sarasquares

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Yesterday i was in Dunstable in Asda and my phone was stolen from me. I realised almost straight away but was unable to do anything about it as i was so far from home.

Asda would not let me call my provider from the store as apparently they have no outside line .

I had to get petrol before i left and raced home to cancel my phone. Anyway the barstewards managed to make loads of calls to Denmark Norway and Bulgaria to different landlines....

23/07/2009 16:57:26 150
00:00:56 £0.00 23/07/2009 16:38:34 0027835278526 International & Premium Calls 00:01:48 £1.99 23/07/2009 16:34:02 0027799244838 International & Premium Calls 00:00:19 £0.35 23/07/2009 16:22:53 0027793979804 International & Premium Calls 00:09:14 £10.22 23/07/2009 16:20:23 0027793979804 International & Premium Calls 00:00:05 £0.09 23/07/2009 16:15:34 0027835278256 International & Premium Calls 00:00:44 £0.81 23/07/2009 16:12:26 0027729333480 International & Premium Calls 00:00:24 £0.44 23/07/2009 16:00:49 0027799244838 International & Premium Calls 00:05:32 £6.12 23/07/2009 15:57:08 002639526901 International & Premium Calls 00:01:21 £1.49 23/07/2009 15:56:34 0027835278256 International & Premium Calls 00:00:04 £0.07 23/07/2009 15:55:20 0027835278256 International & Premium Calls 00:00:11 £0.20 23/07/2009 15:53:32 0026311733680 International & Premium Calls 00:00:38 £0.70 23/07/2009 15:45:27 0027832941518 International & Premium Calls 00:05:18 £5.86 23/07/2009 15:42:46 0027766143259 International & Premium Calls 00:01:12 £1.33 23/07/2009 15:39:36 150
00:01:42 £0.00

The calls total about £30

I was in Asda for 10 minutes when i noticed my phone had gone, after searching for nearly an hour i left.

I have reported the theft to the police but i am not convinced that the police will bother to do anything at the end of the day as its hardly crime of the century.

Will the police go after the thief?

bigsinky

in one word squarsey.............Nope. to busy shafting the motorist with their scameras

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

In a word - No.

I had the same thing happen funnily enough all the calls were to Bulgaria as well.

It amazed me how someone would be so desperate to speak to someone so quickly after stealing it.

FlightMan

No chance.

sarasquares

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I think they thought, foof it, i have free credit so i will say hi to my friends and family.

I know in reality that this person could be caught and prosecuted but i also know that they wont bother as its not important enough. Its hardly a deterrent to stop people doing it.

I dont know why we bother paying for car insurance and contract phones when its far easier to steal phones and drive illegally, no wonder so many do it

cookstar

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You will still need to report it though and gain a crime number, you will need this to claim off of any insurance you might have.

sarasquares

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I have reported it but am waiting for them to call me

cookstar

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Wait a minute your mobiles ringing now, it might be them.

sarasquares

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You never know

Snazy

They will go as far to take details of the occurence and the phone. Give you a crime ref number for the network to use to hopefully not charge you for the calls...

Then it will just get added to the file on that spate of offences.

Unless you can give them a description of the person who took it etc, there is little they can really do.

Jerome

If they won't follow up on a hit and run driver who crashed into me a few weeks ago, why bother with a stolen phone...?

Leslie

Or anything much, unless its protection for politicians!

Les

sarasquares

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Hopefully i wont get charged for the call made


And i will keep an eye out for anything that gets downloaded onto the net from my phone

ScoobyWon't

ASDA should have an outside line - they used one to call me the other night to pick up a couple of shop lifters

Last night, I didn't bother going out to look for any criminals.

Instead I spent 5 hours looking for a 17 year old lad who was trying to top himself. Sorry about your phone, but saving life and limb is the main priority. Still, I doubt anyone on here will understand why that is more important

Timwinner

iTrader: (3)

5 hour misper...... I dont envy you for doing that.
There is not much anyone could do to investigate, They will look at CCTV, but apart from that there is very little open to them.
It is annoying and it is a shame but there are not too many lines of enquiry to follow.

WRX_Dazza

Poor bloke cant even top himself now, without plod sticking their beak in !!!

sorry to hear about the phone squarer

David Lock

Why don't phones incorporate a simple security code - say any 2 numbers that you choose - that have to be dialled before you can make a call?

Perhaps some do?

dl

BigAl024

anyway that you can enrol those numbers into a premium rate pest service?

WRX_Dazza

good point david.
i think a pin code when the phone is on, is much more use then one when its off!!!

andythejock01wrx

Squaresy - haven't been on here for a year - good to see you're still around.

Still got the yellow yin?

Andy TJ

Felix.

The only way to forward (for police) is to phone the numbers and make enquiries at those number and asked "Who phoned you from England on this phone"

I take it the calls were made through your SIM card. If that card is now blocked i believe the phone provider can trace (through your IMEI number) what new SIM card is in it and if it is being used. This again can lead to more number which can be conatced.

It may take a while to do. I had one a while ago where a phone was pinched in a night club, spent 2 full days tracing numbers and calling them to try and find out who had the phone - used all sorts of ploys (tele sales, you've won a prize, recall of products... etc) but to no avail.

So yes we do try, but it is often fruitless

Jaybird-UK

you can pin lock most phones while they are on, its our company policy to have our phones locked at all times.

DYK

Not a chickens chance in hell.Best thing to do is what you already did,get the phone blocked..

cookstar

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There is a setting on some phones where you have to enter a four digit pin to remove the keylock, which comes on automatically after 30 seconds or so after a call.