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was already withdrawn.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 to going places that the text tells you to go to.