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Never steal a hacker’s girlfriend’s phone: How an expert exposed a global network of thieves (english.elpais.com)

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[–] hitwright@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

They steal your iphone, then try to phish your pin. If that fails, they scrap the phone for parts.

The dude just basically says this ^