Urban legend. Need proof of ownership, identification and VIN to get a new
key. If you can forge all that stuff you'd be better off stealing
identities than cars.


"N.L. Eckert" wrote in message
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Subject: Fw: VIN #
Hi All
I do not know if this is true or not as I have not checked it out as
yet. But thought it interesting enough to forward and one can do as one
wishes. I received this from a personal friend which I consider
reliable.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 10:07 PM
Subject: VIN #
Subject: FW Your VIN #...more to look out for!
Seems that car thieves have found yet another way to 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 # from the label on
the dash, go to the local car dealership and request a duplicate key
based on the VIN #.
I didn't believe this e-mail, so I called a friend at Chrysler Dodge and
pretended I had lost my keys. They told me to just bring in the VIN #,
and they would cut me one on the spot, and I could order the keyless
device if I wanted.
The Car Dealer's Parts Department will make a duplicate key from the VIN
#, and collect payment from the thief who will return to your car. He
doesn't have to break in, do any damage to the vehicle, or draw
attention to himself. All he has to do is walk up to your car, insert
the key and off he goes to a local chop shop with your vehicle.
You don't believe it? It IS that easy.
To avoid this from happening to you, simply put some tape (electrical
tape, duct tape or medical tape) across the VIN Metal Label located on
the dash board. By law, you cannot remove the VIN, but you can cover it
so it can't be viewed through the windshield by a car thief.
I urge you to forward this to your friends before some other car thief
steals another car or truck.
I slipped a 3 x 5 card over the VIN #.

"N.L. Eckert" wrote in message
...
Subject: Fw: VIN #
Hi All
I do not know if this is true or not as I have not checked it out as
yet. But thought it interesting enough to forward and one can do as one
wishes. I received this from a personal friend which I consider
reliable.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 10:07 PM
Subject: VIN #
Subject: FW Your VIN #...more to look out for!
Seems that car thieves have found yet another way to 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 # from the label on
the dash, go to the local car dealership and request a duplicate key
based on the VIN #.
I didn't believe this e-mail, so I called a friend at Chrysler Dodge and
pretended I had lost my keys. They told me to just bring in the VIN #,
and they would cut me one on the spot, and I could order the keyless
device if I wanted.
The Car Dealer's Parts Department will make a duplicate key from the VIN
#, and collect payment from the thief who will return to your car. He
doesn't have to break in, do any damage to the vehicle, or draw
attention to himself. All he has to do is walk up to your car, insert
the key and off he goes to a local chop shop with your vehicle.
You don't believe it? It IS that easy.
To avoid this from happening to you, simply put some tape (electrical
tape, duct tape or medical tape) across the VIN Metal Label located on
the dash board. By law, you cannot remove the VIN, but you can cover it
so it can't be viewed through the windshield by a car thief.
I urge you to forward this to your friends before some other car thief
steals another car or truck.
I slipped a 3 x 5 card over the VIN #.


An older unchipped key maybe. But you have to have the car (at least on
Ford) to program the key.

A good car thief will have the door open, the car started, and inside
the chop shop with all the doors fenders cut off before somebody can
drive to the dealership and get a key made based on a VIN.


Aside: Most ingenious batch of car thieves in the last two decades, at
least in this area, had to be the group supposedly connected with the
"Russian Mafia." They specialized in stealing Hondas. They would steal
a car, strip the body and interior parts, and then roll the chassis
back out onto a local roadway and abandon it. The insurance companies
would pay off the owners of the cars, and then put the chassis up for
sale at the insurance salvage auction. The Russian gang would outbid
everybody for the chassis, obtain a legal title and bill of sale, and
then take the chassis back to the chop shop and reinstall all the
*original*, matcing VIN parts. They did a great number of cars before
getting caught.

Ironically, thier downfall (beyond doing something dastardly in the
first place) was using the original, matching parts. This probably
improved the ultimate resale value of the reassembled car, (as in, "I
don't know what they mean when calling this a rebuilt title- have your
body man look at it if you want, all the parts are original") When the
cops began to get wise and tracked down a few of the rebuilt cars
originally sold through the insurance auction, it didn't take a rocket
scientist to figure out the only person who would have all the original
parts for one of these stripped chassis would be the guy who did the
stripping in the first place.