Comment on Female tourist takes down phone-snatcher in Argentina
UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 1 week ago
My wife got pickpocketed in Rome on the train. Possibly a woman who didn’t get on the train behind her. We traced the phone to an atm where it was shut off, but not there. They bought something for 1k at the train station and were probably trying the atm next. She had no phone and kept using mine since I put her account temporarily on my phone. To top it all off Verizon couldn’t activate an esim so I had to wait and go into a store to get a physical Sim where the person working didn’t know I can order a Sim for free online and pick it up. I usually get used phones and it was a pixel 7 pro.
Schmuppes@lemmy.today 1 week ago
Explain “They bought something for 1k at the train station” for me, please.
UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Oh, my brain was thinking and typing it out didn’t happen. My wife’s bank card and driver’s license was in the back of the phone. We had to cancel the card. They couldn’t get into the phone, that’s why they went to the atm after or maybe a coincidence the last location report on the phone was at the atm. We were doing tourist stuff trying to figure out to pay for the train and they saw. They even warn you about pick pockets on the train in Rome.
Schmuppes@lemmy.today 1 week ago
Thank you, I didn’t want to come across as rude.
Krompus@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Pretty surey tap to pay has a $100 limit, any more requires card and PIN.