Are Copy Machines a Security Risk?



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Have you ever used a copier machine to scan, fax or copy documents that are sensitive in nature? Did you use a public copier machine to photocopy a personal document? Do you worry that somebody got hold of it because you only learned NOW that copier machines can store documents in its hard drive.

Please go to www.kurukuronimye.com and click the ARE COPY MACHINES A SECURITY RISK? This article is about the risk in using copier machines for your protection against identity theft.

Senior Tirador Gang

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Protecting our elderly should come as a priority. Recent news shows that houses occupied by elderly residents are magnet to the eyes of criminals. Home invasion can rob residents of not only their possessions. Serious injury or death could result. However, we can always avoid being their target by being informed and takes necessary precautions.

Please go to this website www.kurukuronimye.com and read Senior Tirador Gang for the latest update on home invasion targeting senior citizens.

Stranger Abduction

To all parents and guardians, are you going to teach your kids to help someone when their assistance is needed by a stranger? A 16 year old student extended help to a stranger, an old woman. She ended up being abducted. Luckily, she was able to escape from her abductors.

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Does helping someone advisable nowadays? If you’re going to ask a 16 year old female student  from Taguig City, she will strongly say NO! Her negative answer was based from her own experience after she was abducted by five unidentified men on September 19, 2012. According to the victim, when she came out of the school campus gate, an old woman approached her and requested her assistance to bring all her belongings in her van parked nearby. She was old and cannot stand to carry heavy stuff. The victim obliged and carried all her stuff to the van. When the woman opened the vehicle, five unidentified suspects snatched her and made her smell a strange chemical. She passed out. She woke up inside a closed van. She hurriedly escaped when the van they were riding halted and her captors were about to alight from the van. The suspects did not run after.

For more information on this new modus, please go to the main website of kurukuronimye.com and CLICK STRANGER ABDUCTION

The Real Reason Behind the Creation of Kurukuro

Dear Reader,

Thanks for visiting my website.

I now heave a sigh of relief as I lead you on to reading this "love letter" in its entirety. Yes, I call it a "love letter" because "care" is what this whole thing is all about. Oh no, this isn't me professing my undying love for you, don't worry (I have reserved myself for Brad Pitt, after all!). Allow me to explain.

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When I was much younger, my parents didn't have to endure the fear of having a heart attack as I played freely in the streets, walked home from school alone at night, and (unreasonably) spent all my allowance in the mall all by my lonesome. Neither was I ever wary of trusting our househelp or commuting to and from home. Everything was just safe.

Needless to say, things are quite different now; not just where I'm from, but everywhere around the world. Now that I'm a parent myself, I've realized that every bit of information I get about how to keep my family safe is as important as safety itself. I would love to attribute my undying paranoia to all the coffee I've consumed (it just sounds like a better excuse) but I also believe what they say: better safe than sorry.

Some years ago I worked a security analyst for an Asia-based business risk consultancy firm. Not so very Mrs. Smith (I wasn't tasked to kill my husband), more like Inspector Gadget (but no fancy hat or trench coat), and boy did I feel I had a purpose! I hate crime with a passion but I love solving it and helping people prevent it. Regrettably, I left my job not long after I joined the company because just like you, I had to pay the bills. But I couldn't move on and started blogging about safety and security on Blogspot ( thank you so much blogspot! ) just months later. I had a growing audience and received so much encouragement from my readers; a year later, I took the big leap and kurukuronimye.com was born.

Fast forward to now, it's been a whole year that I've been on this website. I've redesigned bits and pieces, changed this and changed that, all for the love of my readers.

Now, if you're not from the Philippines, know that this is a generally safe place to visit. Although like many other countries, bad things happen here too and that's what I'm here for, to keep you armed with information so you'll know what to do, what to avoid, and how to live a worry-free life (well not 100%, who doesn't drink coffee anyway?).

Thanks again for visiting and feel free to shoot me an email, ask questions, request for advice, report anything you feel needs to be reported. More than anything, kurukuronimye.com is a safety hub, a community of people who wish to work together to keep the world informed and safe.

Best and love to you all,



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Mye

New Modus in Village Parks

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It is always fun for our children to be out in the park with friends, whether talking, cycling, walking or playing games and sports. These activities are great for your children, if your neighborhood has safe playgrounds and playmates. Robbery syndicates use children to rob children of homeowners whom they met in the park.

  

If you think parks and playgrounds are safe, some areas are not. There is a new modus in village parks and playgrounds.  For more information regarding this new modus just go to   kurukuronimye.com  and  please CLICK NEW MODUS IN VILLAGE PARKS

Victim or Suspect?

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After Habagat, people mostly from Metro Manila and other nearby provinces were greatly affected by flood. Habagat victims were left with swept away houses, flood soaked personal belongings and hungry stomachs. No other means of making a living, some people resorted to begging along major thoroughfares for money to buy food and medicines. Hungry and penniless, others may resort to committing petty crimes. New modus perpetrated by criminals may flock the streets again. One of the new modus revealed below:

Have you tried riding the FX ? This is a must read before riding FX or any public transport vehicle. FX taxi driver can be a suspect or a victim in this new modus. To know more visit the official website at kurukuronimye.com 

and click the title Victim or Suspect

Bundol Gang is Back

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Bundol Gang is back. They are back with a new style – bump and rob by a motorcycle. With motorcycles, car thieves can easily dart in and out of the crime area and easily escape. Kurukuro has identified a new trend for carjackers and request all new car owners to exercise extreme caution.

To know more on the new modus perpetrated by the famous Bundol Gang, please go to official website of Kurukuronimye.com

Hand Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD)

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Dengue is not the only risk that many parents, guardians and school officials are facing nowadays. Looming threat to our children is the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) that recently kills 55 children (mostly were younger than 3 years old) in Cambodia since April 2012.

What is HFMD?
HFMD is a contagious viral disease caused by two enteroviruses called Coxsackievirus A16 (CA16) and Enteroviruses 71 (EV71). Adults, babies and children can be afflicted with the disease.
People especially babies and children with HFMD caused by Coxsackievirus A16 recover fully after the illness. Dehydration is the most common complication. It takes 7 to 10 days to recover. It is an illness that is mild and over within a week. Treatment is directly toward relief of symptoms such as fever and sores. School kids can go back to school days after provided that they should be given clearance from the doctor.

For more information regarding Hand Foot and Mouth Disease please go to http://kurukuronimye.com/2012/07/hfmd/

Fakers....Robbers....Molesters

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The Philippine National Police warned all homeowners/residents of  fake power firm/ utility personnel, messengers from courier companies and delivery service personnel targeting households for robbery and rape of female family members in Metro Manila.

Modus Operandi: a tipster, he/she may be a neighbor, somebody’s new domestic staff or a vendor, will case the whole neighborhood. It will be followed by surveillance for a few days to monitor the movements of targeted homeowner and all the household members’ routine and activities. Once routine and activity have been established, two rob gang members, posed as uniformed Meralco utility personnel/messengers from courier companies on a motorcycle, will knock on the homeowner’s gate. Once the unsuspecting domestic staff/family member opens the gate, they will force their way in and ransack the house.

For more information regarding this modus and its recent cases, please go to http://kurukuronimye.com/2012/06/fakers-robbers-molesters/

When Disaster Strikes




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 Summer is here in the Philippines. Schools are closed. Our children are having the best playtime while some do extracurricular activities. While they are at it, we, parents, should take time to discuss earthquake and fire drills. Drills are safety activities that keep kids prepared for earthquake, flood or fire hazards. These activities show kids how to behave in an emergency situation and help increase children's safety awareness. Build a disaster kit with your kids so they will be aware of its use and the importance of having one inside our homes. Please go to http://kurukuronimye.com/2012/03/when-disaster-strikes/

Bluffing in MRT

On January 2012, two MRT passengers reported that they fell prey to a group of pickpocketing syndicates while inside the train. One victim caught the suspect but was quickly deceived by the suspects’ accomplices that he jumped out of the train.


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 Modus
Several members of a pickpocket syndicate will mingle inside a crowded MRT train. Once spotted a potential victim, one member of the robbery group will do the deed – steal the bag, wallet, mobile phone or laptop in a crowded train. If the victim will not notice the act of stealing, the robbery group successfully brings home the victim’s valuables for reselling.

For further information please go to http://kurukuronimye.com/2012/02/bluffing-in-mrt/

Gas Gangsta!!



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Is there a new crime wave going on? Residents have been gassed and burgled by robbery syndicates. Home burglars used a potentially lethal sleeping gas to incapacitate all occupants of the house before breaking in to rob all cash and valuables. After waiting outside the house for the gas to take into effect, they crawl back in and they take their time in looting every room for cash, jewelries and all personal valuables of the occupants.

To know more on the latest operandi, please go to http://kurukuronimye.com/2012/01/gas-gangsta/

For Rent!! Criminals Posed as New Tenants

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Loaded with cash and connections bigtime syndicates have a new modus to improve and expand their illegal operations – to pose as unsuspecting tenants to elude arrest and mislead government authorities of their safehouses. These criminals blend in with legitimate residents of gated communities and populated residential areas to victimize more people as well.

For more information on this article please go to http://kurukuronimye.com/2012/01/for-rent-criminals-posed-as-new-tenants/