Be Careful Out There

A notice came a couple of days ago from my manager:
One of our agents was holding an open house at Seven Springs last weekend and suddenly her purse was missing. She called the police and while they were at the house taking her statement the officers got a call from a different agent at another open house, whose purse had also been stolen. The owners of the Seven Springs property later found our agent’s purse behind a couch. Fortunately she had kept her wallet in her car. The likely suspects are a pair of women, one of whom appears to be pregnant. They spent a great deal of time in the house. Just a word of caution!
This morning at the Realtors' meeting, the second agent who was robbed added to the story. She told us that there were actually two couples involved...the two women and two men, also. While one woman kept her busy talking about the market to a "potential buyer," the others were probably busy themselves, taking the wallet out of her purse. She later had a call from her credit card carrier asking about a string of purchases at the Mountain View Target store.
I had heard about people taking expensive shoes from the front of the "Shoes off, please" houses. This is a new one. I always tuck my purse away in a cabinet, but I suppose I'll have to lock it in the car.