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Woman reunited with stolen iPhone thanks to accidental Facebook selfie post


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A woman and her iPhone have been happily reunited, thanks to the new owner having accidentally posted a selfie onto her Facebook page that went viral.

Nicola Shelton, 33, of Melbourne, had her bag stolen - credit cards, wallet, iPhone and all - while she was on holiday with friends at Byron Bay in New South Wales on Valentine's Day.

Well, she thought, she can just kiss that phone goodbye.

But last week, she got a clue sent from that same phone: specifically, a photo of a man taken near to where her bag and phone had been snatched almost two weeks before.

Ms. Shelton's boyfriend first noticed the photo, which had been posted to her Facebook wall, and alerted her to it.

Hopping mad, she shared the photo on Facebook.

According to 9 News, this is what she wrote:

So this is the low life that stole....

more @ https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/03/03/woman-reunited-with-stolen-iphone-thanks-to-accidental-facebook-selfie-post/

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