Stolen Cellphone, need advice.

[Asad_A203]

Hey people,

My sisters cellphone was stolen on campus, after we cancelled the phone we started recieving calls at our homeline and the cellphone odd hours of the day. Also we found they called some long distance places when we recieved the bill. So i got all the numbers they called and did a 411 on it and got all the name and adresses. Along i called some numbers with skype and sure enough after i called a number and some1 picked up on the other end, they hung up. Then 10 seconds later we got the phone call from the person at our homeline and cellphone. What i am wondering is this cellphone number enough to get say a search on this person? Also we checked one of the numbers and found it corresponded to a student in my sisters class. We called MTS, and they said they cant tell us who the caller is because it is a violation of privacy, they dont seem to care about recieving these calls.

The person who stole the phone thinks it is fun to harrass everyone on the address book by calling them 4 times a day at different times of the day on a untrackable calling card. The phone SIM card was disabled first day though Rogers took 3 days to disable it. It is an unlocked phone though so they can still access the phone. We know the phone is gone forever, we just want the harrassing phone calls to stop, yet MTS won't block it.
Any suggestions on what to do next?

Thanks in advance.

[Stoe99]

File a police report, it won't go anywhere unfortuantely, they don't obtain warrants over stolen cellphones, they may follow up with the numbers that were called after the phone was stolen, but I would say it's un in the air over that aswell.

[mlerner]

There's not much you can do, but yeah file a police report sometimes they can recover stolen items.

[Asad_A203]

Would i be able to block this phone number from calling our house number and cellphone? It is ver harrassing to get a call at 4 am in the morning. I dont understand why there harrassing us if they already have our cellphone. The calls come from a number that cant be called back it is this number:

204-480-0223

When i do a reverse look up theres no information on it. The provider is GT Telecommunication which is Bell Canada. Also the line just rings like 30 times, noone picks up.

[Stoe99]

You can try, but I believe phone companies are rather hesitant about blocking numbers from calling you. But it never hurts to try.

[module]

If they call you from a number like that which you cannot call back it could be because of a few things;

Voice over IP:
Depending on the provider (free) that you are using to place the call and to which number is dialed, it usually calls a rerouted number from the provider and then it redirects the call. In other words, If your calling your your friend from VOip and the number you are calling is a 416 number, when dialing over voip it calls the provider from the number you dialed and it assigns a local 416 so that the company wont get charged long distance, therefore creating an invisible and untraceable number.

That or theyr using a calling card which also reroutes the number.

Your sister must have a grudge against someone for that to be happening, if it bothers you too much, just disconnect the phone line when you goto bed, no one is going to call you anyway in the middle of the night. You cant always win, but you can sure work around it and eventually theyll stop calling.

Last option is to change ur house number, or block the number thats calling you.

[JAGpilot]

204-480-0223 gives me a busy signal.

[Asad_A203]

Actually this person also phones my sisters new cellphone (same number, different phone) also. He just phoned 5 minute ago. Well heres the @ssholes calling record:


353-2500
267-2811
269-3391
797-7209
239-7521 - possible person (i found it and right away they phoned my houseline cuze i phoned twice to c who it was)
801-7776 - Kevin Ramdon or something


I really dont understand why he is doing this. I think we are going to have to change number. The operator says she cant put a block or a trap on the line. Well from now on i am running a script to phone that 239-7521 number and see how much they appreciate it.

[V A N Q U I S H]

239-7521 has been changed to --> 253-7595

Called and asked for Rahul, female Caucasian sounding voice.

[Kasakato]

And I guess posting their numbers helps?

[legendofxix]

Well first thing you shoud have done is completely cancel the phone or place it on hold. Letting them use the phone was not a smart move.

File a police report. Since you did not cancel the phone, include phone records as evidence.

Get a new phone.

[Asad_A203]

Well we called Rogers and told them to place a block on the phone the same day it was stolen. They said they did, but the phone wasnt cancelled until 3 days later.

[Asad_A203]

Thnx Vanquish

[Asad_A203]

We will filing a police report tommorow, and my mom knows the brother of Jack Etwanksi (WPD chief) ans he is also a cop so hopefully they will be able to do something. All this information will be useful. Thanks again for all your help.

[Supershyguy]

well the phone is gone, give up.

what you need to do is call into your service provider and report it stolen. thats all you need to do.

I dont get what you mean by "The some one is calling you part"

[dre145]

well the phone is gone, give up.

what you need to do is call into your service provider and report it stolen. thats all you need to do.

I dont get what you mean by "The some one is calling you part"

then i dont understand whats the reason for ur post....

anyways for my experience carriers wont block numbers and i know of a few people that were force to change numbers

[Topher]

I don't know how it is here, but I worked for a major telecommunications company in another country and we would always tell people to:

1. File a police report
2. Give us (the telco) the number of the report. (We don't need a copy, there is a separate division who deals with the police)

The police report makes it official, filing with the telco allows us to block the IMEI or ESN so that the phone is unusable on our networks. We were required to do that if it was reported to us. (If it's not unlocked, then it was up to the other companies to lock it out of their network, which didn't really happen). It also allows us to share call information with the police regardless of the SIM card used in the phone. (Yes the telcos can track all calls made from that IMEI - trust me, I've done it.)

If you are still getting harrassing phone calls on your home and cell phones, then file a complaint with your telco for those too. They take these things seriously. (Or at least the one I worked for did!)

Phone is gone and you'll probably never get it back, so just accept that fact.

[Asad_A203]

We don't really care about the phone. The only thing that is annoying is the phone calls. We didn't file a police report when the phone was stolen simply because it didnt present a problem. We knew police have better things to do then track cellphones (winnipeg is homicide capital of Canada). What we want stopped is the harrassing phone calls. The person is phoning everyone on the address book, everyday minimum 5 times a day. The number is from a calling card so MTS wont block it. This is harrassment and simply noone will care.

Um thanks for advice. The phone was unlocked.

[Asad_A203]

Um for the post above. The person who stole the phone thinks it is fun to harrass everyone on the address book by calling them 4 times a day at different times of the day on a untrackable calling card. The phone SIM card was disabled first day though Rogers took 3 days to disable it. It is an unlocked phone though so they can still access the phone.

[JAGpilot]

When the phone is turned on it emits a signal. Its a crime to harass people. The cell phone provider should be able to trace the phone within a few blocks according to which tower it is picking up a signal from. You claim you know the person in your class who did it or have a suspicion? Get the school admin involved since the THEFT took place at school.

[Asad_A203]

Issue is somewhat resolved. MTS put a block on our line, and the guy claims he doesnt have the phone. MTS also said the day after the block was put in place, the calls stopped. Thnx again for all your help.

[Airrock]

Interesting, Ive recently been getting calls from fort rouge. The most recent calls I've got were from the number 204-480-0223, calling at 3am.

The guy has a slightly feminine voice and was asking for Dwayne the first time he called. Didn't pickup the second time.

[kymsu]

Hey - that 204-480-0223 just called my house. They just listened, but I could hear a bunch of noise/talking in the background.

[ji2o0k]

Um for the post above. The person who stole the phone thinks it is fun to harrass everyone on the address book by calling them 4 times a day at different times of the day on a untrackable calling card.
hey at least they are just calling to harass. One of my sister's friends lost her cellphone and the person that found it started calling all the numbers in the phonebook to tell them that either "their father died, their mother died, their aunt died"....etc

Now that is really bad.

They would pretend to be the police or a doctor.

[Mehndi Masala]

VOip thing like the other user stated? Anyone technical enough to know? I have gotten a call from someone who claimed to be in the states asking me about my henna and tons of questions. After a lengthy converstation and after I hung up, I noticed it was a Winnipeg number (204-480-0223) and couldn't figure out why someone would claim to be from the USA and then calling from here. THEN when I try to call the number, all I get is a busy signal...I can't call back. Sooo....is this person actually from Winnpeg or not? All of the reasons etc. seem so different for everyone with experience with this number. My caller was an Indian or middle Eastern lady.

Kim
Hasina Mehndi & Body Art

[FerrisB]

I think we ALL need to start calling the guys number, preferably after midnight. Payback is a b*tch :)

[billdozer]

need Jack Bauer

[rayner55]

need Jack Bauer

I think Jack Bauer is too intoxicated to help at the moment

[Lucette]

Interesting, I googled 204-480-0223 and here I am back at RFD :)
I too received a call from that number -they didn't talk, but I could hear noise in the background...
I got my purse stolen recently and I wonder if that has anything to do with it now.
It could possibly be VoiP -after all SHAW's number is 480-SHAW...