IMEI number made public

No, I haven't gone and done that because it's meant to be a bad idea.
My question is, why? What can someone do with the IMEI number of your phone? What financial risks does the real owner of the phone run as long s/he still has the SIM?
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I guess there's a couple of possible reasons, though with security becoming stronger, I don't know how true they are:
The main one would be that someone could claim that their phone, with your IMEI number, has been stolen, which would mean that your phone could end up blocked to all UK networks...
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