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Burglars Are Sharing Secrets On How You Can Avoid Getting Robbed (20 Tips)

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“Not a burglar, but our home has been broken into. We only had the one-bedroom at the time, but the places that the burglar looked into were: the closet (everything was thrown out), desk drawers (found a bit of cash and our passports were taken), the entry furniture (drawers), under the bed / bedside tables. At least now I know where not to hide valuables. Not that I have any.” – doesitmatter83

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“We had a huge safe that takes 2-3 people to move. They broke into my house and flipped everything all over searching, but when they found the safe they left everything else and focused on taking that. I even had IPads and Rolex watches lying around in open. Point is, we kept the safe empty, would only keep a few fake pieces of jewelry in case there was ever a home invasion we could offer them something to take.” – Joeycane27

13.

“My mother has a closet filled with food supplies, boxes of bags of spices and such. There’s at least 3 dozen such boxes at all times in said closet. ONE OF THEM, and she replaces it regularly so the expiration date remains relevant, she opens up carefully, fills with valuables, and then carefully closes back up.

She had me try to find which one of the boxes it was. I genuinely couldn’t tell from sight alone, only the slightly different heft tipped me off after 10 minutes. No burglar will ever find that stash.” – Kaleopolitus

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“Pro tip: Hide your small valuables inside a used/empty fire extinguisher, no one is going to steal a fire extinguisher…” – shocksalot123

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“Had my home burgled twice. Best place to hide jewelry is in the bottom hem of your curtains. Taking off a valuable ring before you shower but don’t want to go all the way to your jewelry box hidey hole? Tuck them in the curtain hem. It’s not a long term solution, but getting into the habit of keeping your good shit out of plain sight will save you on the day someone breaks in. It is so easy to leave earrings/rings/bracelets laying around.” – orangejuicenopulp

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“DON’T USE KEYRACKS OR BOWLS NEXT TO THE DOOR!
Don’t leave any bags or containers in view in your car!
The amount of stolen cars where the burglar takes one step into the house, picks up the keys to the family car and leaves immediately is just sad. I’ve seen cases where the home owner (carrying groceries) doesn’t realise a sneaky individual has followed them, caught the door before it closed and just picked up the car keys as the owner tosses them into a bowl. I know of one dumbass who’s had 4 cars stolen, whom the police believe entered through the front door while it was unlocked!” – OThinkingDungeons

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“I read somewhere that if a thief sees a home security alarm sign 90% of them walk away. A friend of mine bought a ADT security sign off Ebay for this very reason.” – Dingo9933

18.

“Don’t put pics on Facebook /social media of you and your family going on a week long trip from the airport” – north78

19.

“To directly answer your question : I’m going to look under your bed, I’m going to dump out any drawer I find. I’m checking your freezer. I’m looking under the bathroom cabinet. Think that incredibly smart hiding spot you saw in a spy movie will work? We watch spy movies too. Is really going to be a matter of security versus convenience f or you. If it takes me more than a minute to get to something (and don’t forget I’m more then willing to break shit to get to stuff) then it’s not worth my trouble. I want to be out of your house in less then 15 minutes tops.” – henrideveroux

20.

“In order:

Any desk drawer
Nightstand drawer
That fire save you have behind the closet door
Your underwear drawer
Under your bed
Closet
Bathroom
Kitchen (above the stove and any containers on top of the cabinets.)

And that’s just in your bedroom. It will take less than a minute to dump out every drawer and flip over the mattress. Next I’ll tear everything out of the closet and grab any jewelry. Another minute.
If you have an office I will go totally nuts and flip every drawer and throw every book to the ground.

Oh, and thanks for locking drawers. That way I know exactly where the valuables are. I can open that cheap wood drawer as quickly with a crowbar as pulling it open.

Next stop is the medicine cabinet or bathroom. I’ll just scoop all the drugs out into a bag.

Last thing is any drawer by the door. especially in the kitchen. I’ll make sure I grab a single key so that I can revisit you after you replace all the stuff I stole.” – GlutenFreeApples

 

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