What would people do with a lost cell phone?

Question

I recently lost my cell and I went back to were I had lost it but it was gone and I kept calling it but no one would answer it,

why would someone want to keep another persons phone?
it had a picture of my niece who I don't see very often because she leaves in another country.

Is there no hope for people?

Answer 1

my friend stole a phone like dat.
She started downloadin ringtones and callin random ppl.
She also thought about selling it.
She decided to activate it and she has a nice "stolen" phone now.

so ya...tats wa would happen.

Answer 2

I've found two so far, and returned them both. One was was easy because I saw the guy drop it and managed to chase him down. The other was a bit more difficult, but I managed to determine who it belonged to, mainly because I knew the group of people who were at the place I found it. If I found one I would definitely try to find out who owned it, either by the 'ICE' entry's, or by turning it in to the service provider. But maybe that is just me, holding a lone candle of hope in the face of a dark world.
ICE is an acronym for In Case Of Emergency. If you are found unconscious and you have a cell phone, emergency personnel are trained to look for ways of contacting members of your family. One thing they look for is the ICE prefacing entry's in your cell's phone book. This came from the bombings in London a few years back. What you do is you prefix a few of your entry's like 'ICE Mom 555-0807' and 'ICE Bill 555-8845'. The police or paramedics would then know that these are the numbers you wanted called if there is a problem.

Answer 3

well lets see, you if dont report it lost straight away they could use your phone to make calls and run up a huge bill, they can sell the phone for some quick cash or they may just put their own sim card in it and use if for personal use........
i would die if i lost my phone as i have birthdays and numbers stored in it and would be lost without those details.....
all in all you hope that someone nice finds the phone and hands it in.......there are alot of decent people around

Answer 4

People can sell used cell phones for money.
Hopefully they turned it in and are trying to find you right now.
I'm sorry you lost your picture. In the future you can probably e-mail the picture from your phone to your e-mail account so you'll still have the picture on your e-mail.

Answer 5

Oh my gosh! Peeps these dayz are just MEAN!!! Sadly, peeps will run your bill up or just sell it! I hope you find it. The best advice I can give you is call into the ur cell person (ex. T-Mobile, Nextel, ect.) and tell them the situation. Good luck sweetie and May God Be With You!

Answer 6

call verizon, have it close off as temp lost / stolen so if somebody has it they do no longer ring up your invoice. I paintings for sprint and function seen peoples telephone get stolen and their invoice went up $a million,000 they had to pay because of the fact they did no longer checklist the telephone as stolen. After that confer with verizon and spot in case you have any coverage on the telephone, and pray which you do, or you may desire to in trouble-free terms purchase a clean telephone.

Answer 7

Aww, I'm sorry. If I'd found it I would have called one of the numbers in your phonebook and been like, "Hey, who's phone is this? They lost it. I have it here [wherever I am]."

Answer 8

They can run up your phone bill calling Drug lords in Columbia and terrorists in Iran and Afghanistan.

Answer 9

I would try and return it but, thats just me, I'm not bragging that I'm an angel but, I would return it because, I'm the kind of guy that would lose my own

Answer 10

There is HOPE for people........

There is hope for each one of us.....including me, you, others!

I hope you get your cell phone back.

Best regards.