One the best things about Steemit is my money is in Steem Power. You can't rob me of something that takes 3 months to power down. I expect to see more of these robberies. Meeting someone to sell them coin in person is dangerous, but you should also always be worried about a home invasion too. Here is the first hand account:
So this morning I woke up to my burglary alarm going off. I went downstairs to investigate. Two men broke into my house through the basement window and ran up the stairs. One of them pointed a gun at my head and said “I want yah cash and yah bitcoin” in a Boston accent. I took him into my office and gave him a couple hundred in twenty dollar bills. He said he wanted my bitcoin.....
So this guy never traded with these scumbags, but someone he did trade with tipped them off. This shit is scary, you might think a couple hundred bucks is no big deal, but these guys were meth addicts
To some desperate junkie a coupe of hundred bucks is a fortune.
Protect Yourself
tell no one where you live if they know you sell Bitcoin
security system
cameras
big dog
gun
consider cold storage and safe deposit box
Have a fake wallet with a small amount ready, like when you go to Mexico and have a dummy wallet with 20 bucks for the muggers, meanwhile your real stash is hidden
https://localbitcoins.com/forums/#!/general-discussion:armed-break-inhome-invasio
https://whdh.com/news/northborough-armed-home-invasion-suspects-nabbed-after-manhunt/