A word on securing your auto on parking.

[Marconi]

I just received this email, check it out.

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Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 7:32 AM
Subject: Fwd: How to lock your car and why

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 in your car upon exiting, it does not send the security code, but if you walk away and use the remote 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 email 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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[Qwazyone]

Good advice on locking doors manually, but the email is not snopes approved; snopes.com: Code Grabbers and Remote Keyless Entry

I would think the snopes page would be correct unless you have some cheap aftermarket keyless entry hooked up to your vehicle. Programming a Yaesu HT manually is easier than programming a new key FOB for remote keyless entry on most vehicles, and breaking a window is a simple way in. I will leave it at that, I do not wish to educate those that want to break into vehicles- even using slim jims will set off most newer factory vehicle alarms.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Yep, another BS story. I see now since so many people are using Snopes etc. that someone decided to add "Snopes approved" at the bottom. As if that holds a lot of weight. Anyone can put whatever they want too on it.

One of my favourite car breakin hoaxes was about using a cell phone to gain access to a car with the numbered lock system.