NYC iPhone owner tricks thief using dating app

NEW YORK A New York City musician used a combination of technology, seduction, a hammer and a bribe to reclaim his missing iPhone from a confused crook.

Jazz trombonist Nadav Nirenberg says he left the phone in a livery cab on New Year's Eve. The next morning, the 27-year-old learned via email that someone was sending messages to women using a dating app on the phone.

Nirenberg logged on to the service and offered the man a date — posing as a woman. He even posted a picture of a pretty girl.

When the culprit arrived at Nirenberg's Brooklyn apartment building with wine, the musician greeted him with a $20 bill while holding a hammer — just in case.

The thief handed him the iPhone and left without a word.

[jmn122736]

Newster9O2lO, you said: "If it was me waiting in that hotel room, the thief would have been staring down the barrel of a .38 while I phoned the cops to come arrest the prik".

Tell me Newster; just exactly how would you manage that? Would you be sitting there for hours, or even days, with your gun already drawn? Would every hotel employee entering the apartment (for cleaning or other room service) also be staring down your gun barrel? Since you obviously wouldn't recognize the thief on sight, would you simply hope that he would show the phone instead of a gun, or would you shoot first and ask questions later?

The world will always be full of quick-draw-McGraw and Doc holiday wannabe's.
There is an old saying about gunfighters "there is always someone faster".

Wonder why Wyatt Earp always made people leave their six-guns hanging on the old corral fence

[Yutaka-Uno]

The i-phone was left in a cab. The guy didn't exactly steal it from the owner even though he should have given it to the taxi driver. But then who knows what the driver would have done?

[Scimajor]

"The i-phone was left in a cab. The guy didn't exactly steal it from the owner .,..."

Are you kidding me???? No only did he just simply take the phone ..... he USED it AND clearly had no intention of returning it or making ANY attempt to do so.

YIKES!!!!

[Blackborg917]

Probably drovea stolen BMW, and had stolen credit card for the date. But had plans for McDonalds! Hard core Dummy!

[netjunkie1]

No wine?