Air tag tracking me but I don't own one

[frustratedplusone]

Hi just need a bit of advice on how these work. Last day or two my phone keeps telling me im near an air tag .. but I don't own one. From history it's only tracking me when I'm in my car. It shows every journey I made today. I asked my soon to be ex partner as he has one and he said why do I have his air tag on my phone? .. I don't have his on my phone! I never received notifications on his whereabouts when he used it and the history is only tracking where i have been not anyone else. He said he's not put it in my car but we are going through a break up due to emotional abuse on his part so I don't want to demand to see his as trying to avoid further conflict, is there any explanation for this other than he has hid one in my car? Only me and my DD been in car she's 9 and doesn't have one.

I hope you manage to find it today

Can you phone the police non-emergency line and ask for advice? They might search your car for you and be able to link it to your ex.

Go to the police station and ask them to check it for you, it'll be under the seat or in the boot where the spare wheel is.

It needs reporting and they should be happy to give your car a once over, they probably know all of the places that it could be hidden.

Not to try and scare you but I remember a woman on the news who used one to track her ex and she followed him and ran him over and killed him.

Please stay safe OP. We are all worried about you. It does sound like it’s his with the context of him being abusive, controlling and with you splitting up. If this is him this is very dangerous behaviour. The most dangerous time for an abused spouse is when s/he is trying to leave!

@frustratedplusone please go to a garage and get them to check OP.
If they find a hidden AirTag please report to the police asap. Abuse is not to be taken lightly and it often escalated when someone leaves

I get this message when my husband has left his air pods (with air tag) in the car and I’m driving around without him. So yes sounds like that could very well be what’s happened.

When you find it record it photos etc
and dates etc
you may need this info later
keep a record of your conversations with soon to be ex as well
he’s put it in there for sure

Of course he's going to deny it, he's abusive and controlling. I would search the car yourself or ask a garage etc, if you haven't already. Then report it to the police.

If its his airtag he wont get notifications that an airtag is following him, this is a security feature to notify other people someone elses airtag is following them. Pretty much him confirming its his airtag with this statement alone.

Police. This is a dangerous man ramping up behaviour now you are leaving.

No, he’ll use it as evidence against her by suggesting she’s tracking him!

Another voice saying go straight to the police.

You have a young daughter. She's probably been through enough as it is. You can't go on with an abusive controller stalking you. Don't dither around; go to the police.

Please don’t actually go to a police station he will obviously see that if the tag is from him but absolutely do call the police make them aware of the situation with this man…all the best ❤️

He’s controlling and abusive, you have decided to split and all of a sudden you have a tracking device in your car…

🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

please call the police asap….

This!

Here's an article on how to find a tag hidden in your car

https://lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-find-an-airtag-hidden-in-your-car

Be aware it may be taped somewhere to the outside too.

Or it could also be in a bag that you always have with you - do you ever get the notice when you are away from the car?

You have a stalker. I had one years ago and ended up marrying him. Today men use different methods to track you. Years ago they asked your friends which pub you were visiting so they could accidentally turn up hoping to bump into you. That’s what my husband did.

I would drive to a police station and ask them to take a look. Tell them your ex is abusive and it will ring alarm-bells for them. What's more, your ex will also see you're at a police station.

So it’s her ex?

You can get an app that looks for bugs etc. I would look into it

What’s wrong with men today ? Cannot they not take rejection? If someone rejected me I would accept it and move on.
Stalking song by The Police

My sisters ex boyfriend did this and tagged her car without her knowing. She wondered why he kept turning up in the hotels where she went for work conferences and appearing to stalk her wherever she went. He didn’t have access to this information as they had broken up. Her iPhone kept pinging and she thought it was receiving tag info from other users. Didn’t put two and two together until he broke into her staff quarters at work when she was told by the police when questioned. Scary thing is he was a high up cop himself and the female constable told her at the time not to waste time pressing charges because he’d get off with it, they always do. She did press charges and he did indeed get away with it. On police advice she sold her car and unfortunately had to transfer to another part of the country.
This sounds very deliberate so please take caution and involve the police if you must.

think so yes

Agree with this, although I'd be tempted to make sure there's nothing stuck to the outside of the car. You apparently can get magnetic cases ...also if he's put it on the outside he could remove it without you noticing so I hope you have a garage/doorbell camera. I wouldn't give him more info on this just ask the police for advice. If he's emotionally abusive and manipulative please get as much recorded as possible.
Basically is he trying to get people to believe you have the issues and is this a ploy...
either he's not as clever as he thinks and didn't realise you'd see it or he wanted to provoke a reaction.

This!!

When on holiday we borrowed someone’s car and when we got back to their place I got a notification saying about the AirTag 🤣 it had tracked where we had been, he had it for security reasons and when I said about it he had said that it was his.