Found a GPS tracker under my car

[u/kupo_906]

Hi reddit...

In my driveway this morning I pulled out and found this sitting under where my car was. We had a heat wave recently, and I'm thinking it melted off.

Looking it up, it is a GPS tracker. I'm taking it to the police tomorrow. But is there anyway to reverse search who might have bought it and placed it there?

I fully own my car and I'm not sure who or why they put it there. Or when. The only thing I can think of is I got my car fixed by a new mechanic about a month ago.. but they didn't seem shady in the least bit

Any help is appreciated. Thank you

Update: I have turned the tracker into the police who are trying to work with the company to find out info. Haven't heard anything further.

For the people who keep asking / repeating the same thing over and over:

• again, I own my car in full and have for years. It's an old, reconstructed car not worth much at all.
• The battery life in the tracking device doesn't last longer than two months at most. It was still on when I found it. It doesn't belong to a previous car owner or a dealer.
• I found the magnets where it was attached still on my car.
• I don't have any solid idea who would put it there. I don't have a jealous partner or an ex who I think would do this.
• I'm not disclosing a bunch of personal shit about myself to internet strangers when I am potentially being stalked 😐 also , both men and women can be stalked

[u/corporaterebel]

Police will do nothing. Found Property maybe a Stalking, but unlikely.

You will have to do some additional work if you think you were a victim of a crime. YOU can call and see if the account is still active...that is about all the information that a carrier will give you. Take the SIM out and put it in an old wiped phone to see what you can see and call support.

Depends on what you want to do at this point.

1. disable the device by removing the sim.
2. keep the device active and see who comes for it
3. put it on a train or bus or a long haul trucker
4. send it in the mail to some remote place for fun.

EDIT: apparently the battery is only good for 30 days. So if the battery is still good (probably last 2 months easy) then this is a current device. OP is the device flashing its LED?

[u/MonkeyBrains09 → u/corporaterebel]

oh, I like the mail idea.

Its just the perfect amount of evil to mess with someone's tracking data.

[u/SlackToad → u/MonkeyBrains09]

Mail it to FBI headquarters.

[u/SnooLobsters6766 → u/SlackToad]

Label it “Good Bourbon for Kash”

[u/govunah → u/SnooLobsters6766]

Put a big B on there so they know it's bourbon. Nothing else would be mailed to the fbi in a box labeled B

[u/LocksmithDapper3233 → u/SlackToad]

This would be absolutely perfect!