I found a cell phone in the street, that had no personal settings , it still worked and had service , but I had no way to find or contact the person it origanaly belonged to. Should I keep it? What should I do?
2007-03-02 10:45:00 · 8 answers · asked by chandler30 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Can you check to see if there were any dialed or received calls? Maybe calling one of them will lead you to the owner.
Also, my local newspaper runs "found" ads for free. Something like that might help. Or if you found it near a store or business, I might give it to them in case someone comes looking for it. Or even turn it in to the police so you wouldn't be accused of stealing it!
2007-03-02 10:50:47 · answer #1 · answered by elelbee 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's very strange, because most any phone that someone has, they have at least a few numbers saved on it, or something. If you found it in the street, and there are no houses around, and no way you can contact anyone, then I suppose you could keep it. But I would use any means I could to contact them if there were any numbers on it. In fact, on mine, even hitting the green dial button automatically brings up a list of numbers I've dialed recently. Plus I can find the numbers that have called me recently.
2007-03-02 18:49:08 · answer #2 · answered by merlin_steele 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dial 0 or 611 on the phone which should take you to the service provider operator and they will be able to locate the owner of the phone.
2007-03-02 18:56:13 · answer #3 · answered by brksmith 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wouldn't the service provider be able to identify who it belongs to?
If there is no chance to return the item to the original owner and you cannot track him/her down, then I think you should feel free to keep the phone. But this should be a last resort, because it comes at somebody's expense.
2007-03-02 18:48:54 · answer #4 · answered by Dalarus 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Give it back to the service provider. They should be able to trace the serial number back to the owner.
2007-03-02 18:51:29 · answer #5 · answered by norm2120 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can take it to the police office the is near you so they can find the person that owns the item.
2007-03-02 18:50:48 · answer #6 · answered by jessica m 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
make every attempt to return to rightful owner.....if unsuccessful take good care of it, use it....be grateful always
2007-03-02 18:49:44 · answer #7 · answered by lana v 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
do whats in your heart baby
2007-03-02 18:48:33 · answer #8 · answered by It's all Love!!! 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋