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Good advice.
I was in the local Wickes a few weeks ago and there were a couple in their late 50's early 60's buying fencing.
The man put his card in the machine but couldn't remember the pin so his wife, who was standing about 10 metres away at the time, shouted it out to him. He started to key it in and asked her to repeat it, which she did, number by number.
The staff and the rest of us in thw queue were gobsmacked, to say the least.
He then walked out pushing the trolley with his wallet half hanging out of his pocket.
Had there been an opportunist thief about their account would have been emptied before they had even left the car park.
Then there are people who won't trust technology, and insist on using cash for everything.
Those, often elderly, I'm afraid to say, who stand in the supermarket queue with a wadge of notes in their fist, almost begging someone to relieve them of it.
A pensioner who lived near my mum was going to visit her family in South Africa, drew out over £2,000 in cash to take as a present four weeks before she was due to leave. She didn't trust banks. Afraid to leave the money in the house she took it with her when she went out shopping. What was worse all her neighbours knew about it.
Sadly she was mugged and her handbag was stolen, all the money went with it. The money was never recovered, but it makes you wonder if the culprit was someone who knew her.
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Same problem with car keys.
Lose your keys in a car park and all the finder has to do is walk up and down pressing the button until the right car responds.
Your car needs an immobiliser as well to add an extra layer of protection.
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Thanks Brian, for that, the "Home" thing is something I hadn't considered....
Will think about changing the Home address for something a bit different......
but as only one set of keys is in use at a time.......and I dont have a remote for MY garage........will pass on those....
Bob
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I got this from a cousin, think about it.
This gives us something to think about with all our new Electronic Technology
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 out 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.
Brian(i)
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