Something you might want to stop and read

[rojawe]

Something to think about with all our new electronic technology.
 
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.
 
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money was already withdrawn.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 Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their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:
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 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 .
 
 
 
 
 

[tombogan03884]

I passed it on to all non forum members in my address book.

[fightingquaker13]

Incredibly obvious, and I didn't think of most of it. The GDO is the weak link. Its always in your car, or what good is it? I always lock the door to my house from the garage, but once they're in there, with all the tools, that wil last about five seconds. The GPS is good advive also. Changing the addres to a landmark not home makes good sense. I would also offer one piece of advice here. Don't mount it to your dash where they can see you have one. My Garmin has a sand bag with a no skid bottom with the mount attached to that. It sits securely on the dash and doesn't slide (about $15 at Boat US). When you park, you just pick it up set it on the floor and drape a towell over it so it isn't an invitation to break in. It also lets you move it from one vehichle to another.Thanks for the tips.
FQ13   

[tombogan03884]

The additional comments from FQ are useful and I do not intend to detract from that, BUT, I can not over come the need to highlight one of his statements.

Incredibly obvious, and I didn't think of most of it.            

[Walter45Auto]

Had a friend's GPS stolen from their car out of our church parking lot one night.

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