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Robbed At El Rey Parking Lot David Today

We had just left Price smart with about 100.00 worth of stuff in the car then

went to El Rey in David. Went in to the store came back out and everything

was gone including everything in the glove box all cd's phone cords everything.

Just beware. No we did not tell the police since its just a waste of time when

the security guard was right by our car so why bother. This happened between

3 and 3:15 today. BEWARE....

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  • Another friend of mine had the same experience....went to PriceSmart and then El Rey.  They took everything.   Best to leave another person with the car if you can.  If not, approach the guard and tell him you are leaving your car and that if he sees anyone other than yourself enter the car, to question them.   Of course, parking close is not always easy, but rotating around a couple of times usually comes up with a  space near the store someone is leaving.

    Of course, the car should have an alarm for forced entry.  If this happens to anyone the first action should be to go inside and ask for the General Manager

  • Automobile remote keyless entry systems (RKE) were introduced in the 1980s. They've proved to be a big hit, making it easier for the grocery-laden to unlock their cars and sparing many of the terminally forgetful from finding they've left their keys in the ignitions of their now-locked vehicles or their purses on the seats of same.

    The earliest RKE systems were quite vulnerable to the sort of attack described in the warning quoted above. Their (usually built into key fobs) sent unique identifying codes that could be picked off by 'code grabbers,' devices that recorded the codes sent out when drivers pushed buttons on their remote key fobs to lock or unlock their cars.

    However, times change and technology advances. In response to the fixed code security weakness, automakers shifted from RKEs with fixed codes to systems
    employing rolling random codes. These codes change every time a given RKE
    system is used to lock or unlock car doors and thus rendered the earlier 'code grabbers' ineffective. That form of more robust code system became the industry standard for remote keyless entry systems in the mid-1990s, so automobiles newer than that are not vulnerable to being quickly and easily opened by criminals armed with the first generation of code grabbers.

    It is theoretically possible for a thief armed with the right technology and the ability to manipulate it correctly to snatch a modern keycode from the air and use it to enter a vehicle. However, it's unclear how many (if any) crooks have managed to overcome the issues of complexity and time involved in the process to use it as a practical means of stealing from cars. If the scheme requires would-be thieves to have specialized knowledge and equipment and spend hours (or more) crunching data and replicating a device to produce a correct entry code, its application to boosting valuables from cars in parking lots would be rather limited. As Microchip Technology, the manufacturer of KEELOQ brand RKE systems, noted of this possibility:
    The theoretical attack requires detailed knowledge of the system implementation and a combination of data, specialized skills, equipment and access to various components of a system which is seldom feasible. These theoretical attacks are not unique to the Keeloq system and could be applied to virtually any security system.
    So far we haven't encountered any documented cases of items being stolen from locked cars via entry gained through the use of code grabbers, much less evidence that it's a widespread form of theft. There have been a few reported incidents of thieves' managing to gain entry to locked vehicles through the apparent use of some form of electronic device, but the specific nature of those devices has yet to be determined. In some similar cases it has been speculated that thieves who have been stealing purses and other valuables from parked vehicles have been using a device that blocks remote keyless signals and thus prevents car doors from locking (rather than using a device that emulates remote keyless signals to open locked doors).

    Read more at http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/lockcode.asp#0muu0iWRlpbzS9Jr.99
    • If they electronically stopped the car from locking, they could have boldly entered it like they owned it as soon as the real owners went into the store. 

      • IF - very doubtful.

        • Hey, Keith,
          I hope you're still up for putting our plan into motion when I get back down there.
          As a reminder, we'll need to secure some warehouse space near PriceMart with reliable electrical service and backup. Then, once we've got all of our sophisticated equipment set up, we can begin to surreptitiously recruit clever old gringos to be our henchmen (and henchwomen!)
          We'll soon have them wandering around the parking lot with their code-grabbing fobs, cleaning out the cars of the unsuspecting rubes, invisible to security in their nondescript obscurity!

          We're gonna make out like bandits (tee-hee!) with family-sized boxes of corn flakes, multi-pac flashlights and bungee cords, and industrial-sized tubs of peanut butter! Once we have the scheme operating flawlessly, we'll expand over to Rey and augment our score with expensive imported cheeses, beer, and biscuits.

          Those gomers will never know what hit 'em! Jejejejeje!

          Remember, don't tell a soul!

          Dav -- I mean, wryawry -- I mean, Anonymous

    • But I saw the code grabbers in movies like fast and furious and you know they don't put anything in movies which isn't real!

  • In most cases those guys use a remote code grabber. Easy to buy online. Lock your car manually. 

  • Sorry this happened. The most important reason to report a crime is if the establishment has cameras (Rey's does) they can review the video footage and hopefully catch the thugs. Small window of opportunity on this depending on the size of the hard drive on the DVR.

  • US would be theft/theft from vehicle.
  • a remote

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