Not all thieves are stupid - must read those use modern gadgets.

This gives us 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bank, the bank staff told them all the money was already withdrawn.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 Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all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