An unlucky Singapore thief picked up six years of hard labor after the unique ring of the mobile phone he stole led police straight to him. Pretending to be a police detective, Rahman Magundario frisked two teenagers in a park, told them to turn their backs and made off with the S$250 ($140) phone, court documents show. If he had chosen another target in the mobile-mad city state, he might have got off the hook. His number was up a short while later when the victim heard the characteristic tune he had programmed into the phone. An unsuspecting buyer, who paid $70 in a coffeeshop for what he thought was Magundario's mobile, pointed police to the thief. The 39-year-old was sentenced for threatening the teenagers and impersonating a police officer. "He got six years of corrective training," a court official said. "It's harsher than a prison sentence."

失窃手机的独特铃声直接把警察带到了窃贼的所在，这个不走运的新加坡小偷于是得到了6年苦役的惩罚。法庭有关文件显示，拉赫曼·马冈达里奥假装警探在公园里搜查了两个少年，他叫他们背过身去，然后拿着价值250新加坡元（140美元）的手机逃走了。如果他选择的是这个手机泛滥的城市国家中别的目标，他也许就漏网了。然而不久之后失主就听见了自己编制并存入手机的独特铃声，马冈达里奥的气数也到了尽头。一个不知情的买主以为这是马冈达里奥的手机，在咖啡店里花70美元买下了它，他向警方指出了窃贼。39岁的马冈达里奥被判恐吓未成年人及假扮警察。一位法庭官员说：“他得接受6年的感化训练，这比判他坐牢还要严厉。”

Remarks：看来个性化还是有好处的，无怪得各种网站上都提供各式各样的个性手机铃声——可惜他们兜售的都是成千上万人共有的“个性”。