[pchelpers] Re: How to lock your car and why (authenticity uncertain) [from Morris Gratton]
- From: "Ekhart GEORGI (last name last)" <Ekhart.GEORGI@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:57:28 +0200
Hi John and Morris
> 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....
(snip)
It's an old hoax and a kind of spam that wastes more of people's time
and money than all malware combined. You can spot these urban legends
using common sense based on their verbose and juvenile language,
exaggerated claims, exclamation marks, and the inevitable chain letter
element. The clincher is a line like "This is very real".
Most of these hoaxes can be found at www.snopes.com
http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/lockcode.asp
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