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On 2007-05-07 11:51:56, trogdor the burninator wrote:
in australia some crims have actually trained koalas to climb down from trees and pick peoples pockets
Haha thats cool!!
I was in Sun City, a resort here, and there were signs all over the pool area warning that monkeys will steal your cellphones!!
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Posted: 2007-05-07 11:56:16
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Use a banana phone, and let the monkey take that instead!!
In Turkiye, they approach you from behind with a bike or a car, pull your bag off your shoulder and drive away. This is called something like "grab&run" in Turkiye, and this used to be categorized as common theft, not robbery (therefore criminals were charged with lower penalties). Don't know if it's still so, but people still get robbed, and IMEI's are copied to disguise the stolen phones.
edit. They took around 3 US Dollars from every phone in circulation a few years ago. They said this would ensure that all phones are kept under record, and robberies would be prevented. But those guys can easily copy-paste IMEI's, so what was the point of collecting millions of dollars?
[ This Message was edited by: lastikcizme on 2007-05-07 11:22 ]
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Posted: 2007-05-07 12:18:50
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On 2007-05-07 11:11:11, aragorn666 wrote:
in our country they pull it from our pocket
Simple. Dont keep the phones in the pocket. Thats what i do
I always hold my phone in my hand cause me always surfing Esato....
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Posted: 2007-05-07 14:03:56
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This friend of mine got his phone stolen while he was working in the garden...haha the guy jumped over the wall took the phone and ran away...haha blo0dy cheek
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Posted: 2007-05-07 15:55:33
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They should make destructible phones!!!
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Posted: 2007-05-07 16:08:28
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in my country the robbers are "gentle".my first mobile was stolen when i was at the gym and the phone was in the so called locker, which in fact there was no locker just a place to hang your jacket on.
they usually steal from camping,trips or clubs. but you won't meet persons or groups of persons who stops on the street and ask for your mobile.
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Posted: 2007-05-07 16:24:57
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On 2007-05-07 16:24:57, antichrist wrote:
in my country the robbers are "gentle".my first mobile was stolen when i was at the gym and the phone was in the so called locker, which in fact there was no locker just a place to hang your jacket on.
they usually steal from camping,trips or clubs. but you won't meet persons or groups of persons who stops on the street and ask for your mobile.
Awe so cute!! Hehehe just kidding.
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Posted: 2007-05-07 17:21:37
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On 2007-05-07 16:08:28, 786KBR wrote:
They should make destructible phones!!!
hell yeah
that would be freaking awsm.!
i still dun get it.! after we lock our mobile sets . how do they unlock it.!??
i mean changing IMEI's sounds impossible??
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Posted: 2007-05-07 17:37:17
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As far as i know, they can easily change IMEI's. They get a cheap, "legally acquired" phone, and then "copy-paste" its IMEI to the stolen, expensive phone. They throw the cheap phone away, and now you have an N95 that is registered as a 3310 on the records.
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Posted: 2007-05-07 19:27:47
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gunpoint, knife on your back..... 2 guys on both of your side then the other at the back for lookout.....snatched while in the taxi or jeepney. taken from your back while you where not looking.....well sometimes the whole back comes too..
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Posted: 2007-05-07 19:30:51
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