I will like to share my thoughts on a Locksmith trend that I notice recently that just become more and more frequent. People tow, random or not random, cars and call the locksmith to come and make them a key for starting the car.
The process goes like that:
people call me to ask for a car key(i am a locksmith for 8 years), when I ask who is the owner they kind of double
answer/talk with me and no clear answer. That alert number 1( sometimes owner don't know English well or one of his family or friends helping him and that's the ok scenario)
After that they ask the locksmith to go there without any other person being next to the car( alert number 2). that of course forbidden to make a key or even open a car without an owner will be there and his permission.
It also doesn't make sense if someone needs a key for his car and doesn't have time to go meet a locksmith or send someone on his behalf. Sometimes he will say that he comes and then give some excuses not to show up. Of course, in a case like that, I will just walk away without doing anything. If my suspicion is really strong I will notify the police. that happened to me 5 times this month and it seems that it just becomes more and more often. I don't know if they doing that by random cars or have some inside info like the owner on vacation or something like that. what I do know is that, more than ever, it is very important to secure your car. A GPS can be a good solution(some of them do not work if a car is not driving), security cameras, and hopefully, other honest locksmiths, like me ;), that verify the information and not just come for money.

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