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OSINT : How I find back owners when I found something

This time it happens at Gare de Lyon, a french station, where I found a transportation card owned by someone that we’ll call Anna.

There was a picture on the card, so I start looking around me and said a bit loudly “Anna” to hope that someone will react. But no.

So I look for that person on internet, and found a LinkedIn profile that could match. Not every time easy with common name, but I had a good feeling ! With only her current company, I sent an email to [email protected]/fr, [email protected]/fr and it paid!

I received a minute later an OoO (Out of Office) message, with a mobile phone number.

I send a SMS to that phone number, and it works! I found the real owner of the card.

A bit scared at first on how I found her number, but pleased that I tried to find her and give her back her card.

That story is another one from a long serie, that I started in 2020 when I found an iPhone in the forest. Since, I like to find back owners of lost items. So far, I’m having around an 80% success rate.

I even created an Instagram account for that : https://www.instagram.com/iamhenriphone?igsh=dW5ibWpkcTM0MDZ4

In the end, I’ll be grateful if anyone tried to bring me back something I lost. So I just do it.

Since, I’ve discovered that my practice is called OSINT : Open Source Intelligence. Usage of public data to recreate a profile. And I kind of like doing it. Even if Dimitri find it scary 😅

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Car fix

Last weekend, my car started a new behaviour: running the ventilation at maximum, even with the engine off.. A few days before a long trip by car, it would have been a nightmare !

Internet was partially helpful, I was not the only one with that issue, but it was difficult to have a clear answer, so I played the safety card and took an appointment with a mechanic.

Unfortunately this mechanic cancelled the appointment, a few days later, without explanations. 🤬

Fortunately, I had a talk with a colleague, more mechanic than me, and after some minutes he convinced that the fix was achievable, even by me ! Challenge accepted ! I’m sure I can

I had to dismantle the full glove box, and many covering parts around, to reach this little guy.

Helped by: https://youtu.be/_ZamtgCttdE and https://youtu.be/vjNvuI9bUXs

The famous A43002900 !

This heater resistance (?) with a small electronic card was causing my ventilation to go mad!

Once a replacement was ordered, arrived in 2 days, and mounted, everything went back in order. 🙂

Moral: Don’t get discouraged, talk with people and just try. YouTube is full of really helpful video.