Not All Thieves Are Stupid!!

1.  Some people left their car in the long-term parking at
San Jose while away, and someone broke into the car. Using the information on
the car’s registration in the glove compartment, they drove the car to the
people’s 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.
Someone had their car broken into while they were at a football game. 
Their car was parked on the green which was adjacent to the football stadium
and specially allotted to football fans. 
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When the victims got home, they found that their house had been ransacked and
just about everything worth anything had been stolen. 

The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the house.  They
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 – don’t 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.  CELL PHONE I never thought of this…….This lady
has now changed her habit of how she lists her names on her cell phone after
her handbag was stolen.

Her handbag, which contained her cell phone, credit card, wallet, etc., was
stolen.  20 minutes later when she called her hubby, from a pay phone
telling him what had happened, hubby says ‘I received your text asking about
our Pin number and I’ve 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already withdrawn.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20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their bank account.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 you’re 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 don’t reach them, be very careful about going places to meet
‘family and friends’ who text you.

 4.  Purse in the grocery cart scam…
A lady went grocery-shopping at a local mall and someone took her leather
purse sitting in the children’s seat of the cart while she reached something
off a shelf…wait till you read the WHOLE story! 

Her wallet was stolen, and she reported it to the store personnel.  After
returning home, she received a phone call from the Mall Security to say that
they had her wallet and that although there was no money in it, it did still
hold her personal papers. 

She immediately went to pick up her wallet, only to be told by Mall Security
that they had not called her.  By the time she returned home again, her
house had been broken into and burglarized. 

The thieves knew that by calling and saying they were Mall Security, they could
lure her out of her house long enough for them to burglarize it.

*PLEASE PASS THIS ON Even if this does not pertain to you….Pass it on to your
family and friends.