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Read this below this morning, may be worth a read
BEWARE! LATEST SCAM.
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
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."
BEWARE! LATEST SCAM.
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
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."
