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It was 1200$ phone & a virtual card was purchased from an exchange house overseas, it was like a prepaid travel card & I topped it up via their cash machine. It can only be bought in person by presenting any valid ID. I think the sealed box method only works for cheaper items, Amazon has started checking high value and popular items like Macbooks, iPhones, iPads, etc, I can't be sure, but so many people were successful in different SE, I wanted to give it a shot & get into SE game. With so many threads regarding Amazon returns, they are bound to bump up security