On Monday, March 25th, my cell phone went missing. I spent that afternoon searching for my phone. I found nothing.
On Tuesday, March 25th, I located my missing phone through iCloud.com/find. It appears that my phone was stolen from me during my exercise class on Monday morning. I have discovered where the suspect, a contract worker, lives and works.
On Wednesday, March 26th, I filed a police report with HPD Kailua. I have been advised that this could be a dangerous situation for me. Based on the advice from HPD, I am not approaching the suspect. I am tracking all activity associated with my missing phone. I don't know what access the suspect has to my information (i.e. banking, employment, etc.).
Any advice or thoughts about this situation are appreciated. If you need to reach me, please feel free to contact me through my personal email. Rush has my personal email.
Steve, you know you posted this on "April Fools," right? I thought I'd mention to others it's not a joke.
To my understanding, it depends what apps you have (had) on the lost phone and if you allowed the internet (i.e. google, AOL, etc.) to save your password. It's something you'd have had to selected. Still, I would change all my banking and other important passwords just to be safe, like: Medicare, banks, email and other logins you used via your phone.
Hope that helps, I'm not an expert by any means. Lou
I agree with Lou on the steps he suggests "just to be safe." Chances are nothing negative (beyond the obvious negative of having your phone stolen) will come of this. If any fraud does occur, I believe you told me that the HPD has tracked the phone to an address, so those responsible could in that way be caught. I am still somewhat surprised that the police cannot retrieve your old phone for you from the address they have, at the very least to save you from any worries of potential fraud.
