Beyond Basic Checks — Why It Stands Apart

StatusCheck is the world’s most comprehensive device history checking solution. Trusted by clients in retail, insurance, leasing, recycling, and law enforcement, it helps organisations make faster, safer decisions when dealing with used or second-hand mobile phones, consumer electronics or other articles with an identifier.

Every StatusCheck check draws from Recipero’s Crime Reduction Ecosystem, enabling the real-time identification of items that may be stolen, lost, involved in a claim, subject to a finance agreement, or otherwise flagged as high risk, giving your business access to verified, law enforcement-aligned data sources — not the incomplete or unverified records used by free check services.

Every month, millions of devices are checked using Recipero's ecosystem-powered platforms. In 2024, over £13.8 billion worth of items were checked across Recipero’s platforms, with StatusCheck and its sister service CheckMEND playing an important role in helping businesses verify device history and prevent fraud losses.

How It Works

Unlike other services that rely on scraped data or voluntary submissions, StatusCheck is powered by authoritative sources — including police records, insurer data, network operators, and trusted commercial contributors. That means you get answers you can act on, not vague risk ratings or guesswork.

StatusCheck provides instant access to detailed background reports on mobile phones, tablets, laptops and other high-value articles using just an IMEI, serial number, or identifier.

What’s Checked:

• Lost, stolen, or crime-reported items

• Insurance claims

• Network blocklists

• Ownership conflicts, finance flags, leasing data

• Trade-in and second-hand retail activity

Used For:

• Trade-in acceptance or rejection

• Warranty eligibility and returns validation

• Insurance onboarding or fraud detection

• Marketplace buyer and seller verification

Reports are accessible via web interface or integrated directly into your systems via API.