"Yes, many scam gangs from the Northern Outlands have run off to Oasis," netizen 'Time Never Fades' said.
"Time Never Fades, is it convenient for you to connect and chat?" Elliot asked.
"Yes." Time Never Fades agreed to the connection.
In the small window, a handsome guy wearing glasses appeared. He was in his early thirties, wearing a suit and tie, and the background looked like an office.
"Welcome 'Time Never Fades', how should I address you?" Elliot asked.
"My surname is Lee."
"Are you doing business in Oasis?" Elliot guessed.
"Yes, I run a hotel in Oasis."
"Then I should call you Manager Lee," Elliot said with a smile.
"I don't deserve that, just call me Lee," Manager Lee said humbly.
"Manager Lee, you are truly young and promising, your business has reached Oasis," Elliot exclaimed. "You just said that many scam gangs from the Northern Outlands have run off to Oasis, is that true?"
Manager Lee nodded and said:
"Yes, based on what I know, Oasis has become a new hub for scams in the past two or three years. Unlike the scam gangs in the Northern Outlands, the scam gangs in Oasis mainly target high-end individuals, especially women."
"Are you talking about long-con romance scams?" Elliot asked.
"Yes." Manager Lee nodded.
Elliot wanted to ask more about the specifics of "long-con romance scams," but at this moment, the web crawler software responded, having collected new information.
He clicked on the information found by the web crawler software.
Hey, found it.
Information about Gavin appearing in Oasis was found.
It was a photo, "scraped" by the web crawler software from the official website of the local transportation department in Oasis.
"Noah, your brother is indeed in Oasis," Elliot said, while sending the photo to the live stream.
The information was from three months ago. Gavin was photographed and fined by the local traffic police in Oasis for a traffic violation. Therefore, his personal information was published on the official website of the Oasis transportation department.
Looking closely, Elliot noticed that the name column on the website said: "Clark Davis".
Gavin had changed his name.
"It's my brother, it's really my brother, why did he change his name?" Noah recognized the person in the photo as his brother at a glance.
As expected, he had run off to Oasis.
Now, the mystery was finally revealed. Gavin had indeed gone to Oasis and changed his name to Clark Davis.
"There's a mobile number for your brother on the website, try calling it," Elliot said.
Noah was already impatient. He quickly dialed the mobile number registered on the website.
"Du du du..." The call connected, but no one answered.
After more than ten seconds, the call automatically hung up.
Noah didn't give up and dialed again.
"Du... Du..." This time, the phone only rang twice before the other party hung up.
"That's not right. If it's your brother, he should recognize your mobile number. Why wouldn't he answer your call?" Elliot wondered.
"Oh, I changed my phone," Noah explained.
"Oh, then try calling again."
"Du... Du..."
The call connected.
"Hello, are you my brother Gavin? I'm Noah!" Noah quickly spoke.
"You've dialed the wrong number..." A man's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Brother, it's me! I'm Noah!... Hello? Hello? Brother... Brother..." Noah shouted excitedly.
The other party had already hung up the phone.
"Was that your brother?" Manager Lee asked.
"It was my brother, it was him, why did he hang up on me?" Noah said, and dialed again. As a result, the phone gave the message "The number you have dialed is switched off".
"How could this happen? Why won't my brother answer my call?" Noah's emotions were a bit agitated.
He hadn't heard from his brother for over a year. It was difficult to find his contact information, but in the end, he didn't answer the phone and even switched it off.
In Noah's heart, he had already vaguely guessed a possibility: his brother was really involved in telecom fraud.
Otherwise, why wouldn't he answer his own call?
"Don't worry yet, maybe your brother just isn't in a convenient place to answer the phone, he..." Elliot hesitated for a moment, then said, "If he is really involved in telecom fraud, then he should be in a scam den right now, and it's normal for him not to be able to answer your call."
While Elliot was speaking, he was looking for a software on his computer that could pinpoint Gavin's phone location.
"Should I call the police now?" Noah asked.
"Calling the police is useless too." Manager Lee interjected, "Your brother is in Oasis right now. The authorities here in the Federation can't do anything about it at all. Unless the Oasis police are willing to assist, but since your brother isn't answering your call, he's clearly deliberately avoiding you. So, even if you call the police, it won't be of much use."
Noah turned his gaze towards Elliot.
Elliot took over the conversation, "Let's find your brother's specific location first. I'll see if I can locate his phone."
"Can you still locate a phone if it's switched off?" Manager Lee asked curiously.
"Yes, you can still locate a phone even if it's switched off." Elliot nodded.
"Really? Streamer, can you really locate my brother's phone?" Noah's eyes were filled with hope.
Elliot nodded again and explained:
"Actually, technically, it's not difficult. Even if the phone is out of battery or switched off, it can still be located. Unless the phone is completely dead or the SIM card is removed, then it cannot be located."
While Elliot was speaking, he found a software called 'Mobile Probe V3.0' on his computer.
"I need to use a special tool called a 'probe'," Elliot said.
"What is a probe?" Manager Lee asked curiously.
"It's a software for locating mobile phones." Elliot explained, "Next, we need to know the operating system of Gavin's phone. This is very simple; his phone is registered with the local operator."
While Elliot was speaking, he used the web crawler software to search for "Oasis mobile operators".
Soon, he found more than a dozen mobile operators in Oasis.
"Manager Lee, do you know which is the largest mobile operator in Oasis?" Elliot asked.
"It's NovaCell and Apex Telecom, these two." Manager Lee replied.
Elliot nodded and started searching from the larger operators.
He opened NovaCell's official website, then brought up a hacking tool and began to hack into NovaCell's backend system.
"Can ordinary people find mobile registration information on the operator's official website?" Manager Lee asked like a curious baby.
"Of course not for ordinary people. You need to enter the operator's backend system to find it." Elliot explained with a smile.
As he spoke, he had already successfully hacked into NovaCell's backend system.
He entered Gavin's mobile number and clicked "Search".
"No relevant information found."
This indicates that Gavin's phone is not registered with this operator, NovaCell.
He switched to another operator, Apex Telecom, and repeated the same operation.
A few minutes later--
{Name: Gavin
ID Card: * * * * *
Mobile Number: * * * * *
Phone Model: PearPhone 14}
...
Found it.
Elliot smiled, "Found it. Gavin is using a PearPhone 14."
(End of this chapter)
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