Iphone thief uploads photos of himself to my Facebook !!

Yurt · 25-02-2013 12:46am #1

I was out in Limerick last week and after i left the nightclub i went to a a takeaway called Top Pizza.Being completely ****ed i left my Iphone on one of the tables and i went in the next day to see if anyone had found it.

They said no phones were handed in so i rang up 3 who told me there had been a few international calls to Pakistan and they cancelled the phone.

I had already conceded that my phone was gone and there was no hope of getting it back when it popped up on my Facebook news feed that i had uploaded 12 new photos from my Iphone. They were all pictures of a middle aged Pakistani man and his teenage son or nephew or who he sold the phone to.

What should i do now and can i upload a picture of the man that took it on here ?

HondaSami · 25-02-2013 12:48am

Yurt wrote: »

What should i do now and can i upload a picture of the man that took it on here ?

Would you not be better going to the gardai and reporting it there?

The King of Moo · 25-02-2013 12:48am

Show the pictures to the police. Don't post them here: what the hell would you do that for?

That's what I'd do if I'd left my Vodafone Smart II on a table, someone'd stolen my Vodafone Smart II, and had then uploaded photos onto my Facebook profile using my Vodafone Smart II.

biko · 25-02-2013 12:49am

If your insurance company is paying you for the lost phone it's their property now and they might be interested.

Big Bottom · 25-02-2013 12:49am

How do you know he actually robbed it though?

Fannyhead · 25-02-2013 12:50am

The Gards won't care about some guy's iPhone.

25-02-2013 12:50am

Go on Facebook right now and download those photos, before the guy realizes his mistake. Change your password to that account and any others you might have synced up to your iPhone. I wonder whether it's possible to check where they're currently using the phone - go to your Facebook, privacy settings and then click on the security settings. It will then give you approximately where the person last logged on.

cassette50 · 25-02-2013 12:50am

Bring the photos back with you to the takeaway - see if the guy is working there.

HondaSami · 25-02-2013 12:50am

Big Bottom wrote: »

How do you know he actually robbed it though?

He might not have stolen it but he has stolen property in his possession.

Yurt · 25-02-2013 12:51am

Big Bottom wrote: »

How do you know he actually robbed it though?

Because he has it and i own it ? They also denied that they had found an Iphone.

Big Bottom · 25-02-2013 12:52am

Yurt wrote: »

Because he has it and i own it ? They also denied that they had found an Iphone.

Did you actually talk to this guy?!

B.A._Baracus · 25-02-2013 12:52am

Fannyhead wrote: »

The Gards won't care about some guy's iPhone.

Sadly this is true.

Fannyhead · 25-02-2013 12:53am

What pizza you have?

Killer Wench · 25-02-2013 12:53am

Yurt wrote: »

Because he has it and i own it ? They also denied that they had found an Iphone.

He neither stole it nor robbed it. You either abandoned it or lost it.

The King of Moo · 25-02-2013 12:54am

Fannyhead wrote: »

What pizza you have?

If the particular type of pizza was important, the OP would've mentioned it!!
Why would they mention unimportant details?

:pac:

flanders1979 · 25-02-2013 12:54am

Iphone my bollix. its a fcukin phone.

HondaSami · 25-02-2013 12:55am

Fannyhead wrote: »

The Gards won't care about some guy's iPhone.

If he does not report it they can't do anything about it.

electrobanana · 25-02-2013 12:55am

why cant people just say phone?

25-02-2013 12:56am

Did you check the fellas personal details on his fb page?

Might state where he works.

B.A._Baracus · 25-02-2013 12:57am

Killer Wench wrote: »

He neither stole it nor robbed it. You either abandoned it or lost it.

So if you dropped or left your wallet behind and I picked it up (with cash inside) Would you still have the same attitude of that I didnt steal it, but it's ok because its my property now

I rest my case

ITS_A_BADGER · 25-02-2013 12:57am

flanders1979 wrote: »

Iphone my bollix. its a fcukin phone.

Its that gentlemans sons phone now :P

ColeTrain · 25-02-2013 12:57am

Send him a picture of your balls. I'm not sure if it will help you get your phone back but you haven't many options as it stands.

Yurt · 25-02-2013 12:59am

Deleted User wrote: »

Go on Facebook right now and download those photos, before the guy realizes his mistake. Change your password to that account and any others you might have synced up to your iPhone. I wonder whether it's possible to check where they're currently using the phone - go to your Facebook, privacy settings and then click on the security settings. It will then give you approximately where the person last logged on.

Just did this there and it says it's been logged in from Dublin (approximate) i live in Clare so what exactly does approximate mean ?

HondaSami · 25-02-2013 1:00am

Yurt wrote: »

Just did this there and it says it's been logged in from Dublin (approximate) i live in Clare so what exactly does approximate mean ?

Did you get the phone blocked?

mikom · 25-02-2013 1:00am

Yurt wrote: »

They were all pictures of a middle aged Pakistani man and his teenage son or nephew or who he sold the phone to.

What should i do now and can i upload a picture of the man that took it on here ?

No use............. All them boys look the same.......

Big Bottom · 25-02-2013 1:00am

Just buy a new phone and dont be so careless next time.

Killer Wench · 25-02-2013 1:01am

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

So if you dropped or left your wallet behind and I picked it up (with cash inside) Would you still have the same attitude of that I didnt steal it, but it's ok because its my property now

I rest my case

These are common law definitions. If one drops a phone in a place they did not intend to, it is lost. If one leaves behind an item and intended to pick it up when they left, it is misplaced (which I forgot to add in my previous post). If it was something they left behind and had no intention of keeping it, then it is abandoned.

Depending on whether the item is lost or misplaced, there are different expectations of the person who found it.

Senna · 25-02-2013 1:02am

Yurt wrote: »

Just did this there and it says it's been logged in from Dublin (approximate) i live in Clare so what exactly does approximate mean ?

Within a 4000 mile radius.

The King of Moo · 25-02-2013 1:02am

Yurt wrote: »

Just did this there and it says it's been logged in from Dublin (approximate) i live in Clare so what exactly does approximate mean ?

It means "roughly." The person is either in Dublin or very close to it.

B.A._Baracus · 25-02-2013 1:03am

Killer Wench wrote: »

These are common law definitions. If one drops a phone in a place they did not intend to, it is lost. If one leaves behind an item and intended to pick it up when they left, it is misplaced (which I forgot to add in my previous post). If it was something they left behind and had no intention of keeping it, then it is abandoned.

Depending on whether the item is lost or misplaced, there are different expectations of the person who found it.

That feels like side-tracking. As i said, what if I picked up your wallet with cash in it. Would you share the same view?

Not what the law says. But how you would feel.

Killer Wench · 25-02-2013 1:07am

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

That feels like side-tracking. As i said, what if I picked up your wallet with cash in it. Would you share the same view?

Not what the law says. But how you would feel.

I have had that happen to me while at school. I left my wallet behind after a period and I went back the next period to find my wallet in the desk but all of the cash gone. I was upset because I had cut lawns to get the money, so I went to the teacher. She could not punish the student who sat there because there was no proof that they stole it; it could have been any student in the class room or any student who came into the class in between periods. It was my carelessness that resulted in the money being taken.

The OP was careless in leaving behind his phone. The guy who found it could have turned it into the restaurant and then someone at the restaurant could have taken the phone and sold it to someone else. Or, the person who found it took the phone and began posting the pictures. None of it would have happened if not for the OP leaving behind his phone. Sorry, that's blunt, but it is reality.

hal9000 · 25-02-2013 1:10am

I think for the purpose of the investigation you should give us as much detail about the pizza that you can!

Riesen_Meal · 25-02-2013 1:15am

Go into your facebook settings, and then go to security settings - in there go to active sessions - > from there you will see the IP address he is logging into, might be handy to keep that for the guards... but he may just be using your data so that may not be much good, chances are he logged in on the wifi though ...

Edit : Was the pizza nice btw?

Killer Wench · 25-02-2013 1:16am

If the OP wants the phone back, they should swallow their pride, and send a text message to the phone offering to give a significant reward to the person who found his phone. Meet back at the Pizza joint, make the exchange, and go about your merry way.

Steve O · 25-02-2013 1:16am

On a positive note, it gives you more of an excuse to say you have/had an iPhone.

Motivator · 25-02-2013 1:18am

Killer Wench wrote: »

I have had that happen to me while at school. I left my wallet behind after a period and I went back the next period to find my wallet in the desk but all of the cash gone.

That must have been a bloody nightmare.....

Riesen_Meal · 25-02-2013 1:18am

Killer Wench wrote: »

If the OP wants the phone back, they should swallow their pride, and send a text message to the phone offering to give a significant reward to the person who found his phone. Meet back at the Pizza joint, make the exchange, and go about your merry way.

For those outside the country - it's a good 2 hour drive where the phone is now....

Sponge Bob · 25-02-2013 1:20am

All mobile phone data logs APPEAR to come from Dublin, I'd say the suspects are connected to the local chipper somehow.

Download the photos quick and take a screenshot of the Facebook page too. You may need to publish the photos in Limerick at some future stage if the phone ain't hande dback and do give them a chance to upload more photos before the password is changed.....but DO change the phone number for password reset requests on the facebook account to yer Mrs or someone safe.

HondaSami · 25-02-2013 1:20am

Killer Wench wrote: »

If the OP wants the phone back, they should swallow their pride, and send a text message to the phone offering to give a significant reward to the person who found his phone. Meet back at the Pizza joint, make the exchange, and go about your merry way.

I would report it to the gardai and let them get it back for me for free, why should the OP pay to get his own phone back?

Mr Whirly · 25-02-2013 1:25am

Killer Wench wrote: »

I have had that happen to me while at school. I left my wallet behind after a period and I went back the next period to find my wallet in the desk but all of the cash gone.

You left it there for a month and thought no one would take the cash?

phasers · 25-02-2013 1:34am

Killer Wench wrote: »

If the OP wants the phone back, they should swallow their pride, and send a text message to the phone offering to give a significant reward to the person who found his phone. Meet back at the Pizza joint, make the exchange, and go about your merry way.

Why would the new phone owners be using the OP's simcard?

HTML5! · 25-02-2013 1:42am

How do you know someone used to own an iPhone?

They post on boards about how they had one and it was stolen instead of going to the Guards despite have photos of the alleged thief.

Killer Wench · 25-02-2013 1:58am

HondaSami wrote: »

I would report it to the gardai and let them get it back for me for free, why should the OP pay to get his own phone back?

Do you think a misplaced iphone is going to be a high priority for the Gardai?

Killer Wench · 25-02-2013 1:59am

Mr Whirly wrote: »

You left it there for a month and thought no one would take the cash?

For an hour. We call class sessions at the middle school and high school sessions - periods.

Mr Whirly · 25-02-2013 2:03am

Killer Wench wrote: »

For an hour. We call class sessions at the middle school and high school sessions - periods.

We were never allowed have class sessions in school.

HTML5! · 25-02-2013 2:05am

Killer Wench wrote: »

If the OP wants the phone back, they should swallow their pride, and send a text message to the phone offering to give a significant reward to the person who found his phone. Meet back at the Pizza joint, make the exchange, and go about your merry way.

Yeah, nothing says 'pride' like offering to buy your own phone back from a thief.

Killer Wench · 25-02-2013 2:09am

HTML5! wrote: »

Yeah, nothing says 'pride' like offering to buy your own phone back from a thief.

They aren't a thief. The OP has a huge part to play in this so stop shifting the entire blame onto the person who now possesses the phone. If the OP wants the phone back, the easiest and most efficient way is to contact the person who has it now. Otherwise, contact the police who may or may not view someone leaving their phone behind at a restaurant a huge priority.

HTML5! · 25-02-2013 2:17am

Killer Wench wrote: »

They aren't a thief. The OP has a huge part to play in this so stop shifting the entire blame onto the person who now possesses the phone. If the OP wants the phone back, the easiest and most efficient way is to contact the person who has it now. Otherwise, contact the police who may or may not view someone leaving their phone behind at a restaurant a huge priority.

Clearly, I was making the point in the case that the person who has it is a thief.

Using someone else's phone to upload pictures of themselves to that persons FB aren't the actions of an innocent party.

They could've handed the phone in at the pizza place.

If they bought it from someone, why would they be using the OP's FB?

Lateral thinking. Look it up.

phoenix999 · 25-02-2013 2:23am

A good reminder why drunk people shouldn't carry €500 phones around with them. They either get lost or stolen. Leave it at home or buy a cheap Nokia for going out.

Killer Wench · 25-02-2013 2:25am

HTML5! wrote: »

Clearly, I was making the point in the case that the person who has it is a thief.

Using someone else's phone to upload pictures of themselves to that persons FB aren't the actions of an innocent party.

They could've handed the phone in at the pizza place.

If they bought it from someone, why would they be using the OP's FB?

Lateral thinking. Look it up.

No, that is rather faulty thinking.

You do not know if the person who found the phone did not turn it in. You do not know if an employee of the pizza place did not take the phone after it was turned in. You do know if the OP actually left it on a table because his OP was definitive in where it was left. There are possible gaps in the possession of the phone. The person uploading the pictures could have been the cousin of some neighbor who was offered to purchase a real authentic iphone for 20 euros. They could have bought it thinking someone else decided to sell it because they did not want the phone.

What we know is that the OP was drunk, believes they left it on some table at a pizza joint, and then went back the next day to be told that no one had turned in the phone. For all that we know, the person he spoke to worked a different shift and was not aware that a phone had been turned in the night before.

csallmighty · 25-02-2013 2:30am

Check your facebook setting to find out where the phone was when the photos were uploaded, then download the photos of him and send them back to the phone as a text message and say

"I know what you look like and I know where you are! So give up the phone peacefully or I will come for you!!!"

Iphone thief uploads photos of himself to my Facebook !!

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