Posted by leeboy13
hi, basically i have a phone number and i want to know if theres any way to find out the persons name... this may sound dodgy but believe me it aint, i have recently bought something and not recieved the goods... basically if i can work out this persons name i can retreve theyre address etc...
*if this is not aloud on esato then appologies and please feel free to remove.
If it helps i know the number is and orange one
Thanks
Posted by joebmc
Have you rang it and ask for there name yet?
Posted by leeboy13
yeah, but they keep hanging up - hate cons.......
Posted by joebmc
Was it from someone here? or ebay?
Posted by leeboy13
sadly ebay.... gutting really... but i dont wanna give out specifics about the problem (sorry to sound funny, but the less said the better).. just wondered if there was a way of finding out their name.. or the name registered to the phone....
Lol - my spelling is aweful
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Posted by vanquish
you could go to the police and make one hell of a fuss. they can track GPRS signals, i think, if The Bill is any reality
Posted by joebmc
Are they selling anything else on ebay? If so you could try and win the item (under a new username) and tell them your sending a cheque and get the address (unless they only accept paypal).
Posted by leeboy13
lol, wil do if its my last resort but id sooner find out myself and deal with it myself... the law always complicates matters... i had a simular problem acouple of years back and managed to find out their name which then in turn made it very easy to find out theyre address... people tend to give in when you have info on them
good plan joebmc
will have a look now cheers[ This Message was edited by: leeboy13 on 2005-12-14 13:32 ]
Posted by leeboy13
vanq.. sadley the police aint as envolved in fighting really problems they prefer following boy racers and doing spot checks these days..... if only they were like the bill - we'd have some fit coppers too
Posted by joebmc
True with just a name (and ruff knowledge of the area there from) you can usally get there address pretty easy.
Regarding GPRS tracking i very much doubt the police would bother with that, usally only use that kind of stuff for high profile case's. (or tracking there wifes movements
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Posted by methylated_spirit
straight to the police, mate. They are obviously trying to stiff you.
Posted by JK
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phone the call centres and find out... hide your number when u phone them, then give that number as yours, 80% of the time the agent will say "Is this Mr Leeboy?" and you have it!
Posted by leeboy13
awesome idea! nice one, am in work now but will try it later
Posted by max_wedge
786BKR's idea is genius. You aren't Kevin Mitnick by any chance 786BKR?
another thing you could do is get a female friend to call offering free massages to promote the new escort service!!! She can ask them to give a name and address so a masseur can be sent round straight away (then you can send someone round to give them a REAL massage - with a pair of army boots)
Posted by haynesycop
If you tell ebay wont they give you there information if you havent recieved the item.
I would just let ebay and the police know. Did you pay by paypal?
Posted by leeboy13
its not that simple (wish it was), stupid me decided to do a transaction outside ebay (for an item that ended) and i paid via paypal in the section other (goods), i knew i shouldnt of but ive bought so much recently it just didnt click how much of a stupid thing i had done... so therefor i cant really get the police involved as i have no proof (my word against theirs).. and as far as ebay are concerned i shouldnt of completed a transaction outside ebay - whoops! nightmare, im on my own now
Posted by haynesycop
Oops!
Well good luck with it i hope you get it sorted and you haven't spent too much money. I have nearly bought things out of ebay but will be careful from now on.
Posted by leeboy13
thanks for all the help guys and gals... hopefully i will get it sorted and justice will be made
really am appreciative of all your help, there are some great ideas and who knows, one of them might actually work...
Posted by EastCoastStar
i KNOW this wont help you much - but in my iDEN phone - someone can radio me (with the PTT feature) and i will have their 2 way number - then it will give me their name and their cell number when i save it. pretty cool! (first name only)