Ravin R10 man Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 How to Lock Your Car and Why I locked my car. As I walked away I heard my car door unlock. I went back and locked my car again three times. Each time, as soon as I started to walk away, I would hear it unlock again!! Naturally alarmed, I looked around and there were two guys sitting in a car in the fire lane next to the store. They were obviously watching me intently, and there was no doubt they were somehow involved in this very weird situation . I quickly chucked the errand I was on, jumped in my car and sped away. I went straight t o the police station, told them what had happened, and found out I was part of a new, and very successful, scheme being used to gain entry into cars.. Two weeks later, my friend's son had a similar happening.... While traveling, my friend's son stopped at a roadside rest to use the bathroom. When he came out to his car less than 4-5 minutes later, someone had gotten into his car and stolen his cell phone, laptop computer, GPS navigator, briefcase.....you name it. He called the police and since there were no signs of his car being broken into, the police told him he had been a victim of the latest robbery tactic -- there is a device that robbers are using now to clone your security code when you lock your doors on your car using your key-chain locking device.. They sit a distance away and watch for their next victim. They know you are going inside of the store, restaurant, or bathroom and that they now have a few minutes to steal and run. The police officer said to manually lock your car door-by hitting the lock button inside the car -- that way if there is someone sitting in a parking lot watching for their next victim, it will not be you. When you hit the lock button on your car upon exiting, it does not send the security code, but if you walk away and use the door lock on your key chain, it sends the code through the airwaves where it can be instantly stolen. This is very real. Be wisely aware of what you just read and please pass this note on. Look how many times we all lock our doors with our remote just to be sure we remembered to lock them -- and bingo, someone has our code...and whatever was in our car. Snopes Approved --Please share with everyone you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Yes it is indeed possible. The signal frequencies can be matched with the right equipment. At work we always hit the lock button twice on the remote to locate the vehicle we're trying to find One time at work when I was walking out to the service lineup to get a car, hit the button and two different cars honked. Somehow both had the same frequency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted March 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I always use manual door locks..dont like the horn going off because I'm too lazy to push a button, before getting out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsharp01 Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 My wife didnt have this incident happen but when she was at the gas station, she got out to pump her gas and while she was pumping she heard her doors lock. Her keys were still in the ignition so the only logical answer I can up with was somebody has the same frequency as her truck and thats what locked them. Now reading this I am glad I have manual locks on my truck and will not be using the remotes to lock the doors again. Thanks for this information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Yep, have heard of this happening Martin. Heard that thieves and bad guys can get programmable door openers or some other devices and capture codes with them and this is happening in parking lots where they watch and wait. Pretty sure the local news station ran something on this a good while back and also remember reading an article on the same topic somewhere previously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flintlock1776 Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Theoretical snopes.com: Code Grabbers and Remote Keyless Entry Take time to read the entire thing but may be of value, especially on the 'snopes approved' part I have LoJack so it works well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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