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What would you do if someone asked to see your iPhone?
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Yeah I probably would, although there was a scam like this in the UK were a hot girl would ask to send a text on your phone and sign you up to a year long premium rate text message service which were notoriously difficult to get out of.
remember behind every hot girl lurks danger !!!
remember behind every hot girl lurks danger !!!
I would in a heartbeat as long as they submit to all of the following:
a) Hand me a drivers license and credit card
b) give me their social security #
c) 20cc's of their blood in a hermetically sealed tube
d) get a manicure
d) have wiped down their hands with rubbing alcohol
e) are wearing a face mask
f) one foot is handcuffed to the table
But I'm not anal or anything
a) Hand me a drivers license and credit card
b) give me their social security #
c) 20cc's of their blood in a hermetically sealed tube
d) get a manicure
d) have wiped down their hands with rubbing alcohol
e) are wearing a face mask
f) one foot is handcuffed to the table
But I'm not anal or anything
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I actually had this happen to me waking in downtown Los angles. I literally slapped the guy and walked away
I actually had this happen to me waking in downtown Los angles. I literally slapped the guy and walked away
and how would you work out if they were going to steal it?
I think he meant whether the context of the situation was whether it was an opportunity for theft or for potential damage. The OP wasn't entirely explicit so he answered both ways. For example, a clerk at a store asks to hold it. Chances are they're not going to grab it and run out of the store.
if it's not a close friend or a family member, the answer is no.
you'd have to be pretty dumb to let a stranger on the street hold it, even if it's an attractive girl. in which case the only way she'd get to hold the phone is if she would be entering her name and number into it.
you'd have to be pretty dumb to let a stranger on the street hold it, even if it's an attractive girl. in which case the only way she'd get to hold the phone is if she would be entering her name and number into it.
This is ridiculous. You don't hand over anything to a stranger that has your personal information or has a high monetary value. There should be no good reason why a perfect stranger wants to see your iphone. This is how people get robbed. Based on the answers I see here I can only gather that none of you have grown up in rough neighborhoods or have forgotten how to survive on the streets, or grew up sheltered. So I will give you the correct responses to a few of the select comments below
Might be wise course, but hit the gym.
Correct response.
Correct response.
Correct response but you better put a New York or LA spin on it.
This response could backfire, but its better than handing it over.
Do your assessment of the individual as you should with any stranger approaching you, however as long as youre not hemmed in and have freedom of movement its best to keep moving and ignore the person.
Incorrect response. Items that have personal data should never be handed over to a stranger. Suppose you get distracted for a second.
Based on that thought process I take it you would not hand over your device.
Correct response.
Supposition, not fact. This is exactly how it works in Midtown Manhattan and all the other Boroughs. I can only speak on NYC as that's where I'm from. You need a street course.
There are certain signs with amateur thiefs. It harder to define if the person is doing this as business to resell overseas or something. I guess you were lucky enough to have never have been robbed on the street, or have never witnessed someone being setup. Hopefully your naiveness will keep you safe.
Better than handing it over, but too much talk, best to keep brief and keep moving.
Correct response, but keep moving, any comment other than Hell No opens you up to further conversation. You don't want to converse with someone asking to see your iphone.
Correct response
I don't know if your joking or serious. You say you heard of a scam like this yet you admit you probably would. You might as well hand over your phone and your wallet now because youre likely to lose them.
[/quote]I actually had this happen to me waking in downtown Los angles. I literally slapped the guy and walked away[/quote]
Unless youre in law enforcement or have a permit to carry a gun or carry one illegally, incorrect response. Since you said slapped and not punched I can only gather you are female. Your setting yourself up to get hurt.
Incorrect response, once again there is no reason to show any one any phone that has your personal information. The fact that it is a phone makes no difference.
Might be wise course, but hit the gym.
Correct response.
Correct response.
Correct response but you better put a New York or LA spin on it.
This response could backfire, but its better than handing it over.
Do your assessment of the individual as you should with any stranger approaching you, however as long as youre not hemmed in and have freedom of movement its best to keep moving and ignore the person.
Correct response[/quote]A stranger that I've been having a conversation with? Sure. You know, like I was chatting a retail sales person. [/quote]
Incorrect response. Items that have personal data should never be handed over to a stranger. Suppose you get distracted for a second.
Hmmmm. Let me thinkabout that one and I'll get back to you....
Based on that thought process I take it you would not hand over your device.
Correct response.
Supposition, not fact. This is exactly how it works in Midtown Manhattan and all the other Boroughs. I can only speak on NYC as that's where I'm from. You need a street course.
and how would you work out if they were going to steal it?
There are certain signs with amateur thiefs. It harder to define if the person is doing this as business to resell overseas or something. I guess you were lucky enough to have never have been robbed on the street, or have never witnessed someone being setup. Hopefully your naiveness will keep you safe.
Better than handing it over, but too much talk, best to keep brief and keep moving.
Correct response, but keep moving, any comment other than Hell No opens you up to further conversation. You don't want to converse with someone asking to see your iphone.
Correct response
Yeah I probably would, although there was a scam like this in the UK were a hot girl would ask to send a text on your phone and sign you up to a year long premium rate text message service which were notoriously difficult to get out of.
remember behind every hot girl lurks danger !!!
I don't know if your joking or serious. You say you heard of a scam like this yet you admit you probably would. You might as well hand over your phone and your wallet now because youre likely to lose them.
[/quote]I actually had this happen to me waking in downtown Los angles. I literally slapped the guy and walked away[/quote]
Unless youre in law enforcement or have a permit to carry a gun or carry one illegally, incorrect response. Since you said slapped and not punched I can only gather you are female. Your setting yourself up to get hurt.
Incorrect response, once again there is no reason to show any one any phone that has your personal information. The fact that it is a phone makes no difference.
Then you don't really want your phone. Can I see it?
Incorrect response.
Edit: These are the typical answers I would expect to see in a Mac forum. Because you have "no app for that" your totally clueless.
My peace of mind is worth more than someone else's curiosity
Just like I won't let people I know drive my car
Just like I won't let people I know drive my car
There's no way in hell I'd hand something that expensive to a random stranger. If I want to be rid of my phone that badly, I could just toss it down a storm sewer and save myself the awkward interpersonal interaction.