The Lost and Found International web site and the LFI Lost Friends Center was established with the help of The Tenagra Corporation. The number of items and pets lost each year is staggering, and many are found by people who would gladly return them to their owners, if they knew how to do so. Lost and Found International can link these people through a simple telephone call. The concept utilizes an identification label or tag which is attached to the article or pet that the owner wishes to protect from loss. The label or tag contains an identification number and an 800 telephone number to call if the item is found.
Simplicity is the key to the process.
When the person finding the item sees the identification label, he calls the 800 telephone number, where he reaches a custom-designed telephone voice mailbox system. He leaves a recorded message specifying the item's identification number and the manner in which he can be reached by the owner. The owner accesses the system by calling the 800 number and specifying the identification number attached to the lost item. The system software matches calls for the same identification number and retrieves the finder's message. Finder and owner make contact, and the item is recovered.