It is not new that going out with a smartphone in your pocket also brings with it the risk of having your device stolen or stolen during the journey, something that is especially potentiated in large capitals such as Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and the like.
In this sense, the Monitor da Violência of g1 brought an interesting mirror of what happens in one of the main cities in the country, the city of São Paulo, with the surprising mark of a stolen cell phone every 3 minutes, that is, more than 200 thousand occurrences in the capital of São Paulo in 2022.
The first and most striking detail is the increase when compared to the previous year, with a growth of 12% compared to 2021, which ended with 179 thousand occurrences of this measurement, showing the frank growth of this type of theft. It is worth noting that the pandemic may have had an impact on the number of cases last year (fewer people on the street, fewer cases).
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Another important aspect in the survey is the indication of which areas of the city were considered more likely to happen. According to g1, police districts of Campos Elíseos and Sé lead the ranking, recording 11,400 and 10,200 cases, respectively. In the case of individual roads, the highlight is Avenida Paulista, which had 5,300 registered cases, almost twice as much as the runner-up, Avenida do Estado, with 2,900.
And the preferred time for robbery or theft? Well, the isolated leader according to the G1 Violence Monitor was the night with 31.6% of the registered cases, followed by cases classified as “uncertain time”, with 20% of the cases, that is, 40.5 thousand cases. The time with the least number of records was early morning, with 12.5%.
- night: 31.6%
- at uncertain time: 20%
- late: 18.2%
- morning: 17.7%
- early morning: 12.5%
Unlocking and reselling as a problem
The robbery and theft of cell phones, in turn, is stimulated by another legally typified crime: that of receiving. The fact that there is a high amount of devices being subtracted from their owners seeks to feed the market of buyers who want to buy a device “paying little” without worrying regarding the origin.
Cases of devices like this are routinely found in areas of popular trade and also on social networks, thanks to the possibility of unlocking and reconditioning these devices illegally.
Ironically, those who feed this market help it to warm up and, consequently, target not only the device itself once more, but also family and friends, which can include, in extreme cases, the use of violence and even death.
Financial operations are also targeted
Another aspect when it comes to smartphone robbery and theft is the possibility of financial operations through these devices, thanks to the use of financial apps and the practicality of immediate shipments created by Pix, which even stimulated the emergence of the so-called “Pix cell phone”. , with registration only on a device kept at home.
This modality in particular benefits from the user who is interacting with the unlocked device (viewing a social network, replying to a message or surfing the internet), which opens the door to easy access to banking apps and, consequently, changing the password. easy way by SMS and email.
