Remote Car Lock

[lilhave]

Subject: REMOTE CAR LOCK




How to Lock Your Car and Why
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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. I looked around and there
> were
> two guys sitting in a car in the fire lane next to the store. When I
> looked straight at them they did not unlock my car again.
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> How to lock your car safely -
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> While traveling, my son stopped at a roadside park. He came out to his
> car less than 4-5 minutes later and found someone had gotten into his
> car, and stolen his cell phone, laptop computer, GPS navigator
> briefcase.....you name it...
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> He called the police and since there were no signs of his car being
> broken into - the police told him that 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.
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> They sit a distance away and watch for their next victim.
> They know you are going inside of the store, restaurant, or bathroom
> and 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 stolen.
> Something totally new to us...and real.
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> Be aware of this 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 the
> car...can be stolen.

Harvey

[robyrob]

...they can also peel the lock or just throw a brick through your window - so put your cell phone, laptop computer, GPS navigator, briefcase, child, blender, tiara, or you name it in the trunk.

[Chocoholic]

That is good advice. It's just a shame that so many people think it's acceptable to steal.

[Marvo301]

Originally Posted by robyrob

...they can also peel the lock or just throw a brick through your window - so put your cell phone, laptop computer, GPS navigator, briefcase, child, blender, tiara, or you name it in the trunk.

Robyrob, do you really advocate putting children in the trunk? Yikes!!