NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City musician used a combination of technology, seduction, brute force and a bribe to reclaim his missing iPhone from a confused crook.
Jazz trombonist Nadav Nirenberg tells the New York Post that he left his iPhone in a livery cab on New Year’s Eve.
The next morning, the 27-year-old learned via email that someone was sending creepy messages to women using a dating app on the phone.
So he logged on to the service and offered the man a date — posing as a woman. He even sent a picture of a pretty girl.
When the culprit arrived at Nirenberg’s Brooklyn apartment with wine, the musician jumped out brandishing a hammer.
But he also offered $20.
The thief handed him the iPhone and bolted.
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Information from: New York Post, http://www.nypost.com
Why would he give the 20.00? Hammer > Bottle of Wine lol
It was not a thief, the idiot owner left the phone behind in a taxi, how is that stealing when the owner left it there? The guy FOUND it not stole it, which means he’s not a thief. The owner is a moron for leaving something that expensive. I always know where my phone is and have never left one anywhere.
whether he found if or not, he made no attempt to try and return it! Thst makes nhim a thief in my eyes. Maybe you will understand that one day when you do nske a mistske