Not All Thieves are Stupid, which begs the question; ARE YOU ???

Not All Thieves are Stupid, which begs the question;  ARE YOU ???

A very interesting article.  The electronic age has produced electron 
criminals.


NOW HEAR THIS...NOT ALL THIEVES ARE STUPID!!

1.  A friend of a friend 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.
A couple of weeks ago a friend told me that someone she  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 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 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.  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. 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withdrawn.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.

*PLEASE PASS THIS ON

* I never thought about the above!

As of now, I no longer have 'home' listed on my cell phone.

Even if this does not pertain to you....Pass it on to your family 
and friends.

Skip Klahr