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I just received this "SNOPES APPROVED" e-mail. Thought I would pass it along for maximum dissemination....

An interesting E-mail a friend sent to
> me...............Valuable info.
>
> How to Lock Your Car and Why this is Not a Joke!
>
> 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 to 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