I found an iPhone, what now???

I found an iPhone today, 16 gb, AT&T 3G I'm trying to figure out HOW to return it to its owner. I need a passcode to open it and search for a contact phone number? Am I stuck with this thing. Someone surely would like to have this back! Anyone in the know please help, thank you...
patrick j

As a Christian, YES, I picked up the abandoned cell phone with full knowledge of 'finding' the rightful owner. If I left it there what chance would it have of that happening? I spent many hours 'trying' to find out HOW to locate the owner. Very frustrating, very.
I took the iPhone to AT&T this afternoon and asked the manager if there was a way? He popped a card out of the phone, popped the card into a computer, got a phone number, and called the person. In a few seconds I was speaking with the brother of the girl who lost her phone! Amazing. I left the phone there for him to pick up at his convenience. Top notch service! And when I had spoken to an employee at another AT&T earlier in the day they said it couldn't be done if it was password protected.
p.s. I have never owned a cellphone...

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