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Adding to the police woes is the fact that the sale of Patagonia or other softwares used for cloning is legal in the country. However, if the accused manages to also clone the IMEI number of the handset, for which softwares are available, there is no way he can be traced. Police say they can track messages and calls sent by cloned phones. A SIM can be cloned again and again and they can be used at different places. We are talking to service pro-viders to look for a way out,' he says. 'The only precaution he can take is to scrutinise the phone bills and find out whether or not it mentions any call which was not made by him. According to joint commissioner of police (special cell) Karnal Singh, not just the SIM but also the IMEI number can be cloned making it difficult to detect the crime. The officer cites the example of a businessman who recently cloned the GSM phone of his rival and sent an SMS to the police that a Delhi VVIP would die in a blast. The 15-digit IMEI number is programmed into the handset when it is manufactured. We are trying to identify phone dealers in Gaffar Market and Nehru Place who can make it possible,' says the police officer, adding that Yasin had bought the software from Nehru Place. The man who is trying to clone your GSM phone just needs to know your International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) or instrument number.

'Yasin used a software called Patagonia which can be used to clone only CDMA phones but there are software packages available in the market which can be used to clone even GSM phones.

A senior police officer says that this is just the tip of the iceberg. A resident of Moradabad, Mohammed Yasin was arrested from South Delhi on Friday for cloning mobile phones and using them to facilitate ISD calls. And the worst part is that there isnâ€™t much that you can do to prevent this. Millions of mobile phones users, be it GSM or CDMA, run the risk of having their phones cloned. Today it''s increasingly being used by new-age criminals in a variety of ways.

NEW DELHI: Slowly but surely, technology is showing up its ugly face too.

Patagonia phone cloning software