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    NYC iPhone owner tricks thief using dating app

    Associated Press – Sat, Jan 5, 2013

    NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City musician used a combination of technology, seduction, a hammer and a bribe to reclaim his missing iPhone from a confused crook.

    Jazz trombonist Nadav Nirenberg (nah-DAHV' NEE'-run-berg) says he left the phone in a livery cab on New Year's Eve. The next morning, the 27-year-old learned via email that someone was sending messages to women using a dating app on the phone.

    Nirenberg logged on to the service and offered the man a date — posing as a woman. He even posted a picture of a pretty girl.

    When the culprit arrived at Nirenberg's Brooklyn apartment building with wine, the musician greeted him with a $20 bill while holding a hammer — just in case.

    The thief handed him the iPhone and left without a word.

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