SYDNEY — The perils of being indiscreet on social media were brought home in a terrifying manner when a teenage girl posted a photograph on Facebook of her grandmother’s wads of cash — which prompted a raid by armed robbers.
The 17-year-old was helping her 72-year-old grandmother count her personal savings at a residence in Sydney last Thursday, The (Sydney) Daily Telegraph reported.
While tallying the large sum of cash the girl took a photograph and posted it on her Facebook page.
That night, police said two men armed with a knife and a wooden club stormed into the teen’s family home and demanded to know about the money.
The girl’s mother told the two intruders that her daughter was not home and she did not live at that address anymore.
The men searched the house and took a small amount of cash and other personal property before leaving. No one was injured and police are hunting the men.
Police said the incident was a reminder of the dangers of posting personal information on any form of social media.