personal security

Tis that time of year, with the holidays upon us.  Christmas shopping is in full swing and you are more than likely on the go!  Some folks may be shopping from home, via Amazon and other cool places that make everything pretty easy…

Amazon Holiday Shopping

Amazon.com

And through it all, though you may mean well, there’s still aspects of life where you have to pay attention to your own personal security!

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There are still entire hoards of shoppers descending upon shopping malls still.  And while you’re on the go, there are others out there, looking for victims to take advantage of, and the last thing YOU want, is to have your holiday season screwed up because someone else shops via lock picks and poor life-planning.

One of the statistical increases that takes place are thefts from automobiles during the Christmas shopping season.

I received an email notice from the San Mateo County alert system that outlines a few things someone might do to help alleviate the chance of becoming a crime victim.

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scam alertWhen I saw a Feb 3rd article in the Daily Post about a Peninsula (Menlo Park?) resident getting scammed for a large amount of money by a person claiming to be a family member, I found it sad and disturbing.

Phone Scam

What went down was an individual who was called by a person claiming to be (and sounding like) her 20-year-old grandson.  He said he was arrested in Spain and needed money to be bailed out of jail.  The scammer claimed he won a contest for a trip to Spain and that’s why he was there.  The claim further went on to say that he and his buddy met up with some friends who later got pulled over by cops and the new friends had drugs in the car.

They asked for bail to be wired, then the next day, said the judge was making an example of them and asked for another $2500 be sent, and then a third call by the scammers asked for legal fees.

The poor woman lost over $10k in this deal.

Be aware!!!

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Keeping Valuables As Safe as Possible in Hotels [Consumer]

August 8, 2010

Personal Security When Traveling:  When you travel and stay in hotels, you might want to keep in mind that hotel rooms and their conference facilities often are not always the safest places to leave your unattended high-value items.   Keep in mind that hotel staff have access to hotel keys.  I’m not meaning to disparage on [...]

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The Hazard with Blue U.S. Postal Collection Boxes

March 11, 2010

Here’s a new twist on mail fraud.  Crooks are now starting to use that sticky flypaper you can buy at hardware stores to steal mail from mail boxes.  Can you believe that crap?  Cripes, people are willing to stoop pretty low these days. They are dipping the paper into the blue collection boxes and snagging [...]

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Personal Security Tips For Your Shopping Madness [Thoughts]

December 2, 2009

Tis the season.  You’ve survived Black Friday…  I presume and you’re just warming up for the December onslaught of holidy shopping. But in all the glee, sadly, there are those who are watning for more and aren’t as fortuitous as others.  They also aren’t very civil and are willing to take that which isn’t theirs. [...]

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Twitter, Home Security And News On Twitter

July 1, 2009

Whether it’s news or noise, it seems that Twitter is THE place to go these days.  It’s used to track trending subjects and to “follow” your favorite celebs, reporters or newscaster. It’s an oddity for sure, but a mainstream oddity that is probably here to stay. But then a few weeks back I read where [...]

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