Protect yourself ,and your family.

I came across this yesterday and thought I would share it. BIG T
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A friend told me that someone she knew had their car broken into while they were at a football game.  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.

How they did it:  The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the house (pre programmed by the victim). 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.
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MOBILE PHONE  texting and security.
 
A lady now 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 When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the money was already withdrawn.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 Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their bank account.

The lesson:
 Do not disclose the relationship between you and the people in your contact list on your phone. 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, or have a password, codeword within the text confirming its from whom you think it is.  Also, when you're being text by friends or family to meet them somewhere,use codewords, passwords or just call them back and be sure 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.