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Terrifying home video has captured a thief impersonating a Fed Ex worker as he bounds a Brooklyn family with duct tape before robbing them in a brutal heist.
The brazen thieves, one wearing a Fed Ex uniform, entered the Bay Ridge address around 3 p.m. on Monday, tying up two women and one man at the home before stealing $50,000 in cash and $80,000 in jewelry, according to law enforcement sources.
In the footage first posted on Reddit, the man in a uniform and cap can be seen approaching the 69th Street residence and knocking on the door while holding a decoy FedEx package.
Two minutes later, someone allows him inside — but another man dressed in a blue shirt, cap and backpack suddenly appears from the street and charges up the steps and into the home.
Once inside, a horrifying heist occurs — a home camera capturing the moment the two men tape the hands, feet and mouths of a middle-aged female and male victim and an elderly woman.
The second thief pushes what appears to be a giant black safe toward the woman, yelling at her to “open it” while the fake Fed Ex employee tapes the man’s mouth.
When the safe is cracked open, the second thief quickly pushes it out of view — disappearing into a room at the rear of the property.
“Tell me when you’re there,” the fake Fed Ex worker can be heard saying in the video.
The bogus delivery guy then holds up a handheld two-way radio and begins speaking in Spanish to someone on the other line — suggesting a getaway driver was potentially involved.
He tapes the female victim’s feet together and then rushes out the back, following the other thief.
The family can be seen sitting frozen in terror as they stare out the window and wait for the men to drive away.
The female victim then jumps up and desperately hops to the front door before hopping into the back room.
The whole robbery takes place in less than 10 minutes.
According to the Reddit post, the home surveillance footage was shared on WeChat — a Chinese social media app.
Cops said they do not have the footage.
This is not the first robbery in New York involving a fake Fed Ex employee.
In June, a pair of enterprising thieves dressed in Fed Ex uniforms attempted to rob a Mott Haven apartment, drawing knives on the victim and punching him in the face, but fled the scene when the victim’s brother came to the door, cops said.
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