CYBER SHOPPING -
A THIEF’S CHRISTMAS WISH!
Cyber
shopping for the holidays has become very popular. The ease of shopping from your kitchen table,
still in your pajamas with your coffee mug in hand seems to be the perfect
answer to a busy parent’s nightmare. With no leaving the house, no fighting with a
crowd, no waiting in the check-out line, nearly $22 million dollars will be
spent this holiday season for online shopping – and thieves love it!!
The
Grinch that may be stealing your Christmas doesn't even wear a mask to cover
his/her face. In fact, more and more are
pulling their cars right into your driveway and casually loading your parcel,
just delivered by UPS, FedEx, or USPS into their vehicle in broad
daylight. As seen in the surveillance camera
footage here, this Christmas crab looks right into the
camera as he loads the box into his car.
Some
are even more brazen, as they search through parking lots of busy shopping malls,
looking for cars and SUV’s loaded down with gifts. Just today, WENN.com reported that “Duran
Duran star, Simon LeBon is fuming” after thieves bashed in the back window of
his vehicle, stealing all of his gifts, while he was parked at Cadogan Place
car park in London.
So
here are just a few tips to help protect your shopping treasures, and keep your
holiday spirits bright!!
- When
shopping online, use a delivery service that offers tracking. Make sure to keep up with your package, and
know when it will be delivered. Have a
neighbor pick it the package as soon as it is delivered – or if that isn’t
possible, have your delivery man leave your package in an area that is not
easily visible from the street.
- When
you’re out shopping for gifts, always put your packages in the trunk of your
car, or under a locked bed cover of your pickup. If you drive an SUV, try to place packages
under the seats or place them in an under-floor storage compartment. The idea is to keep them being visible as
people walk by your vehicle.
- Another tip for the shopping mall is to keep your wallet close to your body. Pick pockets call pull a wallet out of your
back pocket without you even knowing it, and thieves love to see women carry those
big open purses. Crowded check-out lines
make it very easy to reach in and grab your wallet that may carry all your cash
and credit cards – even your check book and ID’s.
- Also,
once you arrive home and wrap those presents to put under the tree, make sure
they are not near a big window with the curtains open. Thieves scoping your house will watch until
that stash of gifts fills up, and then wait for you to go off to that office
Christmas party, as they treat themselves to all your holiday treasures!
So keep the Grinch out of your holidays, and have yourself a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy
Hanukah!
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