Attempt to unlock stolen phone caught on camera

Sussex Police have issued the picture of this woman who was attempting to unlock an iPhone stolen from Coalition nightclub in Kings Road, Brighton Sussex Police have issued the picture of this woman who was attempting to unlock an iPhone stolen from Coalition nightclub in Kings Road, Brighton

A mobile phone ower received a picture of the new user of his stolen iPhone thanks to a security app igotya.com.

Sussex Police have issued the picture of this woman who was attempting to unlock an iPhone stolen from Coalition nightclub in Kings Road, Brighton earlier this month.

Officers are now keen to speak to the woman in a bid to return the phone to its rightful owner and track down those responsible for stealing it.

PC Gavin Crute said: "The owner of the camera has a rather cool app that takes a picture of anyone who tries to unlock it, maps their current location and then sends all the info back to the owner in an e-mail.

"We know where and when the photo was taken and it appears to be in a vehicle with quite a large sunroof.

“We don't know that the woman is the person who stole the camera, but she obviously has had some connection with it in the meantime and I'd like to speak to her about it."

If you are the woman in the photo or you recognise her, please contact Sussex Police on 101 quoting serial 1389 of 04/12.

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Comments(17)

Lil006 says...
2:33pm Mon 10 Dec 12

What a genius app!

Algeria Touchshriek says...
2:44pm Mon 10 Dec 12

She may be thieving scum, but if I were a few years younger and not married, I probably would to be honest.

Pitviper says...
2:48pm Mon 10 Dec 12

This is why iPhones are far superior to Androids!

ninacg says...
3:06pm Mon 10 Dec 12

Lil006 wrote:
What a genius app!
what's the name of this genius app?

RottingdeanRant says...
3:11pm Mon 10 Dec 12

Great but what is the name of the app?

whereisthe...? says...
3:15pm Mon 10 Dec 12

Bravo to the police and Argus for taking the step of showing her picture. An unusually sensible step. By the way - for Android phones, search for Cerberus (though there's many alternatives). It also sends GPS co-ordinates of where such pictures of the thieves was taken.

THFC12 says...
3:23pm Mon 10 Dec 12

I think it's called "Big brother"

EBourne007 says...
3:24pm Mon 10 Dec 12

Think the apps called iGotYa

RottingdeanRant says...
3:44pm Mon 10 Dec 12

Unfortunately, the iGotYa app is not ‘approved’ by apple so cannot be downloaded to an iPhone without ‘jailbreaking’ it.

leobrighton says...
3:52pm Mon 10 Dec 12

Ha Ha Ha hopefully we can have the pic in all the papers and all the billboards in town LoL

banargustrolls says...
4:23pm Mon 10 Dec 12

Pitviper wrote:
This is why iPhones are far superior to Androids!
Duh - you can get it for Android too.. 'Android Lost'.

NiKEUS says...
6:44pm Mon 10 Dec 12

iphone users really are amazed by a product that has been on android for years.... i guess thats why apple isnt superior Pitviper...

something like phone locator pro as an example that provides
remote picture taking
remote sound recording
gps tracking
remote wipe
retrieve call logs...

it just works.... a few years ahead.

On_the_Level says...
7:11pm Mon 10 Dec 12

Why would you want to take an overpriced hand held into a night club anyway? It's supposed to be a social event, unless browsing social media sites is the new 'socialising'....

downbythesea says...
7:41pm Mon 10 Dec 12

On_the_Level wrote:
Why would you want to take an overpriced hand held into a night club anyway? It's supposed to be a social event, unless browsing social media sites is the new 'socialising'....
Lol, I see tons of people posing in clubs EVERY weekend taking pictures of themselves supposedly caught enjoying themselves and then uploading it to facebook!

What happened to just going clubbing?

It's all happened since facebook and tweeting took off, I think it's SAD really!

vogon1 says...
8:04pm Mon 10 Dec 12

Well, I'd smash her.....

Jon999 says...
11:01pm Mon 10 Dec 12

EBourne007 wrote:
Think the apps called iGotYa
must be 'My Secret Folder™' app, because it sends the photo and GPS, plus it is approved by Apple on the app store

julesgemini says...
8:31am Tue 11 Dec 12

I use a great program that does the same on my mac called vuwer! Takes a photo and sends gps location if my mac gets stolen.

http://www.macupdate
.com/app/mac/31904/v
uwer

click2find

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