TARGETING UNSUSPECTING
DRIVERS.
AS JESSICA MOORE EXPLAINS,
CROOKS HAVE SNEAKY WAYS OF
KNOWING WHERE THE HIGH-END
CARS ARE LOCATED.
MY KEY IS INSIDE AND THE
CAR IS LOCKED.
Reporter: YOUR KEY FOB IS
INSIDE THE HOUSE?
YES.
DO YOU EVER LEAVE IT IN THE
CAR?
NO, IT'S ALWAYS IN MY
WALLET.
Reporter: NOT EVERYONE IS
AS SMART.
YOU NEED TO TAKE THE KEY
FOBS OUT OF THE CAR AND LOCK
IT.
Reporter: SPARTA POLICE SAY
OF THESE HAVE STOLEN THREE
LUXURY VEHICLES OUT OF LOCAL
DRIVEWAYS IN THE PAST TWO
WEEKS.
THE TOWN ONLY SAW TWO-CAR
THEFTS IN ALL OF 2016.
POLICE SAY CROOKS USE GOOGLE
EARTH TO LOCATE THE WEALTHIEST
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEN EMPLOY
SNEAKY TACTICS TO DETERMINE
WHICH CARS HAVE KEY FOBS LEFT
INSIDE.
IN THE RANGE ROVER, IF YOUR
MIRRORS ARE STILL OUT AT
NIGHT, THE TO BE IS STILL IN
THE CAR BECAUSE WHEN -- THE
FOB IS STILL IN THE CAR
BECAUSE WHEN YOU PARK, THEY
CLOSE.
Reporter: SOME CRIMINALS
ARE ALSO TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
THE HIGH-TECH KEYLESS
IGNITIONS FOUND IN MANY NEWER
MODEL VEHICLES.
THEY ARE FINDING WAYS OF
INTERCEPTING THE TRANSMISSION
AND CLONING THE TRANSMISSION
TO SAY BASICALLY, YOU KNOW,
IT'S ME.
OPEN THE CAR.
Reporter: SOME TYPES OF
CRIMINAL TECHNOLOGY CAN TRICK
A KEY FOB INTO WORKING EVEN
WHEN IT'S INSIDE YOUR HOUSE.
SO POLICE SUGGEST CREATING A
TRANSMISSION BARRIER BY
WRAPPING THE FOB IN TINFOIL OR
THROWING IT IN THE FREEZER.
NEVER THE FREEZER BECAUSE
I WOULD NEVER FIND THEM AGAIN.
POSSIBLY TINFOIL.
BUT IT'S SAFEST TO PUT IT IN
THE GARAGE AND LOCK THE
GARAGE.
WE KNOW WE'RE NOT IMMUNE TO
ANYTHING BAD HAPPENING BUT WE
TRY TO BE SMART ABOUT IT.
Reporter: STREET SMART, THE
SPARTA PD HOPES THE REST OF
THE TOWN'S RESIDENTS WILL ALSO
ADOPT.
IN SPARTA, NEW JERSEY, JESSICA
MOORE, CBS 2 NEWS.
