Car wash crooks make £20, zero a day by using £500 key fob jammers that leave motors unlocked
Car wash crooks make £20,000 a day by using £500 key fob jammers that leave motors unlocked
Romanian car wash boss Mario told an undercover Sun reporter he could use the devices to steal phones, laptops and cash
THE shocking scale of car thefts using key fob lock jamming devices is exposed today — as The Sun exposes a car wash gang spearheading the crime spree.
But researchers say that is an underestimate and it may be as high as forty five per cent.
The boss of a Romanian car wash gang has boasted he pockets up to £20,000 a day using key fob jammers to break into vehicles.
He told an undercover Sun reporter his team, who use the devices to jam the signal when drivers lock cars remotely, steal phones, laptops and have even swiped large bundles of cash.
The gang boss, named Mario, told our man he could supply him with as many key fob jammers as he wished at £500 a time. He added: You can use this when you want to steal the car.
“Boss, with this you know how many telephone — iPhone 7, Samsung Galaxy eight — I get from the car? Go to the city centre, explosions.
“I swear to my bone twenty grand, two people — ten for me and ten for my friend.”
Mario bragged he once used key fob blockers — which police say have sparked a rise in thefts both of vehicles and from them — to steal £20,000 in cash that had been left in a car.
He also claimed his gang, which works at car washes in Coventry, targets music festivals such as Glastonbury where thousands leave their cars parked for days at a time.
He added: “When you go festival, big festival — car park, I swear to God.”
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Mario, who runs the gang with a fellow Romanian named Fernando, also boasted he could get devices which will commence a Range Rover engine.
He said he had contacts who desired to target Range Rovers because they were so expensive.
Mario asked our reporter: “How many you want? I bring you.”
He said our man could use the jammer to get in the Range Rover, then a embarking device to drive it away. The key jammers will work within 100metres of a car.
Crooks hold down a button as an holder operates his remote locker and the radio wave signal is blocked.
There were an estimated 872,000 vehicle-related thefts across England and Wales in two thousand fifteen and more than 237,000 thefts from a vehicle.
'I was fob victim'
A KEY fob crook ransacked Lauren Dover’s Skoda at Christmas.
He snatched about £200 worth of presents along with clothes and her purse and bank card. Her card was used three times, spending £100. Carer Lauren, 22, of Leeds, said: “It was violent. It was just before Christmas and lots of presents were stolen.
“Another car had the same thing happened nearby on the same night. A a lap top was taken.”
Police caught the card crook but he insisted he found it in a street.
Lauren said: “He was about nineteen and had just got out with prison for theft and drugs.
“He was out on licence. But all he got was a fine. So much for justice.”
In London alone 6,000 cars and vehicles were stolen using electronic hacking devices, police say. Some researchers estimate as many as forty five per cent of cars are stolen using some sort of device. The National Police Chiefs’ Council says it is more like twenty five per cent.
Andrew Miller, head of insurance research rock hard Thatcham Research, said: “We are watching a greater rate of this happening. It’s very hard to stop.”
Car wash crooks make £20, zero a day by using £500 key fob jammers that leave motors unlocked
Car wash crooks make £20,000 a day by using £500 key fob jammers that leave motors unlocked
Romanian car wash boss Mario told an undercover Sun reporter he could use the devices to steal phones, laptops and cash
THE shocking scale of car thefts using key fob lock jamming devices is exposed today — as The Sun exposes a car wash gang spearheading the crime spree.
But researchers say that is an underestimate and it may be as high as forty five per cent.
The boss of a Romanian car wash gang has boasted he pockets up to £20,000 a day using key fob jammers to break into vehicles.
He told an undercover Sun reporter his team, who use the devices to jam the signal when drivers lock cars remotely, steal phones, laptops and have even swiped large bundles of cash.
The gang boss, named Mario, told our man he could supply him with as many key fob jammers as he desired at £500 a time. He added: You can use this when you want to steal the car.
“Boss, with this you know how many telephone — iPhone 7, Samsung Galaxy eight — I get from the car? Go to the city centre, geysers.
“I swear to my bone twenty grand, two people — ten for me and ten for my friend.”
Mario bragged he once used key fob blockers — which police say have sparked a rise in thefts both of vehicles and from them — to steal £20,000 in cash that had been left in a car.
He also claimed his gang, which works at car washes in Coventry, targets music festivals such as Glastonbury where thousands leave their cars parked for days at a time.
He added: “When you go festival, big festival — car park, I swear to God.”
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Mario, who runs the gang with a fellow Romanian named Fernando, also boasted he could get devices which will embark a Range Rover engine.
He said he had contacts who desired to target Range Rovers because they were so expensive.
Mario asked our reporter: “How many you want? I bring you.”
He said our man could use the jammer to get in the Range Rover, then a commencing device to drive it away. The key jammers will work within 100metres of a car.
Crooks hold down a button as an possessor operates his remote locker and the radio wave signal is blocked.
There were an estimated 872,000 vehicle-related thefts across England and Wales in two thousand fifteen and more than 237,000 thefts from a vehicle.
'I was fob victim'
A KEY fob crook ransacked Lauren Dover’s Skoda at Christmas.
He snatched about £200 worth of presents along with clothes and her purse and bank card. Her card was used three times, spending £100. Carer Lauren, 22, of Leeds, said: “It was aggressive. It was just before Christmas and lots of presents were stolen.
“Another car had the same thing happened nearby on the same night. A a lap top was taken.”
Police caught the card crook but he insisted he found it in a street.
Lauren said: “He was about nineteen and had just got out with prison for theft and drugs.
“He was out on licence. But all he got was a fine. So much for justice.”
In London alone 6,000 cars and vehicles were stolen using electronic hacking devices, police say. Some researchers estimate as many as forty five per cent of cars are stolen using some sort of device. The National Police Chiefs’ Council says it is more like twenty five per cent.
Andrew Miller, head of insurance research stiff Thatcham Research, said: “We are witnessing a greater rate of this happening. It’s very hard to stop.”