I thought I would forward this as many have these electronics. Only you and God know your heart.
Helen -------Original Message------- Date: 15/01/2009 1:41:40 AM Subject: Be careful with pocket electronics My friend Kel's personal remark shown immediately below. She says it very well! Scary world we live in! Seems there's ALWAYS more to worry about and the more hi-tech we become, the easier it is to get ripped off it seems. I always carried my garage remote control in my purse ~ a bit of a "pain", but beats leaving it in the car and having a stranger access your garage ~ if not your house. Jeez! Subject: be careful with pocket electronics Something to think about with all our new electronic gizmos... PORTABLE 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 match. Their car was parked in the lot 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 totally 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 up the house. It would appear that they had brought a truck to empty the house of its contents. MOBILE PHONE I never thought about this....... Another 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 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 When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the money was already withdrawn.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 cleaned out 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 text 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...
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