p2pnet news view Cool | Crime:- Security expert Bruce Schneier is in awe of a, “brazen crook apparently used a Craigslist ad to hire a dozen unsuspecting decoys to help him make his getaway following a robbery outside a bank on Tuesday”.

“Now this is clever,” he says, linking to a King5.com story about a robbery which took place in Monroe, Washington.

The robber, wearing a dust mask, used pepper spray on an armoured truck guard carrying a bag of money, grabbed the cash, and ran like hell.

“I came across the ad that was for a prevailing wage job for $28.50 an hour,” King5.com has Mike, “who saw a Craigslist ad last week looking for workers for a road maintenance project in Monroe,” stating.

He was emailed instructions to meet near the Bank of America in Monroe at 11 am Tuesday wearing a, “yellow vest, safety goggles, a respirator mask and, if possible, a blue shirt”.

Mike, and about a dozen other men dressed like him, showed up, but there was no contractor and no road work, says the story, adding:

“He thought they had been stood up until he heard about the bank robbery and the suspect who wore the same attire.

“From there, the cook made his watery escape in a creek that dumps out into the Skykomish River. One witness said the robber swam away, but another said he used an inner tube to get away.”

he says – Bank Robber Hires Accomplices on Craigslist, October 2, 2008
King5.com -  Armored truck robber uses Craigslist to make getaway, October 1, 2008

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