[TheList] FW: Fw: Car Locking - Just in case

Sat Nov 24 23:51:07 AEDT 2012

"Anyone aware of this happening here in NZ?"

Car Locking - Just in case  

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
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 mobile phone, laptop computer, sat nav,
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
remote 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 with the key -- that way if there is someone sitting in a parking lot
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 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 what ever
was in our car.  

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