[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Easy Thefts

[William Leed wle...@aol.com [FairfieldLife]]

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From: Don Loos <l.donaldl...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Sun, May 21, 2017 3:11 pm
Subject: Fwd: Fw: Easy Thefts








 




 


 




 





  

  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  


  
  
  
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
      
      
        
          
          
          
            
            
            
            
            
              
              
              
              
              
              
Some               good stuff here for all... 
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
 
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
NOT                 ALL THIEVES ARE STUPID





                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
 





                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
1. LONG - TERM                 PARKING





                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
Some                 people 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:

                
                
                
Someone                 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. CELL                 PHONES:

                
                
                
I                 never thought of this! This lady has now changed her habit of 
                how she lists her names on her cell phone after her handbag was 
                stolen. Her handbag, which contained her cell phone, credit     
            card, wallet, etc., was stolen. Twenty 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                 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.

                
                
                
 

                
                
                
4. PURSE                 IN THE GROCERY CART SCAM:
A lady went grocery-shopping at                 a local mall and left her purse 
sitting in the children's seat                 of the cart while she reached 
something off a shelf/ Wait till                 you read the WHOLE story! Her 
wallet was stolen, and she                 reported it to the store personnel. 
After returning home, she                 received a phone call from the Mall 
Security to say that they                 had her wallet and that although 
there was no money in it, it                 did still hold her personal 
papers. She immediately went to pick                 up her wallet, only to be 
told by Mall Security that they had                 not called her. By the time 
she returned home again, her house                 had been broken into and 
burglarized. The thieves knew that by                 calling and saying they 
were Mall Security, they could lure her                 out of her house long 
enough for them to burglarize                 it.

                
                
                
 

                
*PLEASE                 PASS THIS ON
Even if this does not pertain to you, please                 let your family 
and friends know so they don't get caught in a                 scam.