Noise Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 DO NOT KNOW IF INFORMATION IS TRUE BUT WELL WORTH MAKING A NOTE OF IT, GOT THIS FROM MY MATE AT WORK. "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 could hear it unlock again!! Naturally alarmed, I looked around and there were two men sitting in a car next to the store. They were obviously watching me intently, and there seemed no doubt they were somehow involved in this very weird situation. I quickly abandoned my errand, jumped into 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 parked cars. Two weeks later, my friend's son had a similar experience....While travelling, he stopped at a motorway service area to use the toilet. When he came out to his car less than 5 minutes later, someone had managed to get into his car and had stolen his mobile phone, laptop computer, sat-nav, briefcase and other belongings. He called the police and since there were no signs of his car having been broken into, the police told him he had probably 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 remote locking device. They sit a distance away and watch for their next victim. They know you are going inside the store, restaurant, or whatever and that they now have a few minutes to steal and run. The police officer said always to lock your car manually with the key when parking in a public area. That way if there is someone sitting in a car nearby watching for their next victim, it will not be you. When you lock up with the key upon exiting, it does not send the security code, but if you walk away and use the remote button, it sends the code through the airwaves where it can be easily intercepted by the device. This is very real. Be aware of what you have just read and please pass this information 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 potentially whatever is in our car." Please share with everyone you know in the hope that we can frustrate these thieves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ttaskmaster Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Heard this and many other variants over the years, along with the "stop to help an abandoned baby cot at the side of the road and Irish Gypsy Honey-Badgers will rob you and rape you" type, usually with the scanned letterhead of some local police force and a demand to forward this to everyone you know. Such things usually do the rounds annually, with values and injuries increasing each time. Check the relevant local police website, check Snopes and check message history itself. Likely just a scare-mongering hoax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Cynic Posted January 28, 2013 Moderator Share Posted January 28, 2013 Old hat these days. Car systems use one time signals. The fob and the car can recognise each other like old time spies. It knows what the next code should be. Resend the last signal it will be ignored. If you press the fob too many times on my rangy it ignores the fob till you use it in the ig and they have a 'chat'. Unless you have an old car. Its not likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dickwad Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Iv got a padlock on mine like Mr bean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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