Stop Buying Stolen Phones & Cars in Nigeria | Verify IMEI & VIN Online


Nigeria Has A Serious Problem With Stolen Phones, Cars & Devices.
Every day, innocent Nigerians lose money buying stolen phones, cars, laptops and gadgets without knowing.
Some people buy a used iPhone today and discover tomorrow that it was stolen during a robbery. Others buy cars with tampered VIN numbers and later face police investigations.
Many victims never recover their property. Many buyers unknowingly become part of the problem.

That is why ItemRegistry Nigeria exists.

Register your valuables, report stolen items, verify IMEI and VIN numbers before buying, and help reduce the market for stolen goods in Nigeria.


The Problem


One of the major challenges in any society is Theft and Nigeria is no exception.

Over the years the issue of Item theft has become so alarming in Nigeria; Individuals and Organizations are not spared of these vices. The COVID 19 economic realities have also led to a surge in incidents of item robbery in Nigeria and the issue of burglary and Car theft has become a major concern.

According to knoeme.com, Nigeria's burglary rate was at a level of 1.5 cases per 100,000 population in 2013, up from 1.2 cases per 100,000 population the previous year, this is a change of 24.92%. Burglary in this sense indicates theft from a house; apartment or other dwellings.

While theft of valuable items continues to rise, the probability of recovery remains very low. In Nigeria, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) 2015 report reveals that from 2013-2015 only 54 percent of officially reported stolen cars were recovered. Recovery of stolen items has been greatly hampered due to inadequate data on stolen/missing items and a lack of a centralized database for reporting


How iTEM Registry helps


ItemRegistry Nigeria helps citizens, buyers, vendors and law enforcement work together against stolen goods.
It is a web-based platform that allows Individuals and Organizations to register their valuable items using the unique identification number:

  1. Phone: IMEI Number
  2. Vehicles: Chassis / VIN Number
  3. Laptops: Serial Number
  4. Documents: Document Number

Report Stolen Items Online.If your item is stolen:

  1. You can quickly report it online
  2. The item becomes flagged in the system
  3. Buyers can see the stolen status during verification
  4. The report enters the police lost-and-found database

No unnecessary stress.

Before You Buy. Before buying any used:

  1. Phone
  2. Car
  3. Laptop
  4. Tablet & other gadgets

You can check if it has been reported stolen. One quick search can save you hundreds of thousands of naira.



Item Registration


By registering your valuable items on Item Registry, your Identity is linked with the registered item’s Unique Identification Number.

In the event of theft, you can change the item’s status to stolen/missing discouraging Secondhand buyers. Anyone wishing to purchase these products as used products will be able to check on iTEM registry to see if the product has been declared missing or stolen.



Syndicates that transport stolen phones, laptops, cars etc. from one country to another would struggle as the system is a global system. A phone stolen in china and taken to Algeria to be sold will encounter problems if the previous owner in China registered the phone and declared it missing on Item Registry.

Individuals and organizations are encouraged to register all products with unique identifier numbers on iTEM registry.

Visit www.itemregisty.com.ng to register your valuable items and learn more.

Why every Nigerian should care


This Is Bigger Than Phones. When stolen goods are easy to sell:

  1. Robbery increases
  2. Street theft increases
  3. Violent crimes increase
  4. Criminal markets grow

But when buyers start verifying items before payment:

  1. Stolen goods become harder to sell
  2. Theft becomes less profitable
  3. Criminals lose motivation

This is how real change starts.

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