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HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

Do burgulars know you have coins in your home? Is your business tagged?

A British Daily Mail article, 9 Jan 2013, “The secret language of crime: Police reveal symbols used by burglars to help fellow criminals target rich and vulnerable homes...”

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2259445/Police-reveal-symbols-used-burglars-help-fellow-criminals-target-rich-vulnerable-homes.html

Further into the article there is some interesting information about Hobo codes.

Source: Daily Mail UK

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  • COCollectorCOCollector Posts: 1,313 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Surprisingly, there's a hobo emoji:


    http://emojiry.com/hobo-emoji/

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  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting !!! :)

    Timbuk3
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Many years ago, the hobo markings were fairly common... The village I grew up in had a railroad station, and rail riding hobo's were not uncommon in the warm months. Hobo marks were seen at various homes/establishments. Some owners would remove them... others left them. Those days are gone now... Cheers, RickO

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