IPHONE THEFT ON THE RISE NATIONALLY (I AM A VICTIM); TWO BLACK MALE TEENS ROBBED ME ON EAST COAST

IPHONE THEFT ON THE RISE NATIONALLY (I AM A VICTIM):

TWO BLACK MALE TEENS STOLE MY IPHONE ON THE EAST COAST IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.

I IMMEDIATELY CALLED LOCAL POLICE WHO DID AN AMAZING JOB ASSISTING ME.

PLEASE BEWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS WHEN USING YOUR IPHONE IN PUBLIC.

IPHONE THIEVES TARGET IPHONE OWNERS USING GOOGLE MAPS.


Sources: Business Insider, LA Times, Youtube



******* Thieves stole $16,000 worth of iPhones from an Apple Store with one simple tool: a blue shirt


At Apple Stores, the display computers and phones may be locked down to tables, but the extra devices in the back aren't.

And as it turns out, an enterprising thief needs only a blue shirt and a similarly attired partner to walk off with thousands of dollars in Apple products.

That's exactly what happened in Manhattan last week when a thief posing as a one of the familiar-looking Apple Store staffers purloined 19 iPhones — worth $16,130 — from the SoHo Apple Store.


DNAinfo reports:


Police said the thief "dressed similarly" to store employees — who usually wear blue T-shirts imprinted with an Apple logo — and walked right into an electronics repair room at about 5:30 p.m. on June 1.

The man grabbed 19 iPhones from a drawer inside the room, worth a total of $16,130, then handed them over to another thief.

That man hid the phones under his shirt, and the pair walked out of the store.