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 match. 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 up the house. It would appear that they had  brought a truck to empty the house of its contents.


MOBILE  PHONE
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When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them  all the money was already withdrawn.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  Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their bank  account.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 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.