Brit tourist robbed in Magaluf tracks stolen iPhone to ROMANIA – and sends crook a threatening text
Alexander Hamilton had software on his phone so when it was stolen he used it to send the thief a message in full Scottish spirit
A SCOTTISH man managed to track down his stolen phone in Romania and send the thief a message to say "I know where you live wee man".
Alexander Hamilton was on holiday in Majorca when his iPhone was swiped, but a built-in app allowed him to work out exactly where it was.
The software also lets the user send a message to the phone and Alexander sent the thief a threat.
He tweeted a photo of the message he sent, with the caption: "I love how my phone was stolen in Magaluf and its ended up in Romania I don't think they'll be using it again mind you."
He wrote to the thief and said: "I know where you live wee man, Strada Alexandru Moruzi Voievod.
"Run and hide ya sh**bag."
His was found 1,966 miles away from his UK location and his hilarious tweet has tgot more than 1,000 likes and retweets.
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