Tracing a mobile number.. can it be done?

to original question, it can be done, quiet easily, but it is illegal, and its considered 'inproper use of a computer' and a few other charges if caught, a heavily fined and internet bans are possible outcomes of being caught.

As for the current argument of 'predatory' males I would love to cast a Psychologist point of view but I study attention and perception so I wont get involved since my knowledge is useless and my textbooks don't mention anything about it.

Originally Posted by Spank86

I'd like to point out that I'm not predatory and i wasn't at 16 so I don't think all men can be.

Maybe lots are but I'm not prepared to believe I'm unique.

Me neither Spank. girls terrified me at that age. They still do now but for wholly different reasons.

Originally Posted by sunshine

to original question, it can be done, quiet easily, but it is illegal, and its considered 'inproper use of a computer' and a few other charges if caught, a heavily fined and internet bans are possible outcomes of being caught.

As for the current argument of 'predatory' males I would love to cast a Psychologist point of view but I study attention and perception so I wont get involved since my knowledge is useless and my textbooks don't mention anything about it.

I'd be interested to know how, especially if its unregistered, a payg sim paid for in cash and using a false address.

Originally Posted by Spank86

In that case it's every woman around too

Nowadays there is much more 'predatory' (by my definition) behaviour by women. Being a bit old fashioned and out of touch, I'd call them 'ladettes', and predatory behaviour is exactly why the media gave them that nickname.

When I was 16-20 yrs old though it was still usually a case of groups of lads who 'went out on the pull', ie: they went out to pubs and nightclubs with the specific aim of chatting up and ultimately taking home a girl. Very few girls 20 years ago went out with that specific agenda.

Hopefully it's getting a bit clearer what I mean by 'predatory' though that may be the wrong word to be using to describe it. I'd say the vast majority (ie: 75% plus) of 16yr old lads are. (though of course I'm not suggesting for a second that 16 yr old lads are incapable of platonic relationships).

Myself I would only use the word predatory of someone who either chats up girls one by one, moving on to the next if they are not interested only after one thing OR someone who doesn't take no for an answer but keeps pushing at the same girl (and agin only after one thing).

That's not and never has been me. I'll chat to a girl if I think she's ok but I wouldn't chat up a girl for sex if I found her boring and I wouldn't sweep a pub going for girl after girl just for a lay.


But we are moving away from the central issue now and I do appreciate your point of view and quite a few guys do do that, however I suspect most of them wouldn't bother with a lengthy online relationship with a younger girl. To continue your analogy, there's much easier 'game' out there.

Originally Posted by Spank86

quite a few guys do do that, however I suspect most of them wouldn't bother with a lengthy online relationship with a younger girl.

Lets hope in this case that you are right.

Originally Posted by tactcom7

I'd be interested to know how, especially if its unregistered, a payg sim paid for in cash and using a false address.

most modern phones can be traced to a geographical location, but without the phone-owners permission its illegal. Depending on model of phone depends on accuracy. When we looked into this it was too inaccurate to know which house it was, within a row of terraces but could be done with the average semi-detached house. We used parts of old mobiles and payg sim's as tracers in bikes then tested how accurately we could find the bikes, found it to inaccurate for use, as stolen bikes get stored in council garage blocks and similar where you need to be able to work out with one they are in.

Also people are generally stupid (im a people person really), the false address is either a public building, or more commonly a friends house, finding someone who regularly changes number with each phone to a different address, just look for the common friend, is another way.

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