How To Track Your Stolen Phone In Nigeria (2020)

You can track someone using modern technology software that uses Global Positioning System (GPS) with your mobile phone. You can use this navigational system to also track a stolen phone if you have the phone number of that stolen phone. Technology has made it possible to track any stolen mobile phone once you have the phone number of that phone. If your SIM card has been removed, you can use your phone’s information to track the location of the user using the encoding of the present SIM card in your phone.

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The major reason people track mobile phones in Nigeria is because of stolen phones. Tracking of mobile phones is possible using software applications like Truecaller and Trapcall. They do help to track the owner of a phone number. While trying to find a particular phone number, be careful not to fall victim of fraudsters and scammers. Some sites offer to help you track your device and request for your data or details such as your phone number. Giving them your details may set you up for future scam from them or one of their affiliates in the future.

How To Track Your Stolen Phone Using Your Phone Number And IMEI

Thieves do change SIM cards on the phone they have stolen. You can track and locate the thief and the lost phone using the new SIM card validation and encoding capability. Here are the steps to take to help you track and locate your stolen phone using that SIM card number.

1. Call your phone number: Calling your phone number enables the network provider of your SIM card to track the last known location of your mobile phone.
2. Get Your IMEI Number: Find your phone box. In the phone box, there is a part that contains your phone’s International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI). The IMEI is a number unique to every mobile device including your phone. Once you have the IMEI number, give the number to your stolen SIM network provider. They will use the IMEI to help track your stolen device and stop the thief from connecting to any network with that phone.
3. Get In Touch With Your Network Provider: Get in touch with your network provider and ask them to help you get the new SIM card that is using your phone IMEI. You have to give them your stolen SIM phone number and your IMEI to enable them to do this for you. You can also get in touch with your phone number network provider to ask for the call logs of the new SIM card in your phone. The call logs enable you to know those the new user of your mobile device is communicating to on your stolen mobile device.
4. Get In Touch With Your Phone Manufacturer: Getting in touch with your network provider and your phone provider will help you get the details of the new user of the phone. The phone manufacturer can also help you blacklist your phone making it difficult for the new SIM to connect to a network. This makes the phone device useless for the user. You can get in touch with them once the phone is recovered to remove the device from being blacklisted.

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Software Applications That Helps In Tracking A Phone Number

The use of software applications that track the identity of a phone number, especially the callers, is also applicable in tracking a mobile phone. The following softwares are phone number trackers that are generally used in Nigeria.

Truecaller

Truecaller is a Swedish company founded in 2009, the app was created to provide a service that will easily identify incoming call from unknown numbers. The app is used by over 150 million users everyday. It is the go-to app for Caller ID, spam blocking and payments. Truecaller permits you to track someone by using his or her phone number. The application is free to use and likewise fit for this purpose.

The Truecaller app works using phone contacts. Once someone who saved your phone number on their phone’s contact list accepts to use true caller on their device, your contact details which include your name and phone number is automatically added to Truecaller’s database of this app.

Trapcall

Trapcall helps you take back your privacy and know who‘s hiding behind No Caller ID, Restricted, and Unknown numbers. It helps end unwanted spam calls from robocalls and telemarketers. To use Trapcall on your mobile phone, you need to download the Trapcall App on your phone. The application is available for both Android and iPhone users. You have to sign up to use their service.

Once you receive an incoming call from an unknown number (a number not saved on your phone or a blocked number or a private caller), Trapcall will send the data of that caller directly to you include name, address and location of the person who operates the unknown number.

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There are many reasons people track a phone number. You can also learn how to find, lock or erase a lost android device using Google by clicking here. There may be other ways of tracking your stolen phone. While finding out the ways of doing so, do not fall victim of fraudsters who want to steal your personal information on their platform and offer you nothing. We believe this article will help you detect and track a lost or stolen phone in the near future.