Robbers use new ploy

Robbers use new ploy

From Media Indonesia

Through this column, we would like to warn housewives -- and
servants in particular -- of "civilized" robbers who politely
come and take your prized possessions away. A favorite ploy they
use nowadays to gain entry into a house is the story that they
have been sent by the absent homeowner to pick up some equipment
in exchange for a new and better one.

If it's just the servant at home, the robbers usually say they
are good friends of the working homeowners, to soothe servants'
suspicions.

Recently, we were victims of this new trend. A corpulent man,
who had fair skin color and a missing front tooth, arrived in a
car, plate number B 1785 VH (probably a fake number). He also
used a hand phone, although it may have been fake.

He took away our television set, after making a fake call on
the mobile phone, to us.

The incident took place in our neighborhood, Perumahan Taman
Depok Permai. A similar incident took place at Villa Pertiwi,
Depok I, by a man of the same description.

It is a new way of robbing people and citizens should be
warned.

LINA

Depok, West Java