Yea, pretty stupid.
Thieves with bouquet rob woman
Robbers, posing as flower deliverymen, steal $60,000 of victim’s savings
The Associated Press
updated 8:17 a.m. PT, Sun., Nov. 11, 2007
NEW YORK - Robbers posed as flower deliverymen to get into an 80-year-old woman's apartment and steal at least $60,000 in savings her husband kept in cash, the victims and police said.
Two bouquet-toting bandits persuaded Carmen Nieves to open her door to them, she said Saturday as police released a surveillance camera photo of the suspects.
"How can I not open the door? They have flowers, they say (my husband sent) them to me, and, besides, they were young kids," said Nieves, whose husband was out at the time of the Nov. 3 robbery. Police estimated the suspects were between 20 and 30 years old.
'Like a tornado'
Once inside Nieves' apartment on Manhattan's Lower East Side, the thieves bound her hands and feet and ransacked the house until they found the money.
"It was like a tornado," she said.
Nieves and her husband, Michael Rodriguez, 65, said he had planned to bring the cash to a bank. He had mentioned the cache of cash to someone, and he believes that remark may have led to the robbery, he said.
"I worked 47 years, and now I'm retired, and they took all my money," he said.
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
URL: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21737410/
Thieves with bouquet rob woman
Robbers, posing as flower deliverymen, steal $60,000 of victim’s savings
The Associated Press
updated 8:17 a.m. PT, Sun., Nov. 11, 2007
NEW YORK - Robbers posed as flower deliverymen to get into an 80-year-old woman's apartment and steal at least $60,000 in savings her husband kept in cash, the victims and police said.
Two bouquet-toting bandits persuaded Carmen Nieves to open her door to them, she said Saturday as police released a surveillance camera photo of the suspects.
"How can I not open the door? They have flowers, they say (my husband sent) them to me, and, besides, they were young kids," said Nieves, whose husband was out at the time of the Nov. 3 robbery. Police estimated the suspects were between 20 and 30 years old.
'Like a tornado'
Once inside Nieves' apartment on Manhattan's Lower East Side, the thieves bound her hands and feet and ransacked the house until they found the money.
"It was like a tornado," she said.
Nieves and her husband, Michael Rodriguez, 65, said he had planned to bring the cash to a bank. He had mentioned the cache of cash to someone, and he believes that remark may have led to the robbery, he said.
"I worked 47 years, and now I'm retired, and they took all my money," he said.
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
URL: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21737410/
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Re: $60,000 in my home...come and get it!
Wed, November 14, 2007 - 10:33 AMSo they claim to have had $60,000. How could they ever prove it, even if it were true? -
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Re: $60,000 in my home...come and get it!
Wed, November 14, 2007 - 10:35 AMUnfortunetly it is much more common that people think, especially with older people, who don't trust financial institutions.
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