My brother was robbed of a substantial amount of money about 2 years ago after he made a business withdrawal at FNB mowbray and has had his eyes glued to his rear view mirrors ever since. this is an old trick of the robbers, but has not been heard/read about for some time. Check your mirrors constantly after driving away from a bank or even an ATM .
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Gaylard" <robm...@mweb.co.za> To: "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" <obsnw@googlegroups.com> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 12:04 PM Subject: [obsnw] 'Bank followings' on the rise > > An article was posted on News24 recently warning that 'bank > followings' are on the increase. There was a case not long ago in Obs > when someone was followed home all the way from a bank in Pinelands > where he had drawn a large sum of cash. As I remember he was held up > at gunpoint outside his house. The article quotes Snr Supt van der > Ross, the commander of Cape Town's 'war room', as saying that there > has been 'a steep steep increase' in this form of crime. Typically a > 'spotter' will loiter inside a bank and contact his accomplices by > cellphone when he spots a target. According to van der Ross there is > no uniformity in the policies of different banks re. cellphone usage > inside banks: police have viewed footage of criminals entering banks > wearing sunglassess and caps! The police seem to be struggling to get > the necessary levels of cooperation from the banks, in spite of > convening a meeting at the end of January of reps from the top five > banks. According to van der Ross, they have not been particularly > cooperative. Every bank should, for example, have a floor manager who > actively monitors what is happening inside the bank. > Suggestion: ask you branch manager what they are doing about this. > Here is a link to the article: > http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2472687,00.html > > Rob > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to obsnw@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to obsnw-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
