December 13, 2004
Thief responds to woman's text message
The Malaysian Daily Express reports that a woman sent a text message to her own phone number, calling the thief who had stolen her handbag with her cell phone, requesting he keep everything, but return her ID card. To everyone's surprise, the thief responded immediately by SMS, saying he would drop it off at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
At the Hospital, not finding it, she called him and he told her that her things were placed under a tree in a black plastic bag near the dental clinic. She not only found her handbag and purse with her IC in it but also her credit cards and driving licence".
Related stories:
-- Cell phone's ring lets police reach out, touch suspect - A phone taken in an armed robbery and ended after a police sergeant called it and used some wily tactics to lure a suspect back to the scene of the crime.
-- SMS Sting - A cellphone thief in central China was arrested after accepting a text message offer from the owner of a free spare battery
-- Thief Returns Car After Receiving Text Messages - distraught woman used cell phone text messages to persuade a thief to return her car.
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