Armed robbers lured victims with Pokemon Go<article>
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<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.</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.</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>
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Armed robbers lured victims with Pokemon Go
