Thievery

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Melbourne Hotel Chain Offers Free $15,000 Banksy Artwork — If You Steal It!

5:20PM December 14, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

The video above is your only clue. Your mission, if you choose to accept it: find this signed and authenticated print of Banksy’s “No Ball Games” within the next 30 days at one of the Art Series hotel chains — snatch it without getting nabbed and it’s yours to keep. The piece is stashed somewhere in the Melbourne area and worth $15,000 Australian. More »


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They’d Been Better Off Stealing Two Cans And A String

9:00AM July 13, 2009 | Jack Loftus

What is it with idiots and electronics today? First, some bone-headed German bargain hunters got swindled shopping for discount iPods. And now, down in Mexico, thieves are stealing hollow replica display case mobile phones. More »


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German Bargain Hunters Conned Into Buying Bag Of “Potato IPods”

5:00AM July 13, 2009 | Jack Loftus

A group of German bargain hunters, obviously thinking they had stumbled upon the iPod deal of the century, would do best do to stop bargain hunting because they’re about as dumb as the sack of potatoes they now posses. More »