Cell Phone Tech - Peculiar Broadcast from Cell Phone

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Peculiar Broadcast from Cell Phone

clucas

2005-12-16, 5:48 pm

We have voicemail at our office.

One of the men in the office (AAA) rec'd a call from someone (BBB)
using his cell phone. They were going to go somewhere to pick up a TV.
They went to the store, got the TV, loaded it on the truck and then
took it to AAA's girlfriend where they unloaded it.

When AAA got to the office the next day he had 2 voicemail messages.
One lasted 3 minutes and what it was was AAA & BBB in the store moving
the TV out of the store and to the truck. The call ended when they got
near the truck. The second message was AAA & BBB taking the TV out of
the truck and taking into and installing it in the girlfriend's house.

So somehow BBB's cell phone was activated and placed 2 calls. Since AAA
was the last call that BBB made I can see why AAA's number was dialed.
The weird thing is that BBB's phone was in the truck the whole time and
not only that, it was turned off!

AAA & I discussed this and tried to come up with some common elements.
One of them is that BBB had one of those automatic car starters in his
pocket. So AAA is thinking that somhow that sent a signal to the cell
phone. Another thing we realized is that the TV box had one of those
devices that would go off if you leave the store without it being
deactivated.

Can anyone provide any input on this?

Evan Platt

2005-12-17, 5:48 pm

On 16 Dec 2005 09:58:48 -0800, "clucas" <clucas@adelphia.net> wrote:

>We have voicemail at our office.
>
>One of the men in the office (AAA) rec'd a call from someone (BBB)
>using his cell phone. They were going to go somewhere to pick up a TV.
>They went to the store, got the TV, loaded it on the truck and then
>took it to AAA's girlfriend where they unloaded it.
>
>When AAA got to the office the next day he had 2 voicemail messages.
>One lasted 3 minutes and what it was was AAA & BBB in the store moving
>the TV out of the store and to the truck. The call ended when they got
>near the truck. The second message was AAA & BBB taking the TV out of
>the truck and taking into and installing it in the girlfriend's house.
>
>So somehow BBB's cell phone was activated and placed 2 calls. Since AAA
>was the last call that BBB made I can see why AAA's number was dialed.
>The weird thing is that BBB's phone was in the truck the whole time and
>not only that, it was turned off!
>
>AAA & I discussed this and tried to come up with some common elements.
>One of them is that BBB had one of those automatic car starters in his
>pocket. So AAA is thinking that somhow that sent a signal to the cell
>phone. Another thing we realized is that the TV box had one of those
>devices that would go off if you leave the store without it being
>deactivated.
>
>Can anyone provide any input on this?

Was AAA's cell phone on? Was BBB's cell phone a candy bar phone?

If BBB's cell phone was a candy bar phone, they can easily be turned
on in the pocket accidentally, and easily dialed.

Check the call history on BBB's phone. I'll bet it shows the outgoing
call.

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clucas

2005-12-19, 5:48 pm

AAA does not have a cell phone. The call from BBB was to AAA's desk
phone in the office. Don't know what a candy bar phone is but BBB's was
off and was in the truck and not in his pocket. I know the call was
placed to AAA's phone from BBB's. Two calls were made that way as I
described in the original post.

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