“DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE
iphoneapprovedunlock.com could not unlock my phone as advertised and promised, then refused to refund me after literally dozens of requests.
Furthermore, customer service agent “Emma” has threatened me with “legal action” after I posted negative reviews on review sites. Yes, I’m serious.
www.iphoneapprovedunlock.com is a scam”
“Made my request and paid the £17.99 and the details make it out to be the only payment. Email received saying approved unlock press the RELEASE YOUR UNLOCK. This takes you to an area requesting a further £52.79. Well they are not getting it. Their website / unlock request says nothing of the extra payment. 😡😡😡😡😡😡”
“I would not recommend anyone to use this company. Firstly it was advertised as £17.99 including VAT and 1-24 hour unlock. I was then emailed asking for an additional £69.59!!! I was shocked as nothing about this about time of order. I thought I was tied and needed my phone for business so went ahead as within 24 hours. I then heard nothing until 36 hours after original order. They were asking for further information. I was disgusted at this after feeling I had no choice but to pay as already placed order. I am now in dispute with them through PayPal!!! Shocking company”
“I've been waiting almost 9 months for a simple Cloud unlock of an old iPad 3. Repeated emails haven't worked, as I get no response, or told that it will be ready in 10 days. Months after that, they started on about a refund, asked for my PayPal account, so anticipated a refund. Nothing and more nothing. I need to find out how to go medieval on them.”
“They locked my into a 30 day contract to unlock my network locked iPhone 8 Plus.
I paid and 30 days passed. Phone had not been unlocked.
I requested a refund outside of my 30 day contract. They have strung me along for weeks now. Tell me they have raised the issue with customer service. I don't expect I'll ever get a refund.
Such a bad service. Would not recommend. Bit of a scam”
“Hidden charges. False promise of service for price displayed. Extra charges notification hidden in their terms and conditions. Have reported this site to UK trading authorities.”
“I would give them ZERO stars but it isn’t possible. They are scammers and when they are unable to do something they will blame it on you to keep your money. I’ve worked all day to ensure and investigation has been opened on this company. Spend your money somewhere else.”
“If you expect 22$ to be the set price your wrong. I thought it was a cheap and easy service only for them to slap me a 209$ bill saying yep we can release your device now pay your bill !!
Avoid this website at all costs if you don't want to be ripped the heck off !!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Initial price low, didn't unlock phone, asked for more money, I paid it then I got refused a refund when they couldn't unlock it! Thieves. Got my money back using chargeback via my bank and also reported them to their merchant provider worldpay using https://www.worldpay.com/global/support/contact-support”
“BE AWARE: Initial charges can or may be not iPhone Unlocks but a pre-order service incurring additional charges of 3-4x the intial ~$20 fee.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN misdirected and stonewalled via their support e-mail PLEASE have the matter properly identified through PayPal as "product drastically different than as advertised". I was refunded as full.”
“I am absolutely disgusted with my experience with this company and want others to know what a bandit firm they are. The website looks and feels like Apple’s website but they are not connected, they have trustpilot reviews on the website but the links are not live and I doubt the comments are real.
I signed up for an unlock as they stated all networks unlocked from £14.99. I paid £17.99 but a day later I got a bill for £142.58!!!! This is ridiculous and there is no mention of costs like this on their website otherwise I would not have wasted my £17.99.
I have written to their customer service which was a waste of time as they say the prices are on their website. They are not and they refuse to give me a refund.
I would use another company and save your money!!!”
“ordered the unlock service for 28$ since the provider was the same as what i was using and i already enabled the phone my self, i needed the icloud lock and apple activation removed, i was notified that the service was complete than they request an additional 39$ to complete the unlock service , again the phone remained locked i clearly communicated with mary that i was traveling and need the icloud unlocked and apple id reactivated, they strung me along for 7 days and my phone still is useless and they want more money not a company that i would ever recommend, i clearly requested over and over the removal of the lock form icloud and apple id and they stated five times this was completed. never was”
“If I could give this company a negative star I would. Extremely deceptive pricing tactic. I am not paying the additional 62.00 on top of the “pre-paid” amount. Go take a hike!”
“very clearly states $20 to unlock your phone. Then when they find the code they hit you with another $62 to actually release the unlock code. Very crooked how they go about this. Be prepared to get screwed and pay way more than with other companies. They say afterwards the $20 is a prepay and you wont get it back. I recommend not paying more and going with someone else. I find their deception very dishonest and non-transparent”
“I should have read the reviews first instead of falling for the fancy website.
Paid £17.99 for what I later discovered was just a "pre-order" and a couple of days later asked to pay another £41.99 to get the phone unlocked. Information on what a "pre-order" is, is hidden away so you're not aware of the additional costs unless you go through all the terms and conditions.
This is a free service at my local phone shop, instead being asked to pay nearly £60.”
“purchase an EE unlock on Friday and clearly on their website it states 1 - 24 Hours. I paid the money and waited. 24 Hours elapsed and their track order system does not work stuck on 20%. Contacted the company to be simply told our engineers are working on the infrastructure please bear with us we will update you asap. 48 Hours passed exactly the same thing nothing and same message sent again track order still on 20%. 72 Hours passed still no unlock but this time I get told " We are very sorry for the delay, unfortunately as explained in our terms of service, sometimes we can experience server delays, this affects mobile unlocking worldwide. We are doing everything we can to expedite your order.
Please note that your contract with us is for 30 days as per our terms of service accepted at the point of purchase. If we are unable to complete your unlock within this time frame and your order has not been rejected then a refund will be provided."
When I placed the order none of this was stated nor did it show up at the checkout process. This company I think is a SCAM be warned they will take your money and then mess you about. I think the good reviews on trustpilot must be fake reviews as how can a company with such good reviews that state 24hour turnarounds is stating the above. GO ELSEWHERE PEOPLE THIS COMPANY IS NOT LEGITIMATE”
