Careful where information is left ... thanks John L!

Subject: NOT ALL THIEVES ARE STUPID!!
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> Subject: FW: NOT ALL THIEVES ARE STUPID!!
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>  Never even thought about anything like this happening, guess I will change
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> Something to think about......
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> NOW HEAR THIS...NOT ALL THIEVES ARE STUPID!!
> 1. A friend of a friend 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
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> 2. 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 aGPS 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.
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> 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.
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> 3. MOBILE PHONES
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> I never thought of this.......
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> 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.
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> Moral of the lesson:
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> 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....
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> b. And very importantly, when sensitive info is being asked through texts,
> CONFIRM by calling back.
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> 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.
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> *PLEASE PASS THIS ON
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> * I never thought about the above!
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> As of now, I no longer have 'home' listed on my cell phone.
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> Even if this does not pertain to you....Pass it on to your family and
> friends.