Fwd: be ware of mobbing as a new robbery tactic .in lifts..

[Eddie Wen]

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From: Junie Lee <juni...@gmail.com>

Date: July 23, 2008 5:59:07 PM GMT+08:00

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Subject: Fwd: be ware of mobbing as a new robbery tactic .in lifts..

Please pass word around to all.....

Thanks!

Junie

God bless!!!

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From: May Lin Lee <MayLi...@abbott.com>
Date: 23 Jul 2008 PM 05:33:26
To: lulul...@yahoo.com, lee.ma...@simedarby.com, juni...@gmail.com
Subject: Fw: be ware of mobbing as a new robbery tactic .in lifts..

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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:35:48 +0800
From: adcave...@gmail.com
Subject: be ware of mobbing as a new robbery tactic .in lifts..

Where: the Curve shopping centre, Mutiara Damansara PJ. Lifts at Fitness First end. When: June14, 2008. What: Attempted Robbery incident at Curve shopping centre, Mutiara Damansara:  lifts: How: A group of malay-looking men ( 6 or 7) entered a lift with the intended victim. Seems this tactic is to provide a 'cover', otherwise the one person victim may avoid getting into the lift with just another man alone, in the interest of security. the group is intended to give the victim a false sense of security of not being alone. At some point, the group ( who are working together ) mobs the victim and robs them inside the lift, and then get away. Conclusion: Be alert when using lifts, and avoid isolated areas in shopping centre / buildings / car park. More so when you are carrying valubles or more cash than usual. Be cautious of suspicious looking groups, seems there is a new robbery tactic of mobbing the victim and robbing them in the confusion of  being surrounded. Groups of men numbering 6 or 7 or 10 have been reported. Not only Curve. similar ' mobbing' robbery tactic has been reported at other places. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ dated: Saturday June 14, 2008. ATTEMPTED LIFT ROBBERY AT THE CURVE   This morning (Sat. 14th June2008 ) at 11.15 am my husband and I entered a lift ( Ground Floor, next to Fitness First centre) in the Curve. Just before entering this lift  I turned around to see if anyone was following us because just earlier we had gone to the nearby bank to withdrew RM4,000/-. There weren't anyone - but after we entered there was a flurry of men running towards the lift that we entered. There were seven of them (Malay-looking). I noticed the level they wanted was B2 whereas ours was B1.   Soon the lift stopped at our level and we wanted to come out. I was out of the lift already when I heard my husband shouting angrily at the men 'Bloody fool!' because one guy was blocking his way out. I turned around to find another was kneeling down and tugging at his trousers rather forcefully as though to stop him moving. Suspicious of their actions,I quickly pulled my husband out of the lift by the shoulders.   Seeing this they probably realised I was his wife coming to his aid,  and not a stranger who has a 'tidak-apa-' attitude, so they didn't resort to do anything else and they could since that place then was lonely. I mean they could pull out knives to threaten us.   Even during my attempt to pull my husband out I noticed his business pouch bag was unzipped and this is unusual as he always zipped his bag. So one guy had unzipped his bag hoping to pickpocket something. This shows that despite my husband clutching his bag under his arms the guy was so professional he could still unzip it.   My husband said that in the lift he noticed one guy dropping some  pamphlets on the floor apparently to distract us when we were about to get out of the lift if we checked if the pamphlets belonged to us.   Whether due to the gang panicking at the last moment or through sheer providence, we were not harmed or anything taken. But we were quite shaken by this harrowing experience.   It seems such a coincidence that there was an attempted robbery after we withdrew some cash or was it just random case for the gang of seven operating in the Curve.   We then made a report to the Curve Security management.   It would appear the gang's modus operandi is to have a number of them in a lift with a single victim. Obviously if the victim is alone when he/she sees a number of people entering the lift, the would-be victim feels safe in a 'crowd' but this is where it goes wrong. So now they operate as a gang. Because if the would-be victim sees a one or two persons entering a lift the would-be victim would leave being suspicious but with a crowd, no problem!! So next time you're alone and see a sudden group of guys, just leave...better be safe than sorry.   Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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