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
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.
Snops Approved --Please share with everyone you know!
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The above story was recently verified in our neighbourhood by the College. Debbie was the unwitting victim of the thieves. She put her purse in the trunk, locked the car with her remote and went for a walk. She did notice a car with a couple of guys in it nearby but did not pay any attention to them. Upon her return home she took her purse out of the trunk and searched for her wallet. It was gone! No money in it but all her ID's and credit cards went with the wallet. Having called the credit card company she was informed that someone already tried three times to collect $500 cash in automatic tellers in Winfield. She now is a believer!
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