Man claims his girlfriend caught him cheating using 'Pokémon Go'

Gonna catch 'em all.
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Brian Koerber
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Man claims his girlfriend caught him cheating using 'Pokémon Go'
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Gonna catch 'em all.

A NYC man is claiming that the popular augmented reality game Pokémon Go helped his current lover in catching him cheating.

According to the New York Post, Pokémon trainer Evan Scribner was hanging out with an ex in Bushwick last week. After the hangs, Scribner then opened up the app to catch some Pokémon, which tracks the users location and reportedly steals a whole bunch of other data.


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But when Scribner returned his cheating ass home to Queens, his current girlfriend checked the Pokémon he had recently acquired and noticed that he had caught one while near his ex's house in Bushwick.

Although the app doesn't give an exact timestamp, it does provide a date and pretty accurate location, pinpointing exactly where the player caught a specific Pokémon.

“She saw that I had caught a Pokémon while at my ex’s house,” Scribner told the New York Post.

Scribner understandably couldn't find any good excuses for why he would be in Bushwick, so his lady friend left.

“She found out last night at my house and hasn’t contacted me since then,” said Scribner.

So don't cheat, people. And if you do just make sure that you chill with the Pokemon Go because it's gonna get you caught.

And as the Post points out, Pokemon go may have ended one relationship, but it's certainly started many more. It may even be helping a few parents bond with their kids.

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Brian Koerber

Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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