NOT ALL THIEVES ARE STUPID!! A very interesting article. The electronic age has produced electronic criminals. 1. A friend of a friend left his car in the long-term parking at the airport while traveling and someone broke into the car. Using the information on the cars registration in the glove compartment, the thief drove the car to the peoples home in Pebble Beach and robbed it. So I guess if we are going to leave the car in long-term parking, we should not leave the registration/insurance cards in it, nor your remote garage door opener. This gives us something to think about with all our new electronic technology. 2. GPS. A police report states that someone had their car broken into while they were at a football game. The car was parked in a designated parking lot adjacent to the football stadium and specially allotted to football fans. Things stolen from the car included a gun, a garage door remote, and a GPS which had been prominently mounted on the dashboard. When the victims got home, they found that their house had been ransacked and just about everything worthwhile had been stolen. The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the house, then used the garage remote control to open the garage door and gain entry to the house. The thieves knew the owners were at the football game, they knew what time the game was scheduled to finish and so they knew how much time they had to clean out the house. It would appear that they had brought a truck to empty the house of its contents. Something to consider if you have a GPS - dont put your home address in it... Put a nearby address (like a store or gas station) so you can still find your way home if you need to, but no one else would know where you live if your GPS were stolen. 3. MOBILE PHONES I never thought of this....... This lady has now changed her habit of how she lists her names on her mobile phone after her handbag was stolen. The handbag contained her cell phone, credit card, wallet, etc. 20 minutes after the theft, she called her hubby from a pay phone telling him what had happened. The hubby said I received your text asking about our pin number and I replied a little while ago. When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the money was already withdrawn. The thief had actually used the stolen cell phone to text hubby in the contact list and got hold of the pin number. Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their bank account. Moral of the lesson: A. Do not disclose the relationship between you and the people in your contact list. Avoid using names like Home, Honey, Hubby, Sweetheart, Dad, Mom, etc.... B. And very importantly, when sensitive info is being asked through texts, CONFIRM by calling back. C. Also, when youre being texted by friends or family to meet them somewhere, be sure to call back to confirm that the message came from them. If you dont reach them, be very careful about going places to meet family and friends who text you.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 12:11:49 +0000
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