Actually, this one is far from cut-and-dry. The reporter says that his colleague Florin is showing how hard the wind is blowing. If Florin is the cameraman, then this story is legit, but if Florin is the production assistant kicking sand, the reporter was actually pointing out the guy kicking sand.

How do I know this? Well, two years in Peace Corps and near fluent Romanian finally pays off for me... in a Neatorama post. sigh

Unless it was an unlocked phone, most likely the vendor already programmed the phone with the phone number (and most likely it was the buyer's old phone number) so it's no surprise that the victim here knew the phone number.