I just put a Droid Turbo for sale on Ebay, and had someone ask me for the ESN

[Doug63]

number and the IMEI number. Is this information I should release? It sounds like a scam to me, like someone wants to steal the numbers and flash them to another phone. What are your feelings on this??

Thanks,

Doug

[tikibar1]

They may want to ensure that the phone is 'clean' before submitting a bid by checking the ESN/IMEI on a site such as:

ESN / IMEI / MEID Check (Free) > Swappa

[Snn5]

While all of that is possible, you have to decide whether or not it is worth it to seem like an up-front seller.  Swappa requires the ESN so that the phone can be checked before selling.  Other places may not.