GPS - Car net auction trio use GPS to steal back wheels

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Car net auction trio use GPS to steal back wheels

NickTheBatMan

2008-02-21, 4:34 am

The following taken from http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/0...thieves
/

Three Japanese master crims were cuffed after using the GPS system of
a car they flogged in a net auction to steal back the vehicle,
Mainichi reports.

An unnamed 26-year-old man bought the car on 21 December last year,
and on 24 December company executive Hiroaki Yasumatsu, 30, and
employees Takashi Shimizu and Takashi Murata, both 25, used the
vehicle's GPS to track it to the parking lot of an apartment complex
in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture.

They duly made off with their booty using a duplicate key, but the
wheels then came off their cunning plan when they attempted to resell
it online.

The victim spotted the auction, made a successful bid and asked the
trio to bring the car to a location in Hikone. Having confirmed the
identity of the wheels, he called police who made the necessary
arrests.

All three perps have been charged with theft, Mainichi concludes

Bob Gardner

2008-02-21, 10:33 pm

This requires that the car have a tracking device that transmits its
location installed, complete with monthly subscription payment. Just having
a GPS receiver isn't enough. Sounds like an urban legend to me.

Bob Gardner

"NickTheBatMan" <nickw7coc@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> The following taken from
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/0...thieves
/
>
> Three Japanese master crims were cuffed after using the GPS system of
> a car they flogged in a net auction to steal back the vehicle,
> Mainichi reports.
>
> An unnamed 26-year-old man bought the car on 21 December last year,
> and on 24 December company executive Hiroaki Yasumatsu, 30, and
> employees Takashi Shimizu and Takashi Murata, both 25, used the
> vehicle's GPS to track it to the parking lot of an apartment complex
> in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture.
>
> They duly made off with their booty using a duplicate key, but the
> wheels then came off their cunning plan when they attempted to resell
> it online.
>
> The victim spotted the auction, made a successful bid and asked the
> trio to bring the car to a location in Hikone. Having confirmed the
> identity of the wheels, he called police who made the necessary
> arrests.
>
> All three perps have been charged with theft, Mainichi concludes

Pete D

2008-02-21, 10:33 pm

"Bob Gardner" <bobmrg@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> This requires that the car have a tracking device that transmits its
> location installed, complete with monthly subscription payment. Just
> having a GPS receiver isn't enough. Sounds like an urban legend to me.
>
> Bob Gardner

I was going to post the same thing but I understand that there is some very
expensive cars that do have this sort of system installed.

2008-02-22, 10:33 am

On 22 Feb,
"Pete D" <no@email.com> wrote:

>
> "Bob Gardner" <bobmrg@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:1- mdnUhJst3_biDanZ2dnU
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>
>
> I was going to post the same thing but I understand that there is some very
> expensive cars that do have this sort of system installed.
>
I once worked for a firm who used a loran type system to position vehicles,
and VHF to pass the location back to a control centre. Later on they were
moving to an alternative GPS tracing system.

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ben brugman

2008-02-24, 7:33 am

"Bob Gardner" <bobmrg@comcast.net> schreef in bericht
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> This requires that the car have a tracking device that transmits its
> location installed, complete with monthly subscription payment. Just
> having a GPS receiver isn't enough. Sounds like an urban legend to me.
>

No not completely, there are tracking devises which do the tracking and
which can be phoned to get the location. A Pre_Paid sim card is enough.
These devises are not to expensive. Largest problem with this type of devise
is that allthough they have their own powersupply, this does not last very
long. So It probably has to be connected to the car's battery. Second
problem is that if you want to hide the device that GPS reception often is
not enough.

ben

Blue Angel

2008-02-24, 12:33 pm

On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:56:54 +0100, "ben brugman" <ben@niethier.nl>
wrote:
Ben:
Explain "ON Star".

>
>"Bob Gardner" <bobmrg@comcast.net> schreef in bericht
>news:1- mdnUhJst3_biDanZ2dnU
VZ_gidnZ2d@comcast.com...
>
>No not completely, there are tracking devises which do the tracking and
>which can be phoned to get the location. A Pre_Paid sim card is enough.
>These devises are not to expensive. Largest problem with this type of devise
>is that allthough they have their own powersupply, this does not last very
>long. So It probably has to be connected to the car's battery. Second
>problem is that if you want to hide the device that GPS reception often is
>not enough.
>
>ben

Simon Slavin

2008-02-24, 10:33 pm

On 22/02/2008, Pete D wrote in message < 47be4864$0$30984$5a6
2ac22@per-qv1-
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> "Bob Gardner" <bobmrg@comcast.net> wrote
>
>
> I was going to post the same thing but I understand that there is some
> very expensive cars that do have this sort of system installed.

You can get such a system installed in pretty-much any car you want. It's
normal to get them for cars worth half a million or more since the systems
are cheap enough now that the insurance reduction pays for them in a few
years. Also it's kind-of cool knowing exactly where your
peni^Wtroph^Wgirlfri
end is driving to when she borrows it.

Simon.
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