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Tracking Down a Cell Phone Thief

Posted by Zonk on from the not-a-good-move dept.

Zone-MR writes "Last Saturday, MoDaCo (the world's largest smartphone community) held a get-together for their forum members. Unfortunately the positive community spirit was soured by an individual who decided to steal one of the charity raffle prizes - a C550 mobile phone. Check out the story of how we tracked the thief down, got the phone back, and secured the thief's place in the interweb's hall-of-shame."

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  1. some good detective work... by wcitech · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...and a little luck.

    While some good detective work was done by the MoDaCo admin(s?), a lot of thanks can be given to chance, because the cultprit was stupid enough to unlock his phone a) from a source well known to MoDaCo and b) from the same IP address. I'm calling it 25% good sleuthing, 75% dumb criminal.

    1. Re:some good detective work... by empvirus · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Reminds me of a story a retired officer told me. Here's how it goes: A guy goes to rob a quickie mart with a plastic bag over his head, yet forgot something seriously critical to the "mission". He forgot to make an air hole so he could breathe. And while attempting to rob, he began to suffocate. The officer got there just in time to save his life. He would not stop thanking the officer as he was arrested. It's amazing how stupid some people are.

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  2. The rat speaks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Here is the turd making a comment on the thread regarding the event and the missing phone.

    http://www.modaco.com/Event_pictures_and_a_plea_-t 225214-s15.html

    What an idiot.