I am sending this again because it is very true and is
happening close to home... Becky Shisler was in St. Joseph
on Thursday and went into Kohl's. She locked her SUV as
she was walking away and when she came out someone
had gotten into her vehicle and stolen most of her
purchases. She reported it to the police and they told her
the same thing as this article. We must all be very careful.
Please send it to everyone in you mail box... This is TRUE...
--Bonnie
Please read and pass on...help save the next potential victim...
How to Lock Your Car and Why Not a Joke!
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.
Snopes Approved --Please share with everyone you know.
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*contributed by a forwarded email from my dear friend
Shirley with Teaching Hands.
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