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Cordelia
> Subject: Fw: Security Notice!
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> fyi
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> Share with those accustomed to using phone walking in street.
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> (Rodabe for Rustam)
> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> From: Sam Magar <sam at magarcompany.com>
> To: "Lynn Burdell (
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 3:15 PM
> Subject: FW: Security Notice!
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> Samuel J. Magar
> MAGAR & COMPANY
> 22100 Woodward Avenue
> Ferndale, MI 48220
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> Sean,
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> Can you get this out to the security committee. I am sure everyone has heard about the shooting at the Ren Cen this morning. The person shot this morning is a personal friend of mine. The crime that Calvin was trying to stop is called "Apple Picking" and is the new trend in criminal activity across the nation and in our area as well. Recently we have had over 70 "Apple Picking" incidents in this area alone.
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> I would like to remind everyone to always be aware of your surroundings. A new phenomenon in crime is called "Apple Picking". This is where thief's steal your phone right out of your hands while you are walking down the street looking at emails, texting or looking through your music lists. Over 70 cases have occurred recently within the area.
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> Please see the reports below. Do not become a statistic and think about what someone could gain by taking your phone; banking information, personal information, your home address, your calendar, your emails, your pictures, your text messages or whatever. If they know your home address and have your calendar, they know when your not at home and they might even have pictures of your house and what is in it. Think about it!
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> APPLE PICKING CRIME STATISTICS
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> New York, New York
> 2012: 16,000 cell phone thefts = 14% of all crimes
> Source: http://www.bbb.org/blog/2013/01/apple-picking-heightens-crime-rates-safeguard-your-apple-devices/
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> 2012: Apple thefts increased by 3,890.
> Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/apple-crime-spree-221345517.html
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> Washington, D.C.
> 54% more cell phone robberies occurred in 2011 than in 2007.
> Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/06/apple-picking-stolen-iphones_n_2818488.html
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> 67% of items snatched and pickpocketed on the Metro transit system in the first three months of 2013 were iPhones (100 out of 144 devices stolen).
> Source: http://washingtonexaminer.com/thieves-on-metro-target-iphones/article/2529016
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> 2012: 40% (1,829) of total reported robberies in D.C. were cell phone robberies.
> Source: http://inthecapital.streetwise.co/2013/05/07/iphones-are-officially-the-number-one-target-for-theft-on-the-metro/
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> San Francisco, California
> Half of all robberies in San Francisco involved mobile devices in 2012, most of which occurred near transit centers.
> Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57587835-94/apple-others-to-meet-with-law-enforcement-over-violent-phone-thefts/
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> Los Angeles, California
> Cell phone thefts accounted for more than a quarter of all robberies in Los Angeles as of October 2012.
> Cell phone thefts increased by 27% in 2012 as compared to 2011.
> Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/20/stolen-iphones_n_1992843.html
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> Cell phone thefts near University of Southern California campuses
> 2010 = 56
> 2011 = 81
> 2012 = 116
> 2013 YTD as of 04/20/2013 = 47
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> iPad thefts near University of Southern California campuses
> 2010 = 0
> 2011 = 9
> 2012 = 27
> 2013 YTD as of 04/20/2013 = 14
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> iPod thefts near University of Southern California campuses
> 2010 = 36
> 2011 = 29
> 2012 = 22
> 2013 YTD as of 04/20/2013 = 8
> Source: http://capsnet.usc.edu/department/department-public-safety/crime-stats
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> Chicago, IL
> Police say “Apple Picking” has helped increase robberies 23% on the Chicago Transit Authority.
> Source: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-07-11/classified/ct-met-getting-around-0711-20110711_1_cta-property-smartphone-thefts-cta-riders
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> London, UK
> More than 300 cell phones are stolen in London every day, according to the Metropolitan Police. A significant number are iPhones.
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> Evening Standard reported figures in December 2012 9,751 cell phones stolen.
> Metropolitan Police reported April-September 2012, 28,800 iPhones stolen. Total number of cell phones stolen 56,680, 157 each day and of these 79 were iPhones.
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> Common profile for victims: young professional aged between 20 and 30, out in the city at an “entertainment spot” or other public place
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> Source: http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/01/15/iphone-theft-soars-in-london-as-300-mobile-phones-are-stolen-every-day/
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> General Statistics
> Top 10 U.S. cities most likely to get a cell phone stolen: Philadelphia, Seattle, Oakland, Long Beach, Newark, Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore, New York, Boston.
> Source: http://bgr.com/2012/11/08/smartphone-theft-stats-u-s/
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> The Federal Communications Commission reports that 30-40% of all robberies in major cities involve cell phones.
> Source: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/09/iphone-thefts-apple-picking-on-the-rise/
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> As of June 13, 2013, “apple picking” accounts for 1 in 3 robberies in the United States.
> Source: http://www.wcvb.com/news/money/technology/apple-picking-smartphone-thefts-on-the-rise/-/9848656/20550182/-/12wyvioz/-/index.html
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> Approximately 1.6 million Americans fell victim to cell phone theft in 2012.
> Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57587835-94/apple-others-to-meet-with-law-enforcement-over-violent-phone-thefts/
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> According to the 2011/12 Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), around 2% of mobile phone owners experienced a phone theft in the previous 12 months. This proportion has been broadly consistent since 2005/06 (when the question was first introduced).
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> Despite this, due to the increase in mobile phone ownership over this period, the number of victims of mobile phone theft has shown a small increase.
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> Mobile phone theft victims were most likely to be children aged 14 to 17 or young adults aged 18 to 24 years with the victimization rate of these groups being twice as high as the average (at around 4%). Specifically, women aged 18 to 24 were at highest risk of mobile phone theft victimization with 1 in 20 experiencing a theft in the last year (2011/12 CSEW).
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> Incidents of mobile phone theft increased to a peak in the 2003/04 survey along with increasing mobile phone ownership. Since 2003/04, the number of incidents involving a mobile phone theft has gradually fallen, reaching a low point in 2010/11 (despite a continuing increase in mobile phone ownership) but has subsequently risen in the 2011/12 CSEW.
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> In 1993 the majority (73%) of mobile phone theft incidents were classified as theft from a motor vehicle. Comparatively, in 2011/12, the most common type of offence involving mobile phone theft was other personal theft where the phone was not in the owner’s possession at the time it was stolen (39%). This is related to the change in the marketplace as car phones were soon replaced by handheld mobile phones.
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> The increase in the volume of mobile phones stolen in incidents of personal theft is likely to reflect both their increased value and desirability to thieves and the fact that more people are carrying high-value phones on their person. Most recently, in 2011/12 the proportion of theft from the person and robbery incidents involving a mobile phone increased to 46% from 31% in 2010/11.
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> Source: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/crime-stats/crime-statistics/focus-on-property-crime--2011-12/rpt-section-2---focus-on-mobile-phone-theft.html
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