Car Locking Scam - well worth knowing.
Not a Joke!
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 travelling, 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 probaly 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 frustrate these thieves.
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