> (Just passing this info on to you... ) > > Subject: Car thieves > > > Just heard this from a friend. Apparently car thieves have yet again found a > way around the system and steal your car or truck without any effort at all. > > > The car thieves peer through the windshield of your car or truck, write down > the VIN number from the label on the dash, go into the local dealership for > that car brand and request a duplicate key for it from the VIN number. > > > Car dealerships make up a duplicate key from the VIN number, collect payment > from the 'customer' who's really a would-be car thief for making up the > duplicate key -- the car thief goes back to your vehicle, inserts the key > they've just gotten and off they drive with your car or truck. > > > They don't have to break in, don't have to damage the vehicle and draw no > attention to themselves as all they have to do is to walk up to your car, > insert the key and off they go to their chop shop with your vehicle!!! > > > Can you believe it? > > > To avoid this from happening to you, simply put opaque tape (like a strip of > electrical tape, duct tape or medical tape) across the VIN label located on > the dash board. You can't remove the VIN number legally under most state > laws, so cover it so that it can't be viewed through the windshield by a car > thief. > > > Anyway, feel free to forward this on before some other car thief steals > another car or truck like this. >