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Title: Armed robbers lured victims with Pokemon Go Post by: HCK on July 13, 2016, 04:05:14 pm Armed robbers lured victims with Pokemon Go
<article> <section class="page"> <p>With the launch of Pokemon Go last week, it’s not just players but police that “gotta catch ‘em all.”</p><p>Police in O’Fallon, Missouri, believe muggers may have tracked or lured victims through the Pokemon Go mobile game, in which players follow their phones’ directions to real-world places to “catch” Pokemon characters (http://www.networkworld.com/article/3093083/mobile-wireless/i-hunted-pokemon-by-two-of-the-worlds-most-famous-landmarks-and-alli-caught-was-a-lousy-zubat.html).</p><p>“The way we believe it was used is you can add a beacon to a Pokestop to lure more players. Apparently they were using the app to locate people standing around in the middle of a parking lot or whatever other location they were in,” O’Fallon Police Department explained on its official Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/OFallon-Missouri-Police-Department-180316078675503/).</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3093523/security/muggers-used-pokemon-go-to-lure-victims-police-say.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Armed robbers lured victims with Pokemon Go (http://www.macworld.com/article/3093523/security/muggers-used-pokemon-go-to-lure-victims-police-say.html#tk.rss_all) |