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Vehicle VIN number
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 #. |
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So, is your car so special that a thief would take the time to get a key
made for it? I'm sure thieves know how to start a car without the bother of a key. "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 #. |
Actually, a lot of the new cars will only start with a key. There is a
computer chip in the key now days and the car will not start without it. Makes a lot of sense getting a key at the dealer and steal the car. "William Andersen" wrote in message news:phvhe.26032$tQ.7297@fed1read06... So, is your car so special that a thief would take the time to get a key made for it? I'm sure thieves know how to start a car without the bother of a key. "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 #. |
N.L. Eckert wrote:
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. It is true that dealers can make keys from vin numbers. It's been that way for some time now. A few years ago I had a key made this way for an '89 vehicle because the key I had was too worn to make a duplicate. But you do need to show proof of ownership before they will do it - registration, drivers license etc. You can't just walk in off the street with a vin and get a key. Bruce |
On Sat, 14 May 2005 15:51:02 -0700, "William Andersen" wrote:
So, is your car so special that a thief would take the time to get a key made for it? I'm sure thieves know how to start a car without the bother of a key. Mine is! http://members.cox.net/jherring/pony.html -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
On Sat, 14 May 2005 15:51:02 -0700, "William Andersen" wrote:
So, is your car so special that a thief would take the time to get a key made for it? I'm sure thieves know how to start a car without the bother of a key. PS. Apparently it's not a huge problem: http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/vin.asp -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
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 ... 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 #. |
Depends on the car. $250 for my 99 expedition. And you have to have the
car to program the key. So the thief can unlock the scar and have it towed, but can not start it until a 1.5 hour programing time. "Harry.Krause" wrote in message ... ed wrote: Actually, a lot of the new cars will only start with a key. There is a computer chip in the key now days and the car will not start without it. Makes a lot of sense getting a key at the dealer and steal the car. I asked about an "extra" key for my car, and was told by the dealer that the keys with the chip inside run about a hundred buckx. -- Bush and the NeoConvicts who control him are destroying the once-great United States. |
"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. |
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