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How to lock your car.....new scam on Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:13 pm
retired2934
How to Lock Your Car and Why
> I locked my car. As I walked away I heard my car door unlock. I
> went back and locked my car again three times. Each time, as soon > as I
> started to walk away, I would hear it unlock again!! Naturally
> alarmed, I looked around and there were two guys sitting in a car > in
> the fire lane next to the store. They were obviously watching me
> intently, and there was no doubt they were somehow involved in this
> very weird situation.. I quickly chucked the errand I was on, > jumped
> in my car and sped away. I went straight t o the police station,
> told them what had happened, and found out I was part of a new, and
> very successful, scheme being used to gain entry into cars. Two > weeks
> later, my friend's son had a similar happening....
> While traveling, my friend's son stopped at a roadside rest to > use
> the bathroom. When he came out to his car less than 4-5 minutes > later,
> someone had gotten into his car and stolen his cell phone, laptop
> computer, GPS navigator, briefcase......you name it. He called the
> police and since there were no signs of his car being broken into, > the
> police told him he had been a victim of the latest robbery > tactic -- > there is a device that robbers are using now to clone your security
> code when you lock your doors on your car using your key-chain > locking
> device..
> They sit a distance away and watch for their next victim. They
> know you are going inside of the store, restaurant, or bathroom and
> that they now have a few minutes to steal and run. The police > officer
> said to manually lock your car door-by hitting the lock button > inside
> the car -- that way if there is someone sitting in a parking lot
> watching for their next victim, it will not be you.
> When you hit the lock button on your car upon exiting, it does
> not send the security code, but if you walk away and use the door > lock
> on your key chain, it sends the code through the airwaves where it > can
> be instantly stolen..
> This is very real.
> Be wisely aware of what you just read and please pass this note
> on. Look how many times we all lock our doors with our remote just > to
> be sure we remembered to lock them -- and bingo, someone has our
> code...and whatever was in our car.
> Snopes Approved --..Please share with everyone you know!!
> http://www.snopes..com/crime/warnings/vin.asp
>
> I locked my car. As I walked away I heard my car door unlock. I
> went back and locked my car again three times. Each time, as soon > as I
> started to walk away, I would hear it unlock again!! Naturally
> alarmed, I looked around and there were two guys sitting in a car > in
> the fire lane next to the store. They were obviously watching me
> intently, and there was no doubt they were somehow involved in this
> very weird situation.. I quickly chucked the errand I was on, > jumped
> in my car and sped away. I went straight t o the police station,
> told them what had happened, and found out I was part of a new, and
> very successful, scheme being used to gain entry into cars. Two > weeks
> later, my friend's son had a similar happening....
> While traveling, my friend's son stopped at a roadside rest to > use
> the bathroom. When he came out to his car less than 4-5 minutes > later,
> someone had gotten into his car and stolen his cell phone, laptop
> computer, GPS navigator, briefcase......you name it. He called the
> police and since there were no signs of his car being broken into, > the
> police told him he had been a victim of the latest robbery > tactic -- > there is a device that robbers are using now to clone your security
> code when you lock your doors on your car using your key-chain > locking
> device..
> They sit a distance away and watch for their next victim. They
> know you are going inside of the store, restaurant, or bathroom and
> that they now have a few minutes to steal and run. The police > officer
> said to manually lock your car door-by hitting the lock button > inside
> the car -- that way if there is someone sitting in a parking lot
> watching for their next victim, it will not be you.
> When you hit the lock button on your car upon exiting, it does
> not send the security code, but if you walk away and use the door > lock
> on your key chain, it sends the code through the airwaves where it > can
> be instantly stolen..
> This is very real.
> Be wisely aware of what you just read and please pass this note
> on. Look how many times we all lock our doors with our remote just > to
> be sure we remembered to lock them -- and bingo, someone has our
> code...and whatever was in our car.
> Snopes Approved --..Please share with everyone you know!!
> http://www.snopes..com/crime/warnings/vin.asp
>