This is for all car owners. -Victim XXX
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 could hear it unlock again!!
Naturally alarmed, I looked around and
there were two men sitting in a car next to the Store. They were obviously
watching me intently, and there seemed no doubt they were somehow involved in
this very weird situation.
I quickly abandoned my errand, jumped into
my car and sped away. I went straight to 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 parked cars.
Two weeks later, my friend's son had a
similar experience....While traveling, he stopped at a motorway service area to
use the toilet. When he came out to his car less than 5 minutes later, someone
had managed to get into his car and had stolen his mobile phone, laptop
computer, sat-nav, briefcase and other belongings.
He called the police and since there were
no signs of his car having been broken into, the police told him he had
probably 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 remote locking device.
They sit a distance away and watch for
their next victim. They know you are going inside the Store, restaurant, or
whatever and that they now
have a few minutes to steal and run.
The police officer said always to lock your
car manually with the key when parking in a public area. That way if there is
someone sitting in a car nearby watching for their next victim, it will not be
you.
When you lock up with the key upon exiting,
it does not send the security code, but if you walk away and use the remote
button, it sends the code through the airwaves where it can be easily
intercepted by the device.
This is very real. Be aware of what you
just read and please pass this information 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 potentially whatever is in our car."
Please share with everyone you know in the
hope that we can stop these thieves!
Forwarded as received.
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