Warning ahead of the European Football Championship

New trick tells burglars if someone is at home

Automatic lighting systems? Ridiculous, professionals can easily spot them. But industry professional Bübl explains a new, simple trick that lets you know if you are being targeted.

(Bild: Andreas Leisser Klemens Groh Krone KREATIV,)

The basic rule for burglars is to explore the target property first and then strike if no one is at home. Tricks such as sticky tape on door corners have long been a thing of the past: anyone who thinks the new methods have anything to do with high-tech is mistaken. There is a method that is as simple as it is nasty that criminals are now using "on tour".

Is someone not at home at the moment - because they are going to a public viewing of a European Championship match in the next few weeks, for example - or even on vacation for a longer period? If burglars notice this, these apartments or houses become veritable "self-service stores". In the past, victims were spied on by sticking plastic strips or matches in the door gap or placing stones, branches and cans in the driveway.

Now there's a new trick: anyone familiar with this new criminal scam has been warned! And no, it's not a high-tech method - the trick is very easy to spot!