When you start Pokemon Go game warns you that you must remain vigilant and look around. And for good reason — few gamers in the US have become victims of robbers who ambush unsuspecting trainers pokemon.
“This morning about 2 o’clock in the afternoon we responded to a call about an armed robbery. We have detained four suspects in a black BMW and confiscated the shotgun. We suspect them of committing a series of armed robberies in the districts of St. Louis and St. Charles. According to investigators, the suspects were tracked down their victims with Pokemon Go”, – quotes Kanobu statement to the police of Missouri.
In Pokemon Go players explore the real world in search of pokemon, which you can see and catch with a smartphone on iOS or Android. Also scattered around the world check-points Poke Stops, which provide players with helpful consumables like pokeball.
Also these points can be equipped with temporary modifications that lure wild pokémon. Where is the pokemon, there are those who want to catch them. So an enterprising robbers, and do: chose a quiet place, Yes it’s dark, put the bait on the nearest Poke Stop and waited for the unsuspecting teenager will bring your smartphone.
Police are urging users to be careful and not to go hunting for pokemon at night. At least alone, because even if the Russian criminals usually do not boast the technological knowledge, to Rob lone passerby acknowleges the screen of a smartphone, it will not prevent them.
