Tracing of Lost mobile through IMEI number in India

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We all are now more or less aware of IMEI No i.e International Mobile Identity No of our mobile handset due to the recent stricter regulations of Govt. Here is an interesting fact to share about the IMEI No. Each mobile carries a unique IMEI which can be used to track your mobile anywhere in the world.  This is how it works!!!!!!

  • Dial *#06# from your  mobile.
  • Your mobile shows a unique 15 digit no (it’s a mix match of alpha numeric digit code)
  • Note down this no anywhere but except your mobile as this is the number which will help trace your mobile in case of a theft.
  • Once stolen you just have to mail this 15 digit IMEI  No to cop@vsnl.net  with the following details :

Your name:
Address:
Phone model:
Make:
Last used No.:
E-mail for communication:
Missed date:
IMEI No.:

  • Your Mobile will be traced via a complex system of  GPRS and internet within few hours. This may not be standard and may vary.
  • You will find where your hand set is being operated even in case your no is being changed.
  • Pobitra halder

    hello sir,
    i hav lost my nokia 5230 mobile phone. After 3 Years of savings at last i was able to buy a smartphone. Now i m not in condition to purchase a new phone again so plz find out my mobile sir and trace out the location of the mobile device.
    name : Pobitra halder
    Phone model: nokia 5230
    color: b.black
    Contact No.: +919903885453
    E-mail: pobitra9804@gmail.com
    Missed date:29.1.2011
    IMEI No: 353763048718908
    plz help me sir
    thank u

  • Bharat Bhusahn

    Your name:Bharat Bhushan Sharma
    Address:House No.2, Street No.24, Basti Tankan Wali, Ferozepur Cantt
    Phone model:Samsung 2152
    Make:
    Last used No.:MY no was 9814914584
    E-mail for communication:sunnyarun185@gmail.com
    Missed date:11-02-2011
    IMEI No.:353677041283274

  • Hiren Jariwala

    Hi,

    In case of stolen mobile,user has to send a mail on this given mail at cop@vsnl.net with following information:

    Your name:
    Address:
    Phone model:
    Make :
    Last used No. :
    E-mail for communication:
    Lost date :
    Mobile IMEI No.:

    Note: If you are unable to find your mobile number, insure that at least your mobile handset is locked. The person who has stolen your mobile can not use (misuse) your mobile with any sim card. You should ask mobile service provider to lock your mobile through IMEI number.

  • Pobitra Halder

    hello sir,
    i hav lost my nokia 5230 mobile phone. After 3 Years of savings at last i was able to buy a smartphone. Now i m not in condition to purchase a new phone again so plz find out my mobile sir and trace out the location of the mobile device.
    name : Pobitra halder
    Phone model: nokia 5230
    color: b.black
    Contact No.: +919903885453
    E-mail: pobitra9804@gmail.com
    Missed date:29.1.2011
    IMEI No: 353763048718908
    stolen date: 05.02.2011
    plz help me sir
    thank u

  • Pobitra Halder

    hello sir,
    i hav lost my nokia 5230 mobile phone. After 3 Years of savings at last i was able to buy a smartphone. Now i m not in condition to purchase a new phone again so plz find out my mobile sir and trace out the location of the mobile device.
    name : Pobitra halder
    Phone model: nokia 5230
    color: b.black
    Contact No.: +919903885453
    E-mail: pobitra9804@gmail.com
    stolen date:29.1.2011
    IMEI No: 353763048718908
    plz help me sir
    thank u

  • ARVIND RAI

    hello sir i lost my mobile before 10 days so pls sir find out my phone and give me location where my phone use
    name :- ARVIND R RAI
    phone model :- nokia 5233
    colour :- W.silver
    contact no :- 09879047035
    E-mail :- arvindrai42@yahoo.com
    Missed date :- 23-2-2011
    IMEI no:- 352000040902920

  • shukoor talha

    hello sir….i have lost my phn today n m not in a condition 2 purchase a new phn…so plz i request u 2 help me out….
    name:-shukoor
    model:-C3-00
    color:-acacia
    contact no:-09700100597
    E-mail:-shukoor_talha@yahoo.com
    missed date:-31-7-2012
    IMEI no:-357921043957915

  • bharath raja

    hello sir i lost my mobile before 36 hours so pls sir find out my phone and give me location where my phone use.i’m not in condition 2 purchase a new phn…so plz i request u 2 help me out….

    name:-bharath raja
    model:-C101 celkon
    color:-black with orange border
    contact no:-
    E-mail:-raj_bharath23@yahoo.com
    IMEI no:911133551053025
    missed date:august 30 2012

    plz..plz …trace my mobile and send to my email id

  • bharath raja

    hello sir i lost my mobile before 36 hours so pls sir find out my phone and give me location where my phone use.i’m not in condition 2 purchase a new phn…so plz i request u 2 help me out….

    name:-bharath raja
    model:-C101 celkon
    color:-black with orange border
    contact no:-
    E-mail:-raj_bharath23@yahoo.com
    IMEI no:911133551053025
    missed date:july 30 2012

    plz..plz …trace my mobile and send to my email id

  • pardip d dixit

    hi sar

    samsung GALAXY Y pro duos jis ka IMEI *359104/04/070109/3* HE COLOR ; Metallic black he ye mera mobil 20-03-2012 ko rat 8-30 aurangabad maharashtra ME (KHO) chori gaya he HE MILE TO CALL 9270957466 DIXIT

  • pardip d dixit

    hi sar

    samsung GALAXY Y pro duos jis ka IMEI *359104/04/070109/3* HE COLOR ; Metallic black he ye mera mobil 20-03-2012 ko rat 8-30 aurangabad maharashtra ME (KHO) chori gaya he HE MILE TO CALL 9270957466 DIXIT

    Your name: pardip d dixit
    Address: aurangabad maharashtra
    Phone model: samsung GALAXY Y pro duos
    Make:
    Last used No.:
    E-mail for communication: dixitpardip@rediff.com
    Missed date: 20-03-2012
    IMEI No.:*359104/04/070109/3*

    COLOR ; Metallic black
    CALL 9270957466 DIXIT

  • Aditya

    sir i lost samsung wave575 model mobile pls contact to my cell +917569960402

  • Aditya

    sir i lost the mobile on 28/07/2012 colour:black
    please search the mobile iam very sad about it model:samsung wave 575
    imei number is :35846704228853/9 pls pls pls its my humble request pls call me +917569960402

  • Aditya

    sir i lost the mobile on 28/07/2012 colour:black
    please search the mobile iam very sad about it model:samsung wave 575
    imei number is :35846704228853/9 pls pls pls its my humble request pls call me +917569960402 plzzzzzz plzzzzzz plzzzzzzzzzz help me

  • Devesh

    My mobile details which i have lost…….
    Phone : KECHAO
    Model : K9
    IMEI NO. 1 : 354582043047371
    IMEI NO. 2 : 354582043047389

  • anis khan

    Your name:anis khan
    Address:akola
    Phone model:samsug gt s 8530
    Make :
    Last used No. :feb 23
    E-mail for communication:fastrack1392@gmail.com
    Lost date :24
    Mobile IMEI No.:355082041424226

  • narendra

    fake its not working

  • kishorchaudhar

    Can there be any sim for the peoples who keeps on moving throughout country

  • kar

    Couldn’t send mail to cop@vsnl.ne. This is not working

  • Harsha

    Have anyone of u ve received a return mail from cop@vsnl.net . If yes please reply

  • TN Mallik

    Stolen or missing mobile phones can be
    recovered in India. Yes it is true. Read the following, what we have to
    do, we must do. Then every persons who have lost their mobile/cell
    phones will get back with no pain.

    In India, everyday thousands of cell
    phones are stolen or missing, but are not recovered. Why they are not
    recovered? 30% people know the IMEI numbers of their cell phones and
    report to the police and mobile operators about their stolen/missing
    cell phones with IMEI numbers. 70% people do do not know about IMEI
    numbers of their cell phones, They even don’t report such stolen/missing
    cases to Police or Mobile operators. Sometimes they inform mobile
    operators. Mobile operators give guidance to their customers to report
    to police, so that they will issue another sim card to their customers.
    But nobody tells about how to recover the stolen/missing cell phones.
    Because nobody bothers about the loss of money of customers either by
    mobile operators or police departments. Because mobile operators will
    get two customers due to stolen/missing cell phones. One customer is the
    existing customer who will purchase again another mobile and will take
    another sim card with the same number or other. The second customer will
    be the person who has stolen the cell phone or got it due to missing,
    he/she will purchase a new sim card from the mobile operator to use the
    mobile/cell phone. So why will the mobile operator bother about the
    stolen/missing cell phones, where they get new customers due to
    missing/stolen cell phone? On the other hand, you know about our so
    called police people, the doll of VIPs, VVIPs, MLAs, Ministers. They
    will act only in their cases only. Otherwise, if they get some benefits
    from the stolen/missing cell phones cases, then they will do at-least
    some inquiry . So nobody is there for the common and poor people in
    India.

    I know the fact that every Mobile/cell
    Phone is given in-built serial numbers by the manufacturing companies.
    Whenever the mobile operators issue new sim cards to their customers and
    the customers as soon as insert their sim cards into the mobile/cell
    phones, the in-built serial numbers are displayed in their websites
    along with the sim card and call details. So it is easy to find the
    serial numbers (IMEI numbers) of every cell/mobile phones by the mobile
    operators. So the list of cell/mobile phones with IMEI numbers are
    available with all the mobile operators. All the mobile manufacturing
    companies have list of their cell/mobile phones with IMEI numbers. They
    must provide the list of all IMEI numbers of their cell/mobile phones to
    the mobile operators. Hence it will be the duty of mobile operators to
    make a software to automatically tally with the list of IMEI numbrs with
    their customers IMEI numbers. If any IMEI numbers do not match with
    the List of IMEI numbers provided by the phone manufacturing companies,
    that means the IMEI numbers of particular cell/phones are wrongly
    altered by any unauthorized software in the mobile/cell phone stolen
    markets and the cell/mobile phones are stolen. So the mobile operators
    should immediately send the details of the SIM cards using the stolen
    cell/mobile phones to the Police to trace the Individual who stolen or
    got the missing cell/phones. This way theft or missing cases of
    cell/mobile phones will be totally removed from INDIA. And the police
    also can find out the stolen markets where IMEI numbers are altered by
    unauthorized software and arrest the concern persons.

    Here, the duty and responsibilities
    totally depend on all mobile operators to ask their customers to submit
    the copy of mobile phone purchasing bill which shows the name and
    address of the shop where the mobile/cell phones were purchased. The
    mobile operators must make a rule to instruct all their customers to
    submit the bill along with other ID proof and residential proof at the
    time of applying for new sim cards. So whenever any customers report
    their missing or stolen cell phones to the mobile operator or police,
    the mobile operator immediately must search in their software with the
    reported IMEI numbers. If they find the IMEI numbers with another SIM
    card, they will take the details of SIM card owner and forward the same
    report to police to trace the individual who is now using the cell
    phone. Hence police will recover the cell phone from the individual and
    hand over to the original owner who possesses the receipt or bill of
    that cell phone.

    Here, one thing to be noted by the
    mobile operators, if the reported IMEI numbers are not found in their
    software, it means the IMEI numbers of cell phones have been altered by
    any unauthorized persons. In that case, mobile operators should note
    down that any new sim cards issued recently after missing or stolen cell
    phone case, the new sim card which shows the IMEI number do not tally
    with the list of IMEI numbers provided by mobile manufacturing
    companies, it means the cell phone is stolen or missing. The mobile
    operators should immediately forward the new sim card owner details to
    the police to recover the cell phone from the person who inserted the
    new sim card into the cell phone.

    In case any person who has stolen or got
    the cell phone, do not purchase new sim card and he/she inserts his/her
    old sim card into the stolen/missing cell phone., how the mobile
    operator will come to know?. Very simple. The mobile operators must
    endorse a command in their software, that any old sim cards which were
    showing earlier the IMEI numbers and suddenly the sim cards are now
    showing different IMEI numbers, the new details of IMEI numbers with
    date of changes should be flashed in their software. The mobile
    operators will come to know that something wrong are there with the
    existing sim cards. They should immediately forward the sim card owner
    details to the police to recover the cell phones and hand over the same
    to the original owner who possesses bill or receipt of purchase. This
    way easily cell phones can be traced with individual sim card details.

    In this modern era of Information and
    Technology, every persons with electronic equipments which transmits
    data either through wire or wireless, can be traced. Question is there,
    why this mobile operators will do such good thing for the people? My
    suggestion to the mobile operators is that if they do such good thing,
    they will get more transparent business and the profits to their
    business will not hamper. Same way their business will run, besides the
    common and poor people will get a relief to recover their cell phones.

    If the mobile operators don’t bother
    about the relief and happiness of common people, then a rule must be
    passed by the Government with the strictly instructions to all the
    mobile operators to implement the rule immediately. Failing which
    penalty and disciplinary action will be initiated against the mobile
    operators.

    Support us in the comment at http://tnmallik.com/?p=6899, to put a pressure on government to pass an order to mobile operators and police to recover stolen or missing cell phones.

  • JADAV NARENDRAKUMAR RAVJIBHAI

    Your name: JADAV NARENDRAKUMAR RAVJIBHAI

    Address:
    AT.VEDACH,TA.JAMBUSAR,DI.BHARUCH

    Phone model: C3530

    Make: SAMSUNG

    Last used No.: 13/10/2012

    E-mail for communication: n_vedach@yahoo.co.in

    Missed date: 13/10/2012

    IMEI No.:
    355412044309571

  • Sagar

    Your name: Ganesh Dattatray Raykar

    Address: Shamveela flat 7 , plot 13 ,Guruvehar area opp to Panjarpol Bhosari Pune 411039
    Phone

    model: curv 9360

    Make: Blackberry

    Last used No.:9822837535

    E-mail for communication: sagarraykar@gmail.com

    Missed date: 24 oct 2012

    IMEI No.: 352631054784083

  • Brundavanjee K

    it is true that it is fake and not working

  • Brundavanjee K

    it is true that it is fake and not working

  • Anwar shaikh

    nokia c2

    imei 359061049933780
    Missed date: 26/10/2012
    gsmcare1@yahoo.com

  • Narjeet Singh

    Hi, I am Narjeet Singh my nokia 5200 is lost on 22/01/2011
    IMEI 354850044992188
    place trace my mobile
    Mobi. No. 09314474870
    E-mail:- anilsurajgarh@gmail.com

  • rao

    my mobile nokia 2690 lost on date:-6/11/2012 this imei no is :-352010048556057 pleace trace & track my mobile and send information to my id

  • Rajesh

    Does this work? My cell phone stolen and no great help from cops.

  • Rajesh

    Does this work? My cell phone stolen and no great help from cops.

  • N Narender Reddy

    Name: N. Narender Reddy :
    Address: Uppal
    Phone Model:Galaxy y duos
    Make:Samsung
    Last used No.: 9391605465
    E-mail for communication: nnreddy1551@gmail.com
    Missed date: 22-11-12
    IMEI No.: 352272054947089

  • manjeet

    Your name: manjeet
    Address:main bazar talwara road mukerian
    Phone model:s5830 onys black
    Make:samsung
    Last used No.:brand new sealed box
    E-mail for communication:kaka2022@gmail.com
    Missed date:09 dec. 2012
    IMEI No.352306053828575
    2nd Imei . 353864056290948

  • http://www.facebook.com/lalitshah16 Lalit Shah
  • Anubha

    Your name: Anubha Suneri
    Address:531/14 vijay nagar jabalpur
    Phone model: nokia 3120 classic
    Make: nokia
    Last used No.: dont remember
    E-mail for communication: anubha.suneri@gmail.com
    Missed date:26/12/2012
    IMEI No.:356851020445793

  • Deepak Goyal

    Name-DEEPAK GOYAL

    Addres -Makanpur Ghazibaad

    Mobile-Samsung E2252

    Make-Samsung
    Last used no.-9891178323

    Email-deepakrkgec@gmail.com

    Missed Date-01/01/2013

    IMEI no.-352698057665924

  • Kapil Khatri

    Name : Manoj Khatri
    Address : ICICI Bank, Khed Road, Balotra, Barmer (Rajasthan)
    Phone Model : Samsung mini Galaxy 5570
    Make : Samsung
    Last used No.: 09214359057
    email for Communication : vinayakamjsm@gmail.com
    Missed Date : 30/10/2012
    IMEI No.: 358793041473958
    IMEI Display in Bill : *358793/04/147395/8*

    Please help me to recover my lost mobile
    Thanks
    Regards
    Manoj Khatri, Balotra, Barmer
    Mobile : 09214359057

  • sambhu

    i am waiting for reply

  • Pawan Sinhmar

    Hello sir, i am pawan from V.P.O. Puthi, tehsil- gohana, dist.- sonepat. My hand set is nokia x2-02 and i lost it 15 january. My last used no. are +918901207189 & +919812155362. My email is pawansingh.ps231@gmail.com & EMEI are 351960054248828 , 351960054248836
    Please sir help me contact me at +919416135312

  • Anupam

    I lost my phone and written a mail on the said id but this has not been delivered to the said id saying that “Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full)”

  • Nilava Roy

    Your name:Nilava Roy

    Address:340/8,Ashokenagar, North 24 Parganas.West Bengal. Pin-743222.

    Phone model:Nokia C6-00

    Make:Nokia

    Last used No.:9775902850

    E-mail for communication:nilava.roy@fenesta.com/nilavaroy@gmail.com

    Missed date:08.03.2013

    IMEI No.:357901040080507

  • akash

    Name – akash kishor kotadiya
    Address – murlidhar, nandanvan complex ,s.v road, dahisar east, mumbai400068
    model -samsung galaxy y

    last no -9820752084

    email id -kotadiyaakash@gmail.com

    missed date -26/2/13

    imie no -351863059514295