My Mobile Phone is missing
Posted on | January 10, 2009 | 6 Comments
Please excuse me if I failed to answer your smses or calls. My phone is found to be missing since 10th Jan 2009, from 1230 onwards. The exact time of it falling into third party’s hand is not clear.
LOST!
Nokia N82 – 1 W.Titanium/White
WLAN:001DFD7CB1F3
The IMEI number is 358984011720193
I have temporary suspended the line. Police report will be made first thing in the morning.
Just in case anyone is unsure of what to do if you lost your handphone for good. For example, you called your phone but there is no reply or the phone is switched off
1) Call your telco to suspend the line
2) Make a police report with the IMEI. Singapore police has a system called
Handphone IMEI Tracing System (HITS)
New handphone owners can login to check if your current phone has been report as stolen. Remember to get a copy of the police report so that you can go to the telcos and get them to inform you if the phone is being used with other SIM cards. I plan to do this and get my phone back plus the memory card inside. It is a 2GB micro sd card, with tons of photos and lovely memories.
The telco network will track the IMEI number when the phone is connected to the network. I am not sure if I need to go to the 3 telcos in SG to get them to acknowledge the report, track for my IMEI number and inform the phone of the unauthorised usage.
3) And like what I am doing here, publishing the lost phone’s IMEI number. You can do a search for the IMEI number. Get the IMEI number from your phone by keying in *#06#. Search for the number with a search engine to see if it is dubious.
There is no excuse for buying a stolen phone and using it. After all, you can one do a google search, two do an IMEI search in SG Police Force App called HITS and yes the phone came without the charger and everything else. There is no way you are going to get away with using a found handphone too. You will be tracked down with the IMEI number. Finders can’t be keepers anymore with modern technology. And yes any fees incurred when settling the dispute, will be spilt half half. 50%. That includes retrieve police reports, lawyer fees, transportation.
Why lawyer fees over a phone? Cos it is time to get really serious about everything. That includes cracking down on stealing. Severe action should be taken for theft cases.
I am looking forward to getting my phone back fully intact.
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January 10th, 2009 @ 8:55 am
You should get bak2u.com anti-theft software from Paddy.
January 10th, 2009 @ 3:03 pm
Oh thank you so much for the recommendation. I am planning to get some security software for my mobile phone as well as laptop after this incident. Ideally, I should be able to lock down and track them if they got lost, which I hope they never will again!
January 10th, 2009 @ 4:05 pm
Poor thing. I’m using n82 too, it’s such a great phone. I’m sure u miss your phone very much.
January 11th, 2009 @ 1:23 am
Yes I am missing my phone so much. N82 is a wonderful phone. With everything I would even need. Gmail, Window Live Messager, Web Surfing. Great camera with best flashlight even. I am planning to get another N82 but sadly it is discontinued.
February 8th, 2009 @ 1:22 am
Hi,
Someone stole my hp from me while I was dancing in a club.
Just want to know did you really approach the local telcos with the police reports and get them help? What have you done from the lost till now?
I’m so upset as I lost so much info and sentimental stuff…
February 8th, 2009 @ 2:13 pm
I approached the telcom’s service centres. They rejected my requests saying that all three telcos do not track the IMEI number when transmitting. I can’t tell whether it is true or not.
The inspector in charge of my case had not gotten back to me about the reporting. I believe in Singapore telcos and police will not track the phone, unless some major case has happened involving the handphone.
The best approach would really be to install an anti theft software. In Singapore, they don’t care. But good thing is that US, UK they will track and impose penalties on people who modifies the IMEI of handphones. But just not in Asia.
Perhaps between of the not as high crime rate in Singapore.
Ya so much for the Low Crime does not mean No Crime campaign in Singapore.