PEORIA, Ariz. - eTradeWire -- What the app does

SafeOrStolen turns a phone into a instant stolen-item checker. Point the camera at a serial number, IMEI or VIN, or type it in, and within seconds the app shows whether that item appears in the theft reports it searches, with every source listed. It works for phones, cars, license plates, guns, bikes, tools, game consoles, laptops and more, all in one place. A clean result can be saved as a Proof of Clean Purchase, a dated record showing the buyer checked before paying.

Why it matters

Every stolen item that gets resold leaves two victims: the person it was taken from, and the buyer who unknowingly paid for it and can lose both the item and the money. Much of that theft happens for one reason: stolen goods are easy to sell for cash, face to face, with no questions asked.

SafeOrStolen is built to take that easy sale away. Buyers can walk away from a stolen item before money changes hands. Honest sellers can show proof their item is clean and sell faster. Pawn shops and resellers can check items as they come through the door. And when a check turns up a match, the app tells the user to contact police instead of confronting the seller, giving the item a path back to its owner.

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"Thieves steal what they can sell," said Samuel Pfeiffer, founder of SafeOrStolen. "Every check makes a stolen item harder to sell, and when stolen goods stop selling, there's less reason to steal them. That's how we help fight crime, one check at a time."

SafeOrStolen puts that checking service in everyone's pocket. Buyers can walk away from a stolen item before money changes hands. Honest sellers can show proof their item is clean and sell faster. Pawn shops and resellers can check items as they come through the door. And when a check turns up a match, the app tells the user to contact police instead of confronting the seller, giving the item a path back to its owner.

"Every check makes a stolen item a little harder to sell," said Samuel Pfeiffer, founder of SafeOrStolen. "If enough buyers check first, stealing things to resell stops paying off. That's the world we're building toward."

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Download the app today at http://www.safeorstolen.com