Originally Posted by Beer Belly

It is not worth robbing someone today. I never have more than ~$50 on me at any time. I use my credit card for 99% of my purchases.

Having said that, people that would consider doing something like this probably are not very adept at risk/benefit analysis.


One of the more detailed articles said the victims were being forced to give up phones, banking passwords and keys I believe. They were probably going to get them to Venmo their checking account or something. Crooks always catch up with technology at some point.