As you visit the supermarket for food or other various items, it’s normal to just stick your purse in the cart and forget about it. After all, if you’re going to be pushing it around the entire time, what’s the worst that can happen?
As you will soon find out, this habit is much riskier than you may think. Footage captured on a grocery store surveillance system shows a scary new trend – and experts are urging the public to stay aware.
When Inside Edition began investigating this purse-snatching trend, they were stunned by what they uncovered. While most of us assume these thieves are working alone, security footage shows a new trick all shoppers need to be aware of.
Not only is this technique practically foolproof, but as you will soon see it is also completely preventable.
Working in pairs, watch the calculated way these two men sneak up on an unassuming woman in the produce section.
Not only do they manage to run off with her wallet, but she doesn’t suspect a thing. Going undercover, Inside Edition set out to test this tandem purse-snatching technique, and the results were grim. See the sneaky new way thieves are targeting shoppers in the video below.
