uujudy
02-25-2013, 04:46 PM
We found a cell phone in the street outside our villa. I searched through the phone & tried calling the number listed for the owner. Of course that didn't work; the owner listed his cell number as his phone number. duh. Meanwhile, I also tried sending a text. Another duh.
I felt like a snoop looking through the address book for the ICE (In Case of Emergency) contacts. They're usually a member of the family. Nope. No ICE contacts listed. I must say, I didn't know you could have that many contacts in your cell phone's address book! There were hundreds!
Then I snooped even further and looked at the photos on the phone, hoping to find some 'family' shots that would match the photos of the contacts in the address book. My eyes weren't good enough for that. Nobody looked familiar in the photo album.
Next, I looked at the call log. There was one person that the phone owner seemed to call frequently, so I took a chance and called that number. That person recognized the phone number calling, and was able to give me a land line phone number for the owner of the phone. I left a message on their voicemail, and the owner's wife called me back the next morning. They came over and picked up the phone, and were very, very grateful because it was a business phone. Most of the contacts in the phone were their customers!
So here's a tip: check your cell phones and make sure you have alternate numbers listed for yourself & you have your ICE contacts listed. Otherwise, the person who finds your phone might not be able to find YOU. :thumbup:
Fortunately, the phone wasn't password protected. If yours is, I'm afraid you're out of luck.
I felt like a snoop looking through the address book for the ICE (In Case of Emergency) contacts. They're usually a member of the family. Nope. No ICE contacts listed. I must say, I didn't know you could have that many contacts in your cell phone's address book! There were hundreds!
Then I snooped even further and looked at the photos on the phone, hoping to find some 'family' shots that would match the photos of the contacts in the address book. My eyes weren't good enough for that. Nobody looked familiar in the photo album.
Next, I looked at the call log. There was one person that the phone owner seemed to call frequently, so I took a chance and called that number. That person recognized the phone number calling, and was able to give me a land line phone number for the owner of the phone. I left a message on their voicemail, and the owner's wife called me back the next morning. They came over and picked up the phone, and were very, very grateful because it was a business phone. Most of the contacts in the phone were their customers!
So here's a tip: check your cell phones and make sure you have alternate numbers listed for yourself & you have your ICE contacts listed. Otherwise, the person who finds your phone might not be able to find YOU. :thumbup:
Fortunately, the phone wasn't password protected. If yours is, I'm afraid you're out of luck.