You posted the information of a woman who GOT AN E-MAIL. That's ALL we know about her.
Since your post people have called her a thief and advised the OP to call the Police. All because she received an e-mail.
Kind of sounds like a witch hunt to me.
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some1 found my iphone and sent an email....
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You posted the information of a woman who GOT AN E-MAIL. That's ALL we know about her.
Since your post people have called her a thief and advised the OP to call the Police. All because she received an e-mail.
Kind of sounds like a witch hunt to me.
Oh, /b/. This pic has my lol'ing.
I only know about them because of the time they "hacked" the live feed on that Keynote event here on MacRumors. Good times.
I think my solution is far from a witch hunt and provides the best solution.
"Stealing" someone's iPhones means she reached into your pocket and took it. Do you think this happened?
"Finding" your iPhone means you dropped it or left it in a bar somewhere and she picked it up.
Granted, I'm assuming there is identifying information on your iPhone that this person could have used to contact you and its a shame this did not happen. Contact her and give her the chance to do the right thing.
Even if she did steal it, accusing her of this while publicly identifying her contact information and employer is legally risky to say the least. There are tons of people who read these postings who could be sending her all kinds of harassing messages which could now be traced back here--and ultimately to you.
"Finding" your iPhone means you dropped it or left it in a bar somewhere and she picked it up.
Granted, I'm assuming there is identifying information on your iPhone that this person could have used to contact you and its a shame this did not happen. Contact her and give her the chance to do the right thing.
Even if she did steal it, accusing her of this while publicly identifying her contact information and employer is legally risky to say the least. There are tons of people who read these postings who could be sending her all kinds of harassing messages which could now be traced back here--and ultimately to you.
Your right if he lost it, it's not stolen, but if she didn't give it back does that count as stealing?
Op, you know where she works and what she does go pay her a visit.
Cops probably won't do anything to help you, but someone who just took your phone probably won't take the chance.
If you just contact the woman and let her know that whoever sent that email to you or took those pictures has your iPhone and let her know that if you don't get it you will be giving the information you have to the police, then I think you'll get a response back.
I'd take the advice above about not posting information publicly, but I would try to collect as much as you can about this person so you have more information to hand over to police if she decides to ignore you.
Get those pictures and look up the GeoTag info. Save her email address. If she doesn't respond to the emails privately you can try to call her office and ask her if she has any information and say that you would be willing to pay postage for it to be shipped back. Minor price to pay for returning an iPhone to you and it makes it easier for them because it's no effort on their part.
Good luck!
If you just contact the woman and let her know that whoever sent that email to you or took those pictures has your iPhone and let her know that if you don't get it you will be giving the information you have to the police, then I think you'll get a response back.
I'd take the advice above about not posting information publicly, but I would try to collect as much as you can about this person so you have more information to hand over to police if she decides to ignore you.
Get those pictures and look up the GeoTag info. Save her email address. If she doesn't respond to the emails privately you can try to call her office and ask her if she has any information and say that you would be willing to pay postage for it to be shipped back. Minor price to pay for returning an iPhone to you and it makes it easier for them because it's no effort on their part.
Good luck!
If she knows who to give it back to and still decides to keep it I'd say its dishonest and theft. Though, that's just my instinct and not based on anything legal.
I would definitely not pay her a visit--unless she invites the OP to pick it up. Even though she has the OP's iPhone and he has a right to get it back she could easily call the cops on *him*.
I'd call her at work and try to politely get her to give it back--problem solved without drama. If she refused, I'd report the iPhone stolen, give the police her contact info, and let them take care of the rest. I'm sure she doesn't want the police showing up at her workplace.
Just to clarify that I never said the girl had stolen the OP's iPhone.
My post was aimed to help the OP retrieve the iPhone in a way that would satisfy everyone and for no one to get burned.
In no was does the OP even say that this girl stole his iPhone.
Although she may not have stolen it, and simply found it. People are very quick to keep what they find rather than help find the owner themselves.
Giving her the option to return it is the best option in my opinion.
For someone to suggest posting this girls personal e-mail address I think this is plain stupid and has no bearing on the situation at all. I'm also glad the OP hasn't done so.
My post was aimed to help the OP retrieve the iPhone in a way that would satisfy everyone and for no one to get burned.
In no was does the OP even say that this girl stole his iPhone.
Although she may not have stolen it, and simply found it. People are very quick to keep what they find rather than help find the owner themselves.
Giving her the option to return it is the best option in my opinion.
For someone to suggest posting this girls personal e-mail address I think this is plain stupid and has no bearing on the situation at all. I'm also glad the OP hasn't done so.
I'm confused. The OP did post her email address in Post #8. This information was then used to obtain other information by other members--which was also posted in this thread.
Isnt is obvious she has the OP's phone. She sent a picture took on the phone to her email address with the OP's email account, she has the phone that is is his, regardless if he lost it or she grabbed it out of his pocket if she still has it, she stole it.
I wonder if the OP has now changed his email password? If that's been mentioned already then I am sorry, I only skipped through this thread.
I agree with this. You don't need to go to the extremes suggested here when you haven't even tried to do the simplest action as noted above. You're just working on assumptions and it's too easy for these things to get out of hand. You can't control the actions of those visiting this forum or what they will do with the information you have now given. And you don't even know she is the one who "stole" your phone.
People Are So Dumb And Over Sensitive
ARE YOU SERIOUS???
this person is completely free to walk around with all of their info (AND NOT EVEN CALL THEM) but the person whos PROPERTY IT ACTUALLY IS should be careful with the thieves info???????//
so someone just stole my KID... but I should be careful not to put their face or info all over the web???? because I might get in trouble??
THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I HATE PEOPLE THAT ARE SO DANG SENSITIVE... oh dont want to hurt the children's feelings by giving them a detention in front of the class... what has this world become??
ARE YOU SERIOUS???
this person is completely free to walk around with all of their info (AND NOT EVEN CALL THEM) but the person whos PROPERTY IT ACTUALLY IS should be careful with the thieves info???????//
so someone just stole my KID... but I should be careful not to put their face or info all over the web???? because I might get in trouble??
THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I HATE PEOPLE THAT ARE SO DANG SENSITIVE... oh dont want to hurt the children's feelings by giving them a detention in front of the class... what has this world become??
Your car, your wallet, compared to your child, from your point of view? I cannot say.
To get back a toy, there are a lot of things I would not do, breaking the law among them.
To get back a child? No comparison at all. I can't understand how you equate them in your mind. Foreign thoughts to me.
well this little TOY has all of my Credit card info .. my address phone number passwords to everything I own... pictures of me and my family..//
more valuable than my 20$ wallet...
ok the kid comparison maybe a little extreme ... but im just saying..
IF IT WERE ME I WOULD DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO GET MY PHONE BACK..
SO YOU HAD NEVER STEAL OF FIND MY PHONE AND NOT RETURN IT!!!
You info would be on the front page of yahoo.. and probably a few you tube videos
I would track that person down and approach them!
Yes. Im serious. Because whether you like it or not, theives can counter sue.
Btw, the person who has the phone didnt steal it genius. OP left it somewhere and said person picked it up. So yeah, personal information being spread here about the phone "holder" may get his iPhone back, but he'll have a great time in court for when they counter sue, seeing as the OP hasnt even made contact with them.
Right now, he is the aggressor. I'm simply letting the OP know, by agreeing with another poster, there can be consequences to path he is going down. I'd hate to see another thread "Got iPhone back, now being sued for harrassment."
But wait, youre right.
WITCH HUNT WITCH HUNT!
Much better.
Go for it tough guy.
This thread can be used as a case study in protecting your information on the Internet. One e-mail address and BAM, everything about her.
I was going to whois on internic.net her work's domain and call her boss : )
I was even going to telnet into the internic server... just to feel more `leet.
"She's a witch, burn her burn her!" "Throw her into the trough!"
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