Influencer who loves to show off her freebies on social media learns VERY harsh lesson while vacationing in Paris

An influencer who loves to tout all the designer items she gets for free on social media has learned a very harsh lesson while vacationing in Paris.

Victoria Paris, 25 - whose real name is Victoria Paris Finkel - was posting photos to Instagram and videos to TikTok about her trip to the European city on May 5, when her home was targeted for a robbery. 

An unidentified person was caught on security footage breaking into her Los Angeles home in Silver Lake before making off with designer purses and jewelry, the LA Times reports.

They reportedly stole a Louis Vuitton duffel bag, two Paco Rabanne bags, a Miu Miu purse, a laptop and all of Finkel's jewelry.

Just one day later, the same person was seen on her surveillance cameras lurking around and canvasing her property once again. 

It is unclear exactly how her house was tracked down - but Finkel regularly posts photos and videos in her backyard with a clear view of her neighborhood, and would show her car in the driveway while bragging about her designers goods from her bedroom. 

She once even sparked outrage for purposefully destroying a $5,000 Gucci bag by slamming it against some steps outside to make it look worn-in.

Since the break-in, Finkel seems to now question her life choices.

'The whole reason I am good at this job, and why I loved doing what I do is because I actually really enjoy sharing with you,' she told her nearly two million TikTok followers on June 7. 

'I don't know, it makes me feel less alone. And I feel alone a lot,' she admitted in the emotional video.

'But it's just stuff like this that makes me want to stop sharing.'

Finkel ultimately decided she had to move out of the Silver Lake home, and would keep her whereabouts more private. The alleged burglar remains on the loose. 

'We're not the biggest victims, but we put everything in our lives on the Internet, which makes us the easiest targets,' Finkel told the LA Times. 

Just one month before Finkel was targeted, a group of would-be robbers also broke into the home of Joey Zauzig - an influencer and reality television personality who starred in MTV's Real Friends of WeHo.

He said he decided to return to his LA home early from a trip to Cabo San Lucas, despite publicly announcing on social media he would return one day later.

Zauzig even shared a video that made it appear he was still in Mexico on April 8.

In reality, though, he was sleeping at home when he heard the robbers break in.

'I decided to check the cameras,' he recounted to the LA Times. 'I saw there were three guys with what looked like guns in their hands, and I think my first reaction was to go to the top of the stairs.

'I yelled, "Get the f*** out!"' before calling 911 and waking his fiancée.

The two then snuck out a sliding door onto a balcony of their home in Hollywood Hills until the would-be robbers left without taking anything. 

Zauzig said the experience left him terrified.

'My content is very positive and uplifting,' he said. 'You don't think there are people trying to take you down, but I guess when thousands of people watch your lives and content, there are also people trying to target you. They clearly targeted me.'

No arrests have been made in Zauzig's case either.

But in a TikTok video on June 13, Finkel seemed to suggest the man who burglarized her home had previously burglarized the home of another influencer, Emily Oberg.

'Everybody he's robbed has come together and now has to put all our stories together to get the LAPD to nail this f***er,' she said.

She went on to claim he has robbed three other houses over the course of two weeks, and wears the same outfit each time. 

Oberg, an influencer who runs the clothing and beauty brand Sporty & Rich, was out of town on June 3, 2023 when a burglar broke into her Beverly Hills guesthouse and made off with designer jackets and shoes, Chanel and Hermes bags, jewelry, furniture and more.

She claimed the value of the stolen goods was more than $140,000, and said she was just grateful that she was not home at the time.

'I wouldn't feel bad for the influencers, because we are posting these things and documenting our every move,' Oberg admitted. 'It's just the world we live in.' 

Fortunately, a suspect in that case was arrested and spent seven month in jail after reaching a plea agreement.

Burglaries are now up 3.3 percent across the city of Los Angeles, with 305 more cases than during the same time period last year, according to LAPD statistics.

Kent Moyer, the CEO of World Protection Group - which provides security for celebrities and wealthy people - also said hi firm has noticed an uptick in burglaries, robberies and home invasions, particularly of influencers.

'They're easy marks,' he explained, noting that influencers are some of his most difficult clients because of their desire to constantly post information about themselves. 

'Whether true of perceived, these people appear to the criminals as having something worth stealing,' said Paul Vernon, a retired LAPD captain who once ran the statistics division.

'People unknowingly put way too much info about themselves publicly that makes it very easy for perfect strangers to find them.' 

But now the influencers say they will be more careful.

'Be safe,' Zauzig said of the rules he now follows. 'Don't be flaunting what you have. Don't show certain parts of your house. Be smart about what you're posting.

'I would never do a home tour,' he added.

'Now I think I'm a little more mindful about posting. I post later and I don't post when I'm away.' 

Finkel has also been more cautious about what she posts on Instagram and TikTok.

But her TikTok shows she is continuing to flaunt her luxury items.

She was able to recover one of the bags that had been stolen earlier this month because the alleged robber apparently resold it to a store, she said in an August 10 TikTok. 

And in a video posted just two days after she opened up about the robbery, Finkel appeared to be in better spirits as she showed off the massive haul of Paco Rabanne bags she was gifted.

'Rabanne really said, "Checkmate b****," because they sent me everything that was stolen and then some,' she said, as she tried on dresses and showed off her new shoes.

'Um, I don't know if I should say it, but I'm going to say it: Being robbed might have been the best thing that ever happened to me,' she said.