Guy Steals iPhone Sends Owner 11-Page Handwritten List of 1,000 Contacts
You'd have to agree that when you lose a phone,
replacing the device isn't as painful as rebuilding your
list of contacts. That's why this Chinese thief is so
special – he copied over 1,000 contacts on to 11
pages by hand and sent them to the owner of the
phone he had stolen.
The $440 iPhone in question belonged to Zou Bin, a
barman from Changsha, capital of the Hunan province.
Zou told local media that he was returning home
wasted from his best friend's bachelor party earlier
this month, when the theft occurred. He had passed
out in the taxi taking him home along with three other
strangers. Zou isn't certain which one of them was the
culprit.
When Zou discovered that his phone was missing the
next morning, he naturally was furious. The device
contained more than 1,000 work related contacts that
he could not afford to lose. So he did the first thing
that came to mind – Zou sent threatening text
messages to his own number from a friend's phone.
In what would later turn out to be a smart move, Zou
texted the thief, "You can be sure that I will find you.
Just have a look through my contacts and you will see
who I am. If you are clever, you will send the mobile back
to the following address…"
Of course, Zou wasn't serious, which is why the
pickpocket's next move stunned him. Four days later, he
received a package couriered to his front door.
Unfortunately it didn't contain the phone, but it did
carry the next best thing – a handwritten list of Zou's
contacts and his SIM. "All of the numbers were
handwritten," said Zou. "It would take a long time simply
to write the numbers 1 to 1,000 let alone all those
names and telephone numbers. It must have given him a
swollen hand."
Zou advised that people shouldn't just give up if they
lose their phone. "Sometimes bluffing works," he said.
"But it is also best to save your contacts to your SIM
card so you spare the thief some writing." The thief,
whoever he or she is, has become a hero of sorts in
the Chinese media. Internet users are calling him 'the
conscience of the robbery industry'. He's even being
compared to model citizen Lei Feng, member of the
People's Liberation Army.
I'm not sure what prompted the thief to do such a
thing. Was he genuinely trying to help Zou, or did he feel
threatened by the text messages? Whatever the
reason, it's pretty special what he's done. Perhaps the
poor fellow never meant to steal the phone, but didn't
really have the heart to return it either
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replacing the device isn't as painful as rebuilding your
list of contacts. That's why this Chinese thief is so
special – he copied over 1,000 contacts on to 11
pages by hand and sent them to the owner of the
phone he had stolen.
The $440 iPhone in question belonged to Zou Bin, a
barman from Changsha, capital of the Hunan province.
Zou told local media that he was returning home
wasted from his best friend's bachelor party earlier
this month, when the theft occurred. He had passed
out in the taxi taking him home along with three other
strangers. Zou isn't certain which one of them was the
culprit.
When Zou discovered that his phone was missing the
next morning, he naturally was furious. The device
contained more than 1,000 work related contacts that
he could not afford to lose. So he did the first thing
that came to mind – Zou sent threatening text
messages to his own number from a friend's phone.
In what would later turn out to be a smart move, Zou
texted the thief, "You can be sure that I will find you.
Just have a look through my contacts and you will see
who I am. If you are clever, you will send the mobile back
to the following address…"
Of course, Zou wasn't serious, which is why the
pickpocket's next move stunned him. Four days later, he
received a package couriered to his front door.
Unfortunately it didn't contain the phone, but it did
carry the next best thing – a handwritten list of Zou's
contacts and his SIM. "All of the numbers were
handwritten," said Zou. "It would take a long time simply
to write the numbers 1 to 1,000 let alone all those
names and telephone numbers. It must have given him a
swollen hand."
Zou advised that people shouldn't just give up if they
lose their phone. "Sometimes bluffing works," he said.
"But it is also best to save your contacts to your SIM
card so you spare the thief some writing." The thief,
whoever he or she is, has become a hero of sorts in
the Chinese media. Internet users are calling him 'the
conscience of the robbery industry'. He's even being
compared to model citizen Lei Feng, member of the
People's Liberation Army.
I'm not sure what prompted the thief to do such a
thing. Was he genuinely trying to help Zou, or did he feel
threatened by the text messages? Whatever the
reason, it's pretty special what he's done. Perhaps the
poor fellow never meant to steal the phone, but didn't
really have the heart to return it either
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