I agree with FramCire... As a person who has found a phone or two over the years... Verizon will locate the owner of a phone turned in to a Verizon store. I found a BBerry Tour in a cab in Vegas last year and turned it in to Verizon. They didn't tell me who the phone belonged to, but they did contact them and let them know the phone had been recoverd. I also got $50.00 off my next bill! Trying to profit over someone else's misfortune sounds like a real piece of work, if that is in fact the case. If it's not, you are dealing with an outright thief, which is even worse.