they refused. This is a big rip-off. Please don't waste your money.

UK Trading Standards are aware!

UK England.

Date of experience: August 31, 2020
California
1 review
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Complete thieves all while trying to be charming
August 10, 2024

Is what gets me is the fact that they come up with every excuse as to why they are flat refusing to give me back my money and they did not unlock my phone they are total crooks is what they are and I for one am not losing to their bs like they think they are getting over on me they've got another thing coming because I'll never stop trying to get my money back so they'd better heed this warming your never gonna see me coming and I'm coming for official sim unlock and I'm not stopping until I get my money back because they líe çheat and steal from disabled people that can't afford to lose almost 100 dollars to them so In closing stay away from this website because they will scam you out of your hard eaned money

Date of experience: July 31, 2024
GB
1 review
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Total SCAM!
February 4, 2021

I would look elsewhere as they suggest it will be £19.99 to unlock your phone and then 24 hours after receiving this payment they want a further £50 to provide the unlock code. They clearly know they are charging extortionate prices and use this underhand payment setup to hide it. Needless to mention when I requested a refund after the first payment they refused. Total scam.

Date of experience: January 5, 2021
Ireland
1 review
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STAY AWAY ITS A SCAM
October 9, 2020

Looks great and tells you the charge is €23.00. Bit much but fair price for a quick service. WRONG. You will receive a email saying your order is being processed and that you will receive your unlock code in 1-24 hours. The next day you will receive a email saying your code is ready for release. Now they say that the phone is valuable and the network provider have a charge to release it. This is false as the phone is out of contract and payed for in full. I was asked to pay an additional €42.00. This was payed as my young soon was promised the phone and I thought I would get the code straight away. Not so. You will then say the process is moving on and again you will have the code between 1 and 24 hours. Then they look for a phone number and if you don't supply one it could take 10 days. Still no code. This company needs to be shut down and the people found. If anyone has information on these people please share.

Date of experience: September 9, 2020
GB
1 review
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The advert said that i could unlock my phone for £19 + VAT, which I thought was fair. I gave them my phone model and IME number and paid the fee. A day later I received a message saying that my phone was ready to be unlocked and I had to pay the final fee which was £38.99 + VAT, so a total of £58.98. I contacted them and basically they said I should have read the small print. If your phone is a legitimate phone don't use this company.

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Date of experience: November 3, 2021
GB
1 review
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Overpriced and too long to recieve
September 9, 2020
Updated review

Easy to purchase the unlock process. Too long to actually receive the unlock. The worst thing is that you are charged £23.99 pre pay charge, and then another £43.99 for the unlock! Way too much money, wish I got it done elsewhere. Will NEVER use this company again.

Date of experience: August 10, 2020

Easy to purchase, I just hope it arrives quickly and...
August 2, 2020
Previous review

Easy to purchase, I just hope it arrives quickly and that I'm able to unlock phone without any issues

Date of experience: August 2, 2020
California
1 review
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Scam Scam Scam
April 22, 2023

Don't use this company. They scammed me and never unlocked my phone. So beware. They will charge you 26 dollars for initial download and then will ask for answer payment of 74 dollars totaling 100 dollars. My tracking has been stuck at 50 percent for almost a month now and still no response from the company.

Date of experience: March 23, 2023
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Complete rip off
July 23, 2022

I paid $36 on 11 Jun
later asked for another $71 as the phone would be unlocked in a few days. A week later I received a message stating that the phone would be unlocked in 48 hours.
5 days later, nothing.
I returned the phone to the vendor ( Kogan) as they had sent the unlocked phone in error for a full refund.
Official Sim Unlock refuse to refund me as the 30 day contract with them is extant.
A scam company. Do not use.

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Date of experience: June 23, 2022

Overview

Official SIM Unlock has a rating of 2.5 stars from 417 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Official SIM Unlock most frequently mention pre order, customer service and small print. Official SIM Unlock ranks 10th among Unlocked Phones sites.

service
143
value
262
shipping
234
returns
64
quality
308
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