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The Unlock Team Reviews Summary

The company has garnered a mixed reputation, with some customers praising its competitive pricing and successful unlocks, indicating a degree of reliability in specific cases. However, a significant number of reviews highlight serious concerns regarding service delays, unfulfilled promises of refunds, and poor customer support. Many customers report feeling scammed, particularly when refunds were not processed as promised. Overall, while there are instances of satisfaction, the prevalent sentiment reflects frustration and distrust, suggesting that potential customers should exercise caution when considering their services.

This summary is generated by AI, based on text from customer reviews

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1 review
1 helpful vote
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As my title states, rather inconsistent. Both myself and my husband needed to remove our network locks for travel. A code arrived for my phone within the hours, however my husbands phone took three days. I don't understand this as our phones are identical.
Other than the time issue, my concerns were addressed in a adequate time and manner and the end result was a positive one.

Date of experience: July 19, 2016
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Scammers
July 9, 2016

Got rip off 2 times with them.
Don't waste tour money go to your local carrier.
They are scammers... with fake reviews

Date of experience: July 9, 2016
Rebecca S. — The Unlock Team Rep
over a year old

We are sorry to hear that you are less than happy with the service you have received. If you contact us at [email protected] with your order number we will be more than happy to refund your order in full.
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Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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They provided following standard email as it is not possible to unlock it. They gave generic reasons for not able to unlock and none of them is valid.

---------------------Email extract from them

We apologize that on this occasion we have been unable to obtain an unlock code for your phone using the imei number supplied. We do not have access to the specific reasons for this, however the most likely scenarios are listed below, please check to ensure none of these apply to your phone:

The phone is blacklisted by the provider or reported lost or stolen
The phone is still under an active contract and the carrier has blocked unlocking. This is know as an unclean imei. If the phone was purchased second hand, we recommend that you contact the party that the phone was obtained from to receive this information. You can also contact your current service provider to verify this if the phone was not purchased from a third party.
The IMEI number submitted was incorrect

Date of experience: June 27, 2016
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Although the company provided the service - which worked as advertised - the time taken to receive the code was longer than advertised. I was under the impression that the code would be delivered within 24 hours at the outset, with most arriving under 12 hours. A few hours after placing the order however, we received an email stating that there was a delay on the server and the code could take up to 72 hours.
This was not the case however and the code arrived in approximately 30 hours - still longer than advertised but nonetheless far faster than the updated time frame.
Communication was excellent with regard to updates and queries, for this reason I would consider using them again on condition that they guarantee a time frame if I need the code urgently.

Date of experience: June 1, 2016
Canada
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Scam
May 29, 2016

Like alot of people on here, I was told by these ppl they could unlock my phone so I paid the $8.99 and waited and today I got 2 emails. The first one said the usual - they couldnt unlock my phone and that I would get a full refund in 7 business days. Then I got a second email saying that I would get my refund in 10 business days. So which is it? And why are so many people fighting to get their refunds back?

Date of experience: May 29, 2016
Rebecca S. — The Unlock Team Rep
over a year old

We are sorry to hear that you are less than happy with the service you have received. If you contact us at [email protected] with your order number we will be more than happy to refund your order in full.
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Canada
2 reviews
13 helpful votes
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Fraud and scam
April 29, 2016

Two orders never refunded. They're only good at creating fake account on
Web sites like this, to boost their review score to 3 stars and to copy and paste the same reply (signed by Rebecca) over and over again. You'll probably see that kind of reply soon after this review
Don't be misled. You'll never get your money back. No wonder why PayPal can't trust them anymore, so don't trust them even with your credit card!

Date of experience: April 29, 2016
Rebecca S. — The Unlock Team Rep
over a year old

We are sorry to hear that you are less than happy with the service you have received. If you contact us at [email protected] with your order number we will be more than happy to refund your order in full.
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California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I was very impressed with the delivery speed for the LG I was unlocking. The code arrived so fast and was accurate. I am still awaiting a code for my iPhone, this was ordered a few days ago so is taking longer than I thought. Guess some phones take longer to unlock than others but they should tel you that

Date of experience: April 28, 2016
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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SCAM!
April 27, 2016

I ordered an unlock code and like many others my phone could not be unlocked. I was told I would receive a refund and its been 3 weeks and I have yet to see a single dollar WARNING do not use this service cause their money back guarantee is a load of BS, you will not receive your money back if they cant unlock it

Date of experience: April 26, 2016
Rebecca S. — The Unlock Team Rep
over a year old

We are sorry to hear that you are less than happy with the service you have received. If you contact us at [email protected] with your order number we will be more than happy to refund your order in full.
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GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Just has my LG locked to vodafone unlocked in four hours for a few dollars. Good deal. I installed my new sim card and all is up and running perfectly. Thanks for a great service.

Date of experience: April 17, 2016
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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SCAM
April 8, 2016

They were unable to unlock my phone. I requested a refund and they have stopped replying to my emails. SCAM!

Date of experience: April 8, 2016
Rebecca S. — The Unlock Team Rep
over a year old

We are sorry to hear that you are less than happy with the service you have received. If you contact us at [email protected] with your order number we will be more than happy to refund your order in full.
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Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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SCAM!
April 3, 2016

Absolute trash. I was told I would get a refund since they could not unlock my phone, a few weeks later, still no refund, so I emailed them. I got a reply saying they would follow up and that I would get my refund within the week, another month later still no refund. I've emailed 3 times since then, and haven't received ANY RESPONSE AT ALL. I will be contacting PayPal after this to let them know they are partnering with a SCAM company.

Date of experience: April 3, 2016
Rebecca S. — The Unlock Team Rep
over a year old

We are sorry to hear that you are less than happy with the service you have received. Please ensure we are the company your placed the order through as we do not accept Paypal on our website. If you contact us at [email protected] with your order number we can look into the issue and resolve any problems you havel.
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Ireland
1 review
3 helpful votes
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DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY i have been chasing for my refund for past 2 weeks now to have been told to get the charges made from my card back from my bank as they sent refund yet cant provide me with any proof they have actually sent me refund my bank has insisted that no refund has been sent to my account then THESE RIP OFF SCAMMERS had the nerve to send me an email asking for me to forward them a copy of my bank statement like yeah right you have ripped me of once not a hope in hells chance am i going to send you a copy of my bank statment. PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A COMPANY YOU WILL GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY AN BE LEFT WITH NO SERVICE YOU PAID FOR AN NOT A HOPE IN HELL OF GETTING A REFUND i have also reported this bogus scam company to google as i am shocked they allow scammers to use there site

Date of experience: March 26, 2016
Rebecca S. — The Unlock Team Rep
over a year old

We are sorry to hear that you are less than happy with the service you have received. If you contact us at [email protected] with your order number we will be more than happy to refund your order in full.
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The Unlock Team

Canada
1 review
5 helpful votes
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They are bad thieves. They are incompetent an try to steal your money. Use PayPal so you stay in control. They said they could unlock my Z10 and to pay. I paid then the email came saying they can't unlock it after all and I would get a refund in 3-5 days. I was upset that it takes 3 -5 days to click a PayPal refund button. I waited 1 week... no refund. I emailed Where's my refund! I got a reply that it could be 10 more days and if I don't see it to email again! Are you serious! I emailed a threat to contact PayPal if I didn't get a refund within 24 hours! They had to ask for my email to send the refund? This company should be shut down and investigated by the IRS! They gave my refund after the threat.

Date of experience: March 10, 2016
NL
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I used this website to unlock my LG G3 last week. Communication was excellent and I received a code in under 3 hours. There were a few issues with the process, first their website crashed after payment. I contacted their email and received confirmation that the order had gone through and an apology in a reasonable time.
When the codes arrived I was again a little confused as there were five codes, not one. Again I contacted them and they explained the NCK code was the one I should use and the others were only needed for other reasons by a small amount of phones, I won't go into the details lol as I still don't really get it!
My phones now unlocked and the first code did the trick. Good experience and they were very fast answering my questions and helping me through the whole process

Date of experience: March 7, 2016
Canada
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I should read the reviews before selecting them for the service. Afterward I gave them my cellphone information, they sent me the response said they can unlock the phone and asked for payment. I did. They replied me later and said they wouldn't give me the code because I still have contract without my service supplier. They would send me the refund in two weeks. I found out they actually charged me twice. Didn't get money back after a month, I contacted them. With many emails and told them I would ask my Master card to investigate the payment, they finally gave me one charge back. It's not that much money, but it made you very frustrated.

Date of experience: March 6, 2016
Rebecca S. — The Unlock Team Rep
over a year old

We are sorry to hear that you are less than happy with the service you have received. If you contact us at [email protected] with your order number we will be more than happy to refund your order in full.
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Ireland
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Scam artists
March 4, 2016

Total scam avoid at all cost. You will lose your money with no service provided. Please do your research and choose a reputable company.

Date of experience: March 4, 2016
Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Agree code came sloe
February 24, 2016

Agree with others, code is slow! Took three days for mine. No hurry luckily so no prob to me. Was a htc code. Easy instructions in the email tho and lock was removed from the phone and the new sim working no issue. Not sure if they are cheapest didn't really look about. Code is 8 numbers, the people making the phones should not be putting locks on in the first place

Date of experience: February 23, 2016
Canada
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Difficult getting Refund
February 22, 2016

Their policy of Full Refund... Doesn't happen within the time frame stated.
They give excuses about it usually takes longer, some technical error
Can we refund to your PayPal account?
That will cost you even more

There are a lot of these unlocking companies, all may be good until you have to try to get a refund because your phone can't be unlocked... choose carefully

Date of experience: February 22, 2016
Albania
1 review
2 helpful votes
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OK, so I did receive an unlock pin for my LG smart phone... eventually. It took three days, way more than advertised so be aware you may be waiting longer than the 24 they state. I contated CS several times and replies were slow which was kinda frsutrating!
The code did come however, and unlocked the phone immediately so that was good. I would go back but please answer emails faster!

Date of experience: February 15, 2016
Canada
1 review
7 helpful votes
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IT IS SCAM SCAM SCAM
February 8, 2016

I ordered a unlock code and they failed to provide me the code and they said i would get refund in 7 days and it has been more than 30 days now and no refund, i tried contacting and they dont even reply back to it, they are freaking scam...

Date of experience: February 8, 2016
Rebecca S. — The Unlock Team Rep
over a year old

We are sorry to hear that you are less than happy with the service you have received. If you contact us at [email protected] with your order number we will be more than happy to refund your order in full.
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The Unlock Team