>> ALL RIGHT. WE FIRST SAW RED FLAGS WHEN ONLINE CRIME TRACKERS, THEN LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS SPOKE OUT. NOW THE FBI IS WEIGHING IN WITH A WARNING ON JUGGING. >> THAT'S RIGHT. JUGGING IS WHEN THIEVES TARGET PEOPLE USING ATMS IN BANKS, WE DO WANT TO GET OUT TO FOX FIVE'S STEPHANIE RAMIREZ, WHO'S BEEN COVERING THIS FOR US THIS MORNING. SHE'S LIVE AT A TRUIST BANK IN BOWIE, MARYLAND. THAT WAS HIT JUST LAST WEEK. STEPHANIE >> MIKEA. STEPHEN. GOOD MORNING. >> SO POLICE AND FBI AGENTS, THEY SAY JUGGING IS WHEN A SUSPECT OR A GROUP, THEY'LL FOLLOW YOU AFTER YOU LEAVE THE BANK OR AN ATM THINKING YOU HAVE A BIG WAD OF CASH WITH YOU. >> AND SO THEY'LL APPROACH YOU WHEN YOU'RE IN YOUR CAR IF YOU JUST GET IN, OR IF YOU'RE HERE PUTTING YOUR STUFF AWAY, THEY MIGHT EVEN FOLLOW YOU AND ROB YOU AT YOUR NEXT LOCATION. >> LOOK, IT'S SUCH A BIG DEAL THAT JUST LAST WEEK, BOWIE'S POLICE CHIEF WAS WARNING ABOUT THIS. >> AND NOW THE FBI HAS A NEW WARNING. >> THE BALTIMORE FIELD OFFICE SAYING IT IS SUCH A SERIOUS ISSUE IN MARYLAND, ESPECIALLY IN ANNE ARUNDEL AND PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, THAT NOW THIEVES HAVE TARGETED AT LEAST 21 CUSTOMERS USING BANK AND ATMS IN THE STATE. >> IN JUST THE FIRST WEEK OF JULY ALONE. THEY ALSO SAID SO FAR THIS YEAR, THEY'VE RECEIVED AT LEAST SEVEN DOZEN JUGGING REPORTS, SO OVER 80 JUGGING CRIME REPORTS, WITH MOST OF THEM HAPPENING THIS MONTH AND LAST MONTH. NOW HOPES EMPEROR SHE'S HELPING HER MOM OUT IN THE AREA RAISED IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, BUT SHE'S LIVING OUT OF THE REGION NOW. SHE TOLD ME SHE HAD NOT HEARD OF THIS YET AND IS WORRIED IT IS GOING TO BECOME A NATIONAL TREND. >> IF I GO GET $20 AND IS IT WORTH YOUR LIFE TO GET MY LIKE $20 THAT I JUST NEEDED FOR CASH? LIKE FOR A TIP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I DON'T KNOW. I'M A PERSON THAT I DON'T LIKE TO KEEP CASH, BUT YOU NEED CASH SOMETIMES FOR THINGS. NOW I DON'T KNOW. IT'S JUST SOMETHING ELSE. I GUESS, TO BE VIGILANT ABOUT AND SOMETHING ELSE TO WORRY ABOUT. AND IF IT'S HAPPENING AT ALL DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY, LIKE, THAT'S REALLY SCARY. THAT'S REALLY SCARY. >> IF YOU IF YOU ARE IN YOUR VEHICLE, POLICE SAY SOMETHING TO LOOK OUT FOR IS IF YOU'RE BEING FOLLOWED, WRITE, CHECK, BE VIGILANT, DON'T BE ON YOUR PHONE. DON'T BE ON THE RADIO. WATCH AND SEE WHO'S FOLLOWING BEHIND YOU. AND IF YOU BELIEVE YOU'RE BEING FOLLOWED, GO TO A BUSY LOCATION WHERE YOU CAN CALL POLICE OR DRIVE TO A POLICE STATION. NOW, IF YOU'RE GETTING OUT OF THE ATM OR THE BANK, ONE THING THEY SAY IS PUT YOUR MONEY AWAY FIRST AND MAKE SURE TO BE VIGILANT. IF ANYONE MAYBE STANDING AROUND THE AREA LOITERING THAT LOOKS SUSPICIOUS OR SOMEONE PARKED IN REVERSE IN A PARKING SPOT THAT LOOKS SUSPICIOUS AS WELL, SEND IT BACK TO YOU. >> JUST SAY STEPHANIE, YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB OUT THERE. MY GOODNESS. >> YEAH, A LIVE SHOT WAS GREAT. IT FELT LIKE WE WERE THERE. SOME REALLY GREAT REMINDERS. PLEASE JUST BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS
