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Facebook warning As some of you may know, about two weeks ago our front door was kicked in and our house was robbed and trashed. Thank heavens they did hurt my dogs or let them loose. We have learned a lot in two weeks. We now have an alarm system and have learned that if you have anything of value, take a picture of it and lock it in a safe or safety deposit box at the bank. My physical therapist warned me today about Facebook. He was telling me about a woman he knows that posted on Facebook that she and her husband were eating at a local restuarant. When they got home, they had been robbed. You never know who reads your posts. |
Yep, that sort of thing has been on the news lately. One couple was robbed while she and her husband were at a concert. They posted on FB so that any friends that were interested in going could join them. You never know who is your "friend" on FB, an old neighbor of hers that she hasn't really been in contact with for years read her post and robbed their home while they were out. |
Unbelievable. I remember a time when people used to do this with obituaries too. Victimize the mourning family by seeing when the funeral is and breaking in when they know everyone's gone. |
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: I am sort of "against " these social sites for many reasons... not that i think people can not make friends online, but these sites encourage overexposure ! I have seen so many personal detailed information people post ... i am just always on "alert" ! Sorry for your bad experience, but thanks for posting. Blessings ! XOXO |
I'm always leery of stuff like that on Facebook. For that very reason, I never post about something that I'm about to go do, I wait until I get home and then post about what I've already done. |
I have never understood why people do that. They update their status to "Having at the beach" or "Leaving for Europe tomorrow" :confused: That just SCREAMS "come rob my house." :eek: |
It's a great warning to everyone. I see on my FB wall all day long exactly where people are. I assume it's an app that they use. "Just checked in at Walmart", or whatever. People even post "yay, going on vacation in 3 days". I have no idea why people post detailed information like that. I'm sorry about what happened to you and am glad all is ok. EDIT:BamaFan - you beat me to it! |
Another warning - not about social sites though. how many of you use a GPS? how many have your home as a waypoint (or whatever they call them)? I heard of someone who was at a ballgame and someone broke into their vehicle and stole their GPS. They set it to go "home", as they knew the owners were at the ballgame, so they were able to go to the house and burglarize it. Never have "home" on your GPS. call it something else. |
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Where I am going with this is the detective told us that 95% of all break ins are by someone who knows you. So, it is very possible that they could pull information from Facebook. Warn everyone you know but it is a terrible thing to go through. Please let me know if I can do anything at all for you. Sylvia, I too have a GPS with home programed. I was told when I purchased it to never leave it in the car. They recommended a carry bag so we could take it with us when we had the car parked. I am so glad I listened to them. |
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Learned a lot on YT today! |
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You might notify your local police so they can keep an eye on your home. Just a suggestion. |
Thanks for the GPS info. I will change "home" to "Target";) |
posting on face book I use face book mainly to grab pics off that my kids put on of my grandchildren. I keep warning them about too much info. They have the state they live in but not the town. What scares me is my 14 year old granddaughter who post pictures of herself all the time in tight clothes and low tops. I think you are suppose to be 18 to even be on face book but she won't listen to her dad or me. She is a beautiful girl and she knows it and loves the attention. I'm scared to death of the kind of attraction she will be getting. These girls today have no idea of what they can get into and as they know "everything" you can't get them to listen. |
Really haven't thought about that. Thanks for the heads up! What bothers me is that my info is readily available on the Internet like People Search | White Pages | Find People | FREE!. There are few other sites that show the information for free. I've been wanting to move out of El Paso someday & when I do, I'll do everything I could to keep my info private like using PO Box. |
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I didn't like when my SIL had a slide show showing a virtual tour of her house! Geez, tell when your not home AND give them a layout to study. |
Thanks for the reminder. I normally try not to post about trips until after I am back at home but I made an exception this weekend and did post that I was in Kentucky. I am lucky no unscrupulous people saw it and figured that I wasn't home! I am making a promise to myself to do a better job and get back to telling about trips only AFTER they are completed! That was very dangerous! Sometimes I think we get lulled into a false sense of security and it takes hearing about something horrible like this to remind us of the consequences! Sorry you had to go through such a miserable experience, but I thank you for using it to help others. Like you, I would just be thankful nothing happened to my dogs. The material things can be replaced, but not my pups! |
Oh, I have a GREAT GPS story. Short version: Some guys on the other side of town starting coming to our county and breaking in to cars at night. They hit our neighborhood one night and stole my husband's GPS unit. They caught the guys that week, recovered some of the stuff including DH's GPS--they knew it was his because he could verify the last 3 addresses he went to. Here's the kicker...the guys that stole it took out our home address and put THEIRS in there. So when DH got it back, it still had their address programmed into it, so we knew exactly where the guys lived! :rolleyes: |
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My GPS won't allow me to put in my direct address only the immediate area. I try to keep mine inside the glove compartment or out of sight when leaving my car. It is really amazing how thieves can figure out all ways of burglarizing your home. |
After reading the first page of this...I will be carrying my GPS with me when I am out and about. I won't be leaving it in the car at all. |
We just had a home invasion on Monday night here in Farmingdale. During the day when a young woman was at home....very scary. |
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Holy cow bells. I never thought about that. I want to get my BF a GPS, I'll have to remind him not to put that info in there. |
What's strage is, the AF just sent us a mass email stating not to use the Location Tool on facebook just for this very reason. I don't know why you'd want everyone knowing exactly where you're at all the time. I like to keep a low profile, lol. |
just something to think about when you post after you get home a burglar could see a pattern for instance. my cousin leaves for work every morning at 800 when she gets to work she gets on facebook and comments on the traffic then later in the day she will post again about her husband going to get the kids from school. someone could infer that all that time the house is empty(and it is) A old friend from high school is a stay at home mom but every Thursday she goes and play poker at her church from 6-8 in the evening when she gets home she almost always comments on how her son did at the sitter well since her son is at the sitter every week then her husband must not be home so once again you can infer the house must be empty (now if only you could get through the 4 huge mastiffs and the angry Australian Shepard you would be set) |
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