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Original Post Date: 2010-08-03 Time: 05:00:02 Posted By: Jan
[This is food for thought. Technology, if stolen, could cost you dearly. Jan]
My friend Brian commented:-
Yes, think about how many people you see with a GPS on their windscreen?
Now most of them the first thing they do when they first buy it, is put their home address in and see how well it works, then their work address, 90% never remove these addresses, and they name the home address as “home”, 90% of people leave their GPS in the holder on the windscreen, and then also leave their house keys and remotes in their cars, most in plain view.
So all the thief has to do is be alert se when people park at shopping centers, se who leaves their GPS in the holder in plain view, walk past the car see if they can see the keys and remotes, follow the people, see where they go if they go to the movies they know the movie is about 2 hours, bonus, it they go to Pick n pay or checkers, do they take a trolley, then they know they going to be a while. Break into the car take the stuff, and check if “home” is programmed into the GPS. If so Bingo, if not the very least they get is a working GPS…
They might even have a lookout follow the people in the shops, and when they head back to their car alert the other, and he gets away in time.
Now if they target people going to events, soccer, rugby, cricket. They then have more time.
Subject: be very careful – PLEASE READ FOR SAFETY
Please Read This!!
This gives us something to think about with all our new electronic technology.
GPS
A couple of weeks ago a friend told me that someone he knew 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. Things stolen from the car included a gate and garage door remote control, some money 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 worth anything had been stolen.
The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the house. They then used the gate remote to get on the property then user 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.
MOBILE PHONES
I never thought of this…….
This guy has now changed his habit of how he lists his names on his mobile phone after his bag was stolen. His bag, which contained cell phone, credit card, wallet… Etc….was stolen.
20 minutes later when he called his wife, from a pay phone telling her what had happened, the wife 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 ‘the wife’ 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:
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….
And very importantly, when sensitive info is being asked through texts, CONFIRM by calling back.
Also, when you’re being text 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.
A number of people also have their house alarm on/off function on Remote as well, so they don't have to remember a code, guess where the remote is kept, (in the car?)
*PLEASE PASS THIS ON
* I never thought about the above!
As of now, I no longer have ‘home’ listed on my cell phone, and I know where I live and have removed the address from my GPS.