Is that second-hand deal someone else's stolen property?
Type the serial number or IMEI the seller gave you. If an owner has reported it stolen, you will see it here before your money leaves your hand.
No account needed to search. You only register when you want to report something of your own.
Where to find the number
On a phone, dial *#06# and the IMEI appears on the screen. Ask the seller to do it in front of you, and check the number matches the one printed in the SIM tray or on the box.
On appliances and tools, the serial number is on a sticker or plate: the back of a TV, the inside of a fridge door, under a laptop, on the frame of a bicycle under the bottom bracket.
How this works
Someone is robbed
The owner opens a case with the SAPS, then lists the item here with its serial number or IMEI.
You check before you pay
You search that exact number. A match shows you what was reported, where, and when.
The owner can be reached
If they asked to be contactable, their phone number appears with the match, so you can tell them their item has surfaced.
Read this before you act on a result
A match means somebody typed that number into this website and said it was stolen. Nobody checked it. It is not proof, and it is not a reason to accuse a seller or to take anything from them.
No match means nothing was typed in. Most stolen goods in South Africa never reach any register. An empty result is not a clean bill of health.
If you believe you are looking at stolen property, walk away and phone the SAPS. Do not confront anyone.
Something stolen from you?
Create an account and list it. It takes a few minutes, and it costs nothing.