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  game. 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.
 
Something to consider if  you have a GPS - don't put your home address  in it. Put a nearby address (like a store or gas  station) so you can still find your way home  if you need to, but no one else would  know where you live if your GPS were  stolen.
     
     MOBILE  PHONES
    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 late r 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     When  they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff  told them all the  money  was already withdrawn. The20thief 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  Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money  from their  bank  account.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.
     
     *PLEASE  PASS THIS  ON
    *  I never thought about the  above!
    As  of now, I no longer have 'home'  listed on my cell phone.