Protect Your Home During the Holidays: How Thieves Use Tricks and How to Prevent Break-Ins

The holiday season is approaching again. And this is an opportunity not only for us, who are looking forward to having a good rest after a year of work. But unfortunately also for thieves. Of course, people go outside the limits of weekdays throughout the year, but during the holidays this activity is at its greatest. And even thieves know it. There are many times more abandoned dwellings in this period and they are becoming more and more innovative.

Note the adhesive tape and the cookies

They try many ways to find out if the apartment they saw is really “abandoned”. Among the latest is standard transparent adhesive tape. All they have to do is tape the lock and wait a day or two. The trick is that when they return and find it intact, they may think that the homeowners are not. And on the other hand, if they are at home and remove the tape, they may not even realize that burglars have seen them. Often they just think it’s an innocent child’s trick.

A little more famous is the trick with a cookie placed under your rug. If it is intact even after a few days, it means that no one entered the apartment. But if there is a step forward, it is likely that the owners of the building are at home.

The alarm will not only help

How do you protect yourself against these invaders and protect your homes from their unwanted visit? The following tips may help. Install in front of your house sensor lights, responding to movement. Thieves certainly do not want to feel like they are in plain sight. And the light they catch from the guard can turn them off. It is convenient to put them to the front door, even to the balcony or terrace.

You can control the lamps in the apartment using the app on your mobile phone. Thanks to it, your light will turn on and off every evening at certain times. You can also install smart technology on your phone that allows you to have continuous video recording from your home. In addition, these options are not expensive.

If you have any valuables at home, by all means get safe. Do not leave jewelry, money, or a laptop lying loosely on the table or in the lockers while you are present.

To be safe, you can mark valuables with a written name and address invisible UV pen. This can help to find them and bring them back.

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