axxxr
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South African muggers are using camera phones to capture pictures of potential victims in banks before their accomplices stalk and rob them.
Herald Article
Among the victims of the suspected theft tactic was former SA hockey coach Brian Hibbert, who was attacked and robbed of R12,000 ($1,760) by armed men brandishing a knife and gun. Hibbert was left with three stab wounds in his right hand after he was overpowered by violent thieves last week shortly after taking a bag containing recently-withdrawn money from his car boot. The attack happened some distance away from the bank where he made the withdrawal. An unnamed female victim was also robbed in a second incident in the same area. Both cases remain unsolved.
Local police are urging banks to prohibit the use of camera phones on their premises. Theft of a different sort - fears over the use of camera phones to help low-level fraudsters to get a clean getaway or to help blaggers to case premises in preparation for armed robberies - has prompted a number of US banks to prohibit the use of mobiles on their premises.
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Mulder7
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Lets hope they never used the N80, picture quality is poor, so Im guessing they must have used a K750/W800. Anything else is prop a vga camera or that very loud D600 camera that when you zoom in sounds like a robot is moving.
This whole phenomena is a mystery, wrapped in an enigma, wrapped in a government agenda.
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Posted: 2006-08-08 20:12
