[pchelpers] How to lock your car and why (authenticity uncertain) [from Morris Gratton]
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:09:00 +1300
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.
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