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© Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Mexicans buy fake cell phones to hand over in muggings
By MARK STEVENSON MEXICO CITY©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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TumbleDry
This is sad...
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World overpopulation is driving more people to desperation. This is the wave of the future.
theFu
Whenever I travel outside my home country, I take a cheap $50 smartphone with minimal features, slow CPU, little RAM and zero account connections. Buy a local SIM at the airport.
For me, this is more about unwarranted border searches. I used to carry an $800 smartphone, but discovered a few years ago that a new $200 one did everything. With the yearly improvements, bet a $150 phone does the same stuff today.
As for cash, usually carry only enough for the day which could be $5-$20. If I'm in a high crime/theft city, I'll have about $20 in local currency in a hat, sock, shoe, somewhere odd. Never did this until a friend was pick pocketed 2 times in 2 days on a trip and had his wallet, CCards, and 2 phones in 2 days stolen. He didn't know about the first theft for hours after it happened.