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[Devilgunman]

This afternoon I found a lost phone while I was out running. I noticed the phone was on but the locked screen hasn't been setup. I looked at the called history in attempt to return the phone but there wasn't any call history at all. There were few random dials with numbers like "99", "44" from July 2017 till now. Then I tried to pick some random accounts in phonebook to send SMS to but the phone didn't have a service carrier. It must have a SIM card in it since it picked up Sprint signal but I couldn't make a call or send SMS. The phone however appeared to be on wifi. I saw Facebook app with notification on it and few other apps.

What should I do with it? Is it possible this phone was stolen from someone? My wife suggests maybe we should bring it to Sprint and they might be able to find the owner.

 

[disappeared]

At first I thought burner but those aren't usually smart phones, or are they nowadays?

 

[Septimus Prime]

Either they remote wiped it, or you stumbled upon a new ARG.

 

[spindashing]

A plug's phone?

 

[Devilgunman]

Forgot to mention. It's HTC smart phone. It has no carrier logo on it.

 

[M52B28]

Send it to the police

 

[Jason Frost]

It's probably the phone of a hitman.

 

[2blackcats]

Can you open the browser and send a message from whatever they're signed in to?

 

[pantsattack]

Don't mess with it, just take it to the carrier on the SIM card. Yes, it's weird but finding someone else's phone and looking through it will get that way.

 

[Devilgunman]

Can you open the browser and send a message from whatever they're signed in to?

This phone is extremely suspicious so I don't want to connect it to my home network.

 

[sinkfla87]

"The call is coming from inside your house!"
"But, I'm out running."

You win.

 

[KHlover]

Just drop it off at your city's lost and found.

 

[Johnny Cage In The Shower]

SO going through the contacts you don't see any names? maybe "Home" or "Brother" , "Mom" " Dad" etc? nothing in the contact list? Last person this guy sent an SMS to?

Or the most common person he or she had an SMS conversation with?

You could send them a text with the phone?

 

[FiggyCal]

I wouldn't bring it to the police tbh. You don't know what its been used for.

 

[Devilgunman]

SO going through the contacts you don't see any names? maybe "Home" or "Brother" , "Mom" " Dad" etc? nothing in the contact list? Last person this guy sent an SMS to?

Or the most common person he or she had an SMS conversation with?

You could send them a text with the phone?

I couldn't send text because it has no service carrier. There are names in the phonebook but no call or text history.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Just hand it over to the police, they might be able to find the owner through the sim card or phone serial number

 

[BronsonLee]

I wouldn't bring it to the police tbh. You don't know what its been used for.

lol fuckin' really

'hey I found this phone out while running, I don't know who owns it'

'YOU'RE THE TRUE CULPRIT, GET HIM BOBBY'

 

[Jarmel]

Sounds like a burner. Off to the police.

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

Lick it

 

[FiggyCal]

lol fuckin' really

'hey I found this phone out while running, I don't know who owns it'

'YOU'RE THE TRUE CULPRIT, GET HIM BOBBY'

Or something like that.

 

[Johnny Cage In The Shower]

I couldn't send text because it has no service carrier. There are names in the phonebook but no call or text history.

I think your best course of action is to just hand it over to a Police lost and found...And make sure you stay anonymous, even to Police.

You want to play this safe, who knows whose phone is that and why they "lost" it or why they might want it back or not.

 

[Devilgunman]

Sounds like a burner. Off to the police.

This might be the case since I noticed a dating app on the home screen as well.

 

[Borgnine]

There were few random dials with numbers like "99", "44" from July 2017 till now.

 

[Oreoleo]

Congrats on the sex phone.

 

[JrBaconCheeseburger]

throw in the trash and go on with your life.

 

[skullmuffins]

is there any music loaded onto it or anything like that? I don't think it's inherently suspicious to have a smart phone without a carrier. I've seen a ton of people on this very forum recommending cheap android phones as mp3 players and shit. I have an old iphone without service that I use almost exclusively for listening to podcasts.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

This might be the case since I noticed a dating app on the home screen as well.

Probably a serial killers ghost phone.

 

[Stinkles]

Forgot to mention. It's HTC smart phone. It has no carrier logo on it.

Fancy kickstarter

 

[FiggyCal]

If it is a hitman's phone, why would you even risk it? Just go on with your life.

 

[Fulminator]

throw in the trash and go on with your life.

That's what I would do tbh

 

[chrisPjelly]

Some underworld mafia drug dealer/hitman/human trafficker probably just dumped that phone and made you the fall man

 

[Herr Schwarz]

So connect it via a starbucks network. Gottah have an email

 

[Yoshimitsu126]

This might be the case since I noticed a dating app on the home screen as well.

It's a death phone. Call/text people you can hook up on the app to kill them 8 sec after your interacted with them if you heard their voice or seen their authentic profile pic.

 

[Nevasleep]

The phone however appeared to be on wifi. I saw Facebook app with notification on it and few other apps.

Maybe they are using it like an iPod Touch. Could hand it into the police station if they deal with lost property.

I tend to leave items, because the owner might try and retrace their steps, unless there is an obvious place to hand something in nearby.

 

[JrBaconCheeseburger]

I understand the being nice to find rightful owner part and all.

Waste of your time to be honest.

 

[Jason Frost]

I remember seeing that thing.

Is that from The Wire?

 

[Enduin]

I desperately want this to be the start of a "The Game" type situation.

 

[Devilgunman]

I'm in front of dumpster now. Drop or not?

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

I remember seeing that thing.

Is that from The Wire?

yes

 

[Estoc]

It's a death phone. Call/text people you can hook up on the app to kill them 8 sec after your interacted with them if you heard their voice or seen their authentic profile pic.

Stock up on apples.

Also, Deaths use HTC confirmed.

 

[MugiwaraCole]

 

[Herr Schwarz]

I'm in front of dumpster now. Drop or not?

It could be the missing piece in a homicide investigation!

 

[FiggyCal]

It could be the missing piece in a homicide investigation!

Maybe leave it off to the side then. Like not totally in the dumpster.

 

[TheDanger]

I found a phone in Thailand once, opened up his facebook and made a status update with his account where he can pick up the phone, he got it back, karma points for me I guess

 

[VeeP]

Try logging on to neogaf and see if they have an account. If your lucky they might even have GAF GOLD and can share it with you.

 

[Devilgunman]

Shit, it slipped off my hand to the dumpster. Well,

 

[L Thammy]

Your prints are on it now. You've got to find the hitman that used it and assassinate him to clear your name.

 

[Locke562]

Take it into Sprint. They can track down the owner with the SIM number and notify someone else on the account. If it's a prepaid phone that doesn't have a name attached then they'll likely never retrieve it.

 

[hipbabboom]

Op probably killed someone when jacking this phone and made this thread for a reasonable doubt storyline. You won't get away with this OP.

 

[Stuggernaut]

Some people use old phones as music players when running. Any tunes on it?

Or a media device for watching stuff while on the go. WifFi only.

Not really that unusual.