Be Careful What You Say on the Internet: Man Uses Twitter To Announce He's Going Away on Vacation and His Home Gets Robbed
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If you're going out of town, you're supposed to have someone come by to take in your mail and newspapers so as not to advertise the fact that your home is empty. Therefore, it should go without saying that putting a sign on your front door that says "temporarily unoccupied" would be about as dumb as it gets. So if you're careless about what you post online, you may be doing just that.
According to a Friday report by ABC News, East Mesa, Arizona's Israel Hyman recently discovered this the hard way when his home was robbed of thousands of dollars in computer equipment while he was out of town. When his father, Gerry, stopped by to check on the house, he found the back door jimmied open and his son's Mac Pro, a pair of 23-inch LCD screens, and other equipment missing. Israel believes that the thieves might have been tipped off by his Twitter messages, which also update his Facebook status. He told ABC News that anyone reading his Twitter updates (and Facebook) would have known he was leaving town.
Israel has no intention of quitting his favorite social networking services, though he says from now on he will be more careful about what information he posts online. Clearly, a good idea. We just hope the rest of you don't learn that lesson the hard way
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Comment by nivada on June 7, 2009 at 10:02pm -
how dey know where to go yu robbed yur home trying to get reimbursed lmao!!!!!
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Comment by JBoy on June 5, 2009 at 9:44pm -
lmao wow what a dumbass
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Comment by osixx on June 4, 2009 at 10:06pm -
damn
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Comment by HeavySpitter.com on June 4, 2009 at 9:43pm -
sounds like a set up to me...
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Comment by mist walker on June 4, 2009 at 7:47pm -
well he knows for sure now dat twiteter and face book are no good they expose some timeswaht u dont want feel srry for him oh well life goes on
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Comment by devinetruth on June 4, 2009 at 7:46pm -
thats why when ppl ask me where im at i lie about it dont trust no one and 98% of the time when u get rob its by someone u no or someone that came with someone to your crib or someone told another person what u have.
and the othe 2% just bad luck
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Comment by Zarko on June 4, 2009 at 6:28pm -
ROBBIN IN DA HOOD NEAR YOU DAT'Z F*****...
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Comment by J.B-well:Jimmy BLK on June 4, 2009 at 5:21pm -
Ha! Damn dats fuked up!
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Comment by patricc buetner on June 4, 2009 at 4:42pm
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First off lemme jus say FAIL!! but wat ever people make mistakes, and his name Israel Hyman..so "Wet Lips" i dont think it has anything to do with being white.....com. sense
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Comment by 10-28-19.82 on June 4, 2009 at 4:42pm -
ha ha... they should change the name of twitter, to "Riddickulous"
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