TECHNOLOGY: What program can “unlock unknown numbers”?

Friday, August 11, 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12364573/A-stalker-hounded-years-sexually-explicit-calls-used-secret-phone-trick-expose-discovered-uncle.html

A stalker hounded me for years with sexually explicit calls – I used a secret phone trick to expose him and discovered it was my uncle

  • Kristen Kime, 30, from Sheffield, turned detective to catch her mystery stalker

By Chelsea Heatley and Ellen Coughlan For Mailonline

Updated: 08:05 EDT, 5 August 2023

*** begin quote ***

In November 2018, her mum suggested she should download a program onto her phone to unlock unknown numbers.

One day, when her stalker called, she received a message, revealing the real number.

After typing it into Facebook, Turner’s profile popped up.

Thinking it was a mistake, she checked with her sister and mum. But they confirmed, the number was her uncle’s.

With her mum’s support, Kristen went to Turner’s house to confront him.

*** end quote ***

I’d love to know more about the technology and chronology.  For example, was it reported to the police and the “phone company”.  As an old phone company guy, I know they have tools to uncover the culprit.

Hope he gets to be “bubba’s gal pal” for a long time.

I can’t imagine torturing a family member like that.  Well maybe even if I didn’t like that family member, that’s just cruel.

—30—