December 7, 2009
Music fans targeted by phone thieves
usic-lovers watching their favorite acts at live concerts are increasingly becoming targets for gangs of mobile phone thieves, British police said on Monday. Reuters reports.
"We are concerned that organized thieves are targeting concerts to steal phones from genuine fans," said Detective Superintendent Nev Nolan, head of the National Mobile Phone Crime Unit (NMPCU).
A lot of people like to use their mobile phones to film or take photographs of the concert, but will then return the phone to an insecure bag or pocket, where thieves are able to snatch it.
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