Be careful of $5 wrench attacks! Also, of thieves armed with Toblerone bars! - page 3.

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Funny thing about weaponized Toblerone.

Quote from: Charles-Tim on September 03, 2024, 09:00:35 AM

Privacy and security are very important. The woman could have discussed about bitcoin to someone or people which could be where those robbers know she has bitcoin. It could even be on social media that the robbers noticed that.

Also we should be careful of P2P transactions. Know when to use coin control and mixers. Most people do not know about this, making people to easily trace their coins.

Have different wallets. Feature like dures mode on Unstoppable wallet can be helpful.

This is most likely. Having talked too much about how much Bitcoin she had and not taking the appropriate precautions. Unless you are an influencer that everyone knows about it, talking about your holdings, or doing stupid things like wearing a t-shirt with the Bitcoin logo on it, is putting a target on your chest.

The more precautions, the better.

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Quote from: stompix on September 03, 2024, 08:35:35 AM

This thing takes a top place in weird crypto robberies for sure.

This, now I wonder what other unbelievable means robbers must have used to steal publicly from victims.

Actually as ironic as it seems in as much as one is trying to stay safe from hackers getting the best hardware wallet, having good online practice, ignoring physical security and anonymity is more dangerous because not just your funds are stake but also your life and your loved ones life, let's not even talk about the trauma from it even and possibly thinking of relocation to avoid unfortunate situations like that.

Quote from: CryptSafe on September 03, 2024, 09:27:27 AM

I am curios as to how the robbers got to know about their bitcoin holdings. Did she discussed about bitcoin to anybody out there before that day? or the possibility of registering with a local exchange where they must have gotten her details to have tracked her to her home and attack her

This we don't know since it wasn't stated, in the story maybe because the law haven't holds of this men rather only a man who the funds where transferred to. Though that being said it is still a bad practice that would lead to this at first, especially from the fact that what will someone having this amount of bitcoin with local exchanges.

Quote from: CryptSafe on September 03, 2024, 09:27:27 AM

Looking at the image above as one of the things used to carrying such act, I believe sometimes things happens maybe just to create an impression for people to see either in good or bad ways. How are we sure that they intentionally did use the above equipment just to discredit the company for reasons best known to them alone. Some times people act in that way and they end up tarnishing the reputation of others at their own interest.

What are you trying to say with this I'm curious?
Because all I see here is that the robbers knew how well they won't be looking suspicious to others, since it was obviously common for one to get these.

Also this won't affect the brand since they got nothing to do with this rather it making others aware of the fact this might be held for disguising weapons by criminals

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I am curios as to how the robbers got to know about their bitcoin holdings. Did she discussed about bitcoin to anybody out there before that day? or the possibility of registering with a local exchange where they must have gotten her details to have tracked her to her home and attack her.

Looking at the image above as one of the things used to carrying such act, I believe sometimes things happens maybe just to create an impression for people to see either in good or bad ways. How are we sure that they intentionally did use the above equipment just to discredit the company for reasons best known to them alone. Some times people act in that way and they end up tarnishing the reputation of others at their own interest.

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Privacy and security are very important. The woman could have discussed about bitcoin to someone or people which could be where those robbers know she has bitcoin. It could even be on social media that the robbers noticed that.

Also we should be careful of P2P transactions. Know when to use coin control and mixers. Most people do not know about this, making people to easily trace their coins.

Have different wallets. Feature like dures mode on Unstoppable wallet can be helpful.

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If you had 23.5 Bitcoins (which was worth $144,017), you would spend $10,000 on home insurance, but it would be better to be private, as your friends and community should not know about your Bitcoin wealth.

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Is a guy carrying a 4.5-kilogram chocolate bar following you? He might be innocent but he might also be after your Bitcoin!
https://cointelegraph.com/news/scotland-first-ever-bitcoin-seized-toberlone-robbery-case

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The court heard last year that three men conducted the home invasion in the town of Blantyre, southeast of Glasgow, and one repeatedly beat a woman at the property with a personalized Toblerone bar and threw her into a bedroom.
The victim, who isn’t named for legal reasons, testified that he awoke to find a man standing over him with a machete before he was forced to transfer Bitcoin.
The man who beat the woman then made a “throat-slitting gesture” with the bloodied Toblerone bar before all three fled.

This thing takes a top place in weird crypto robberies for sure.

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