Warning!!!!!!

[Crappie Chatt]

>
> 1. GPS

> Our friends had their car broken into while at a
> football game. Their
> car was parked on the green adjacent to the stadium
> and specially allotted
> to football fans.
>
> Things
> stolen from the car included: a garage door remote
> control, some money and a GPS prominently mounted on the
> dashboard. When the
> victims got home, they found that their house had been
> ran sacked and just
> about everything had been stolen.
>
> The
> thieves used the GPS to guide them to the house ("Go
> Home" feature), and used the garage remote
> control to gain entry
> to the house.
>
> They
> knew the owners were at the game, 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.
>
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>
> 2.. MOBILE PHONE
>
> Never
> thought of this:
>
> This lady has now changed her habit of how she lists names
> on her mobile phone
> after her handbag, containing her cell phone, credit card,
> wallet, etc., was
> stolen.
>
> Twenty
> minutes later she called her husband from a pay phone
> telling him what had
> happened; and he says: "I got your text asking about
> our Pin Number and
> I've replied a little while ago."
>
>
> When
> they rushed down to the bank, they were told all the money
> was already
> withdrawn. The thief actually used the stolen cell phone to
> text 'hubby' in the
> contact list and get the pin number.
>
>
> Within
> 20 minutes he had emptied their account. Do not disclose
> relationships between
> you and those in your contacts list.
>
>
>
> Avoid using names like Home, Honey, Hubby, Sweetheart, Dad,
> Mom, etc. Most
> importantly, when sensitive info is asked through texts,
> CONFIRM by calling
> back. Also, if you get a text from friends or family to
> meet them somewhere, be
> sure to call back to confirm the message came from them.
>
>
> If
> you don't reach them, be very careful about going
> places to meet family and
> friends' who text you!
>
> PLEASE
> PASS THIS ON - Be alert how you list personal information
> on your cell and GPS.
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[chuckauten]

Great info. I am changing my family names. Sorry about your loss. Out of everything bad, there is some good. At least your family is safe, the rest can be replace. Hope they did't take your crappie stuff.

Chuck

[CatFan]

Of course you could just break into any car on the lot with a garage door opener, get the registraton out of the glove box and the remote, then program the address from the registration into any GPS to find the house. Having home labeled doesn't make much difference.

[creekslick]

It's like my Dad always said "a lock just keeps an honest man honest". A thief will find a way to get in.

[yankee doodler]

It's like my Dad always said "a lock just keeps an honest man honest". A thief will find a way to get in.

Your Pa and mine musta been friends...same words of wisdom.

[ReelfootSlabs]

Wow useful info there.

[Pomoxis]

snopes.com: GPS Burglary

[baptistpreach]

snopes.com: GPS Burglary

Thanks, I was going to point out that this was clearly an email and that this smacked of a made a urban legend

[DKR]

good infor thanks for sharing.

[jaxsprat]

Got that same E-mail quite a while ago, yes usually check all on snopes-U never know? that being say thieves have been stealing GPS's around here in suburban areas for quite some time. If its mounted on the windshield it will be gone, one quick blow of a hammer & they reach in & grab your GPS, if there's a computer notebook on front seat its another hammer hit to side window, reach in unlock door-matter of seconds. This is why I insisted on buying a Garmin GPS as it will/does mount on a Garmin pillow nonslide base that sits on dash board(yep a extra $32.00 for base) but when I park I always remove GPS place on floor & cover with a rain jacket. I only have it on dash during long trips so its no hassle. It spends more time in trunk then in car:D:D Good wishing & fishing..