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Pokémon GO: Robbers using Pokéstop Lures to facilitate armed hold ups

11 Jul 2016
Steve Wright

The O’Fallon Missouri Police Department today warns Pokémon Go players that robbers are using the popular application to rob others.

The Police say robbers are using Pokéstop Lures to draw out and rob players who arrive at the landmark looking for Pokémon.

Over this weekend, a 19 year old girl in Wyoming discovered a dead body whilst playing Pokémon Go.

Be careful out there, trainers — if you’re going out at night, best to bring a buddy.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.