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..remotely. They sit a
distance away and watch for their next victim. They know you are going
inside the store, restaurant, or bathroom and 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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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..remotely. They sit a
distance away and watch for their next victim. They know you are going
inside the store, restaurant, or bathroom and 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!!
