BangkokDean
Well-known member
I locked my car using the remote fob. As I walked away
I heard my car door unlock. I went back and used the
fob to lock my car again three times. Each time, as
soon as I started to walk away, I would hear it unlock
again!! Naturally alarmed, I looked around and there
were two guys sitting in a car in the fire lane next to the
store. They were obviously watching me intently, and there
was no doubt they were somehow involved in this very weird
situation . I quickly chucked the errand I was on,
jumped in 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 cars. Two weeks later, my friend's
son had a similar happening.... While traveling, my friend's son
stopped at a roadside rest to
use the bathroom. When he came out to his car less
than 4-5 minutes later, someone had gotten into his car and
stolen his cell phone, laptop computer, GPS navigator,
briefcase.....you name it. He called the police and
since there were no signs of his car being broken into, the
police told him he had 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 fob locking device..
They sit a distance away and watch for their next victim.
They see you go inside of the store, restaurant, or bathroom
so they have a few minutes to steal and run. The police
officer said to manually lock your car door-by hitting the lock button inside the car
-- that way if there is someone sitting in a parking lot
watching for their next victim, it will not be you.
When you hit the lock button on your car upon exiting, it does not send the
security code, but if you walk away and use the remote door
lock on your key chain, it sends the code through the
airwaves where it can be instantly stolen.
I heard my car door unlock. I went back and used the
fob to lock my car again three times. Each time, as
soon as I started to walk away, I would hear it unlock
again!! Naturally alarmed, I looked around and there
were two guys sitting in a car in the fire lane next to the
store. They were obviously watching me intently, and there
was no doubt they were somehow involved in this very weird
situation . I quickly chucked the errand I was on,
jumped in 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 cars. Two weeks later, my friend's
son had a similar happening.... While traveling, my friend's son
stopped at a roadside rest to
use the bathroom. When he came out to his car less
than 4-5 minutes later, someone had gotten into his car and
stolen his cell phone, laptop computer, GPS navigator,
briefcase.....you name it. He called the police and
since there were no signs of his car being broken into, the
police told him he had 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 fob locking device..
They sit a distance away and watch for their next victim.
They see you go inside of the store, restaurant, or bathroom
so they have a few minutes to steal and run. The police
officer said to manually lock your car door-by hitting the lock button inside the car
-- that way if there is someone sitting in a parking lot
watching for their next victim, it will not be you.
When you hit the lock button on your car upon exiting, it does not send the
security code, but if you walk away and use the remote door
lock on your key chain, it sends the code through the
airwaves where it can be instantly stolen.
