Iphone thief uploads photos of himself to my Facebook !!

Yurt · 25-02-2013 01:46AM #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 01:48AM

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 01:48AM

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 01:49AM

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 01:49AM

How do you know he actually robbed it though?

Fannyhead · 25-02-2013 01:50AM

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

25-02-2013 01:50AM

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 01:50AM

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

HondaSami · 25-02-2013 01:50AM

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 01:51AM

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 01:52AM

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 01:52AM

Fannyhead wrote: »

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

Sadly this is true.

Fannyhead · 25-02-2013 01:53AM

What pizza you have?

Killer Wench · 25-02-2013 01:53AM

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 01:54AM

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 01:54AM

Iphone my bollix. its a fcukin phone.

HondaSami · 25-02-2013 01:55AM

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 01:55AM

why cant people just say phone?

25-02-2013 01:56AM

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

Might state where he works.

B.A._Baracus · 25-02-2013 01:57AM

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 01:57AM

flanders1979 wrote: »

Iphone my bollix. its a fcukin phone.

Its that gentlemans sons phone now :P

ColeTrain · 25-02-2013 01:57AM

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 01:59AM

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 02:00AM

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 02:00AM

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 02:00AM

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

Killer Wench · 25-02-2013 02:01AM

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 02:02AM

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 02:02AM

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 02:03AM

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 02:07AM

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.

Iphone thief uploads photos of himself to my Facebook !!

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