If someone takes my mobile phone what should I do?
There are several key things to think about if someone takes your mobile phone. The first thing is that you should, in the first place, have registered your mobile phone at immobilize.com. If you register the IBI number there, which you get by dialing this onto your keypad: star, hash, zero, six, hash, that enables the police to get your phone back far more easily than if you hadn't done so, and just as importantly, catch people who've actually got stolen phones in their possession. So, if you register the phone and your phone is stolen, you can actually go onto the website and physically record that your phone has been stolen, and that information is available to the police should they stop someone in possession of your phone. The second thing that you should do if someone has taken your mobile phone, is contact your network provider and inform them that your phone has been stolen, asking them not only to block the SIM card, but also ensure that they block the handset as well. The industry has a commitment to block handsets that are stolen in crime in the UK and will block most handsets within 14 hours of being stolen. So by doing so, not only is the fact that your phone being stolen recorded, but it's rendered useless to the person who has stolen it within 14 hours or so. The third thing that you should do, the most important thing really, is report the theft or the offense that relates to your phone to the police so that they can record that offense. This obviously gives the best opportunity of investigating it and catching the person who is responsible in the future.
