You lock-thieves unlock

[Chris Stewart]

This was emailed to me,

How to Lock Your Car and Why

I locked my car --- as I walked away I heard my car door unlock I went back and locked my car again three times. I looked around and the re were two guys sitting in a car in the fire lane next to the store. When I
looked straight at the m the y did not unlock my car again.

How to lock your car safely -

While traveling, my son stopped at a roadside park. He came out to his car
less than 4-5 minutes later and found 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 the re were no signs of his car being
broken into - the police told him that the re is a device that robbers
are using now to clone your security code when you lock your doors on
your car using your key-chain locking device..

They sit a distance away and watch for the ir next victim. They know you are going inside of the store, restaurant, or bathroom and 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 the re is
someone sitting in a parking lot watching for the ir 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 door lock on your key
chain - it sends the code through the airwaves where it can be stolen.

Something totally new to us...and real.

Be aware of this and please pass this note on...look how many times we all lock our doors with our remote...just to be sure we remembered to lock
the m....and bingo someone has our code...and whatever was in the
car...can be stolen.

[bozr]

Hoax

http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/lockcode.asp

"The would-be thief would need specialized knowledge and equipment and would have to spend hours (if not days) crunching data and replicating a device to produce the correct entry code."

[Chris Stewart]

Thanks, I thought someone here would know for sure.