Buying phone from ebay. Clean IMEI as of rigth now, how can i prevent the seller to report it afterwards

nope thats the risk you take buying used from a 3rd party, people will sell a phone and wait until ebays return policy is passed and then they will report then lost or stolen

you cant no one can prevent them from reporting it 

also the warranty is for the original owner it doesnt transfer to you

Lets say he calls ATT to take the phone off of his account, can he afterwards report it?

he can report it any time he wants 

Thanks for your help!!!

he can report it any time he wants 

I’m pretty sure that’s not true. Once the phone is no longer associated with the account, the account owner can no longer report that device. The problem is verifying a phone is no longer associated with the seller’s account. I wouldn’t take the seller’s word that it’s been removed.

i had a windows phone that i reported that was stolen out of my car and i reported it stolen im pretty sure it wasnt associated with my account anymore as i had 2 phone since, but who knows, i dont trust any 3rd party to do the right thing 

@Constructive That phone stays associated with your account until you either remove it or it gets associated with some other account.

@hulux That would not be a good assumption. The phone could easily no longer be active on an account allowing it to be unlocked but could still be associated with that account as far as reporting it stolen is concerned.