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[FoldCatOne]

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

1. 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. 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bank, the bank staff told them all the money was already withdrawn.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had withdrawn all the money from their bank account.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,

a. 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.

[shallowsport]

It's fortunate for us that most thieves are stupid. But very wise to heed the warning you posted, as "not all thieves are stupid", indeed there are some who are very devious.

[Tyler]

Thanks for the heads up!
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[mickeyd]

I have to wonder if the meth heads around these parts have enough of their brains intact in order to pull this sort of crime off.
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[Big John]

http://www.snopes.com/crime/intent/gps.asp

[ironmanstan]

sometimes you just get good at what you do for a living.
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[rawlbay]

[FoldCatOne]

Several hundred invested in Game Cameras, and at least that much invested (well paid back many times over in puppies) in Anatolian Shepard Stock guarding dogs and a 45 cal pistol and Fn/FAL, both of which I would own anyway. You could come to my property and hunt around for hours and still not find the cameras. Of course to get here, you would have been photographed by at least 2 of my neighbors cameras too. WE WILL FIND YOU / THEM.

[rawlbay]

Damn sure won't have to worry about anyone stealing your sense of humor.

[mickeyd]

[rodandroll]

[nofish2day]

Boy, these are some low life bastids.

[top water Tony]

The one ill never forget . When these folks had there truck stolen from the drive way . A few days later it was returned with a note " sorry for stealing your truck here's some tickets to a spurs playoff game " so the couple took the tickets and went . Only to find out the tickets were fake and there house robbed. Talk about slick and stupid at the same time.
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[mickeyd]

Hey dude(s) I do not think anyone was degenerating(sp?) the original poster or the theft which no one condones....
Sense of humor is out in left field and I guess was so far out that it was indeed "stupid"!
For those who like to keep up with the theft threads I will seriously post the following:
Behind the K-Bob's in Rockport recently the police reported that someone put 23 some odd fishing poles in the dumpster! Stupid or ?


I am going out ths weekend and installing 23 motion sensors and and cameras around my little adobe in case anyone comes after my beaten up Igloo!
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