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Former Burglars Are Sharing Their Wildest Secrets For How To Avoid Getting Robbed, And It?s Fascinating


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The New York Times
SOURCE: https://www.buzzfeed.com/tessafahey/ex-burglar-advice
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Most smash-and-grabs don't trash your home, and you probably wouldn't even notice they were there if it weren't for the broken window or opened door."Alarms mean nothing, since most smash-and-grabs are done in only a few minutes (I usually took 3-5 minutes). If the deadbolt doesn't go into a stud, it is a waste of money."—taw4ama_CatBurgler"[I looked for] no cars in the drive or on the street, plenty of windows on the garage (to check for cars inside), large windows on the front of the house (easy to see inside to case), no flickering TV/computer, no music, signs of a decent person (well-manicured lawn? Congrats, you've just ensured that your neighbors will probably never see me."—taw4ama_CatBurgler"1.) They want to take things they, for some reason, couldn't take the first time.2.) They're kinda familiar with the house.3.) It's guaranteed that the people they robbed replaced the stuff they stole the first time; often these replacements are of better quality than the original.So after you get raided, take good security measures."—[deleted]—Drummerdoggie"A dog can be easily tamed usually. If the clerk leaves the register open a crack while they're behind the counter, that means the safe is likely open in the back room."It also helps to hit the places that hire felons because the cops are gonna waste a lot of time looking into the staff members who have a criminal history. A lot of crooks will use papers and mail to judge if a person is home or not over the holidays (and any time of the year), and if they see papers and mail coming and vanishing, especially with different lights changing, the risk of somebody being home is too great."Just leaving a few lights on all the time is a bad idea, though."—taw4ama_CatBurgler"My neighbor did that, and it fooled me.

As said here by Tessa Fahey