Surrey RCMP warn of recent robbery spree involving online app users
Surrey RCMP are warning the public about a string of recent targetted robberies involving users of the buy-and-sell online app ‘LetGo.’
According to a release, the Surrey RCMP Robbery Unit is currently investigating four separate incidents where victims were robbed after meeting somebody to buy a cellphone advertised on ‘LetGo.’
Police say the robbery suspects are “described as two dark-skinned male youth in the teens.”
Surrey RCMP is providing some personal safety tips that may be helpful when arranging meetings with unknown online parties to buy or sell items:
- Insist on a public meeting place like a cafe, or shopping centre
- Do not meet in a secluded place or invite strangers into your home
- Only meet during daylight hours or in a well-lit and heavily populated area
- Be especially careful when buying or selling high value items
- Tell a friend or family member where you’re going and when you’re meeting the buyer/seller
- Take your cell phone and a friend along to accompany you
- Always trust your instincts while arranging a meeting – ‘If it feels wrong… so long!’
Anyone with information about this series of robberies is asked to call Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502 or, if you wish to make an anonymous report, please contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or www.solvecrime.ca.
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