How do I find what carrier my phone is locked to?

I recently sold a brand new iPhone 4S on eBay to a person in another country.  The phone was unlocked.
He started an eBay dispute and said the phone was not working and wanted to return it.
He returned what looked like my phone.  Same specs and everything but with a different serial number and imei number.
I called up Apple and they said that it indeed looked like the phones had been switched, but could not give me any information regarding the phone I had received back, other than it was not a european country.
Is there anyway I can find out which region/carrier this phone is locked to?

If Apple was unable to tell you, no.
Why would you accept a return that is different from the iPhone you sent?
Certainly you didn't credit this person but if you did, you need to take this up with eBay. The same iPhone needs to be returned to you for payment credit, or get your payment back and return the wrong iPhone you received - unless you brown market folks don't care.
One reason I never use eBay.

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