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 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 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 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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