Cell Phone Stolen? You Don’t Have to Panic!

Mobile phone theft is a common occurrence for anyone any where in this world. Probably you are a victim. If not, then you must have heard that your friend or any other person forget his or her phone in a hotel, car, garden, park. And when he or she goes to pick up the phone, oh no, it’s missing! Mobile phone users should think in terms of what to do in the case of cell phone theft.

In many developed and developing countries (such as Kenya), there is mobile phone database, which can prevent lost or stolen mobile phones from being used on any mobile network, thus these stolen mobile phones are worthless to anyone. This system exactly works like a stolen credit card, whenever you loose your credit card; you simply make a phone call to your requisite bank to deactivate your credit card. Similar is the case with mobile phones, you call your service provider and give them a specific number to deactivate your stolen mobile phone. This system applies to both prepay and postpaid packages.

Today there is yet another more advanced technology to trace your lost cell phone! With the help the satellite technology, Lost/stolen laptops and Cell phones can easily be tracked. Companies have come into market that has quenched thirst for many lost mobile phone victims. What happens here is quite simple to explain.

Cell phone owner subscribes to special software from the company that offers such services and then he or she is mandated to download the software to his cell phone and saves it. (Note that this is only practical with GPRS phones) the software notes the SIM card number, and requests for another alternative number and an email address. In case the cell phone is stolen and a new SIM is installed, an email and an SMS are automatically sent to the alternative SIM card number and to the email address giving details of the person with the stolen phone including his location!

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