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Hello to all bro of MCF , my post today is to seek help from all bros here to keep a lookout for my friend's black coloured BMW 523 carrying number plate SCJ 316 B which was stolen from a parking lot near Cecil St yesterday morning , if any of you were to see or come across the said vehicle , please report to the police immediately or call me at 98180488 . To all Bros A Million Thanks

Read this at CNA news : Ex-M1 staff who "stole phones" ordered to pay S$2.06m Singapore - The High Court has granted telco M1 a default judgment against a former employee who allegedly took 3,092 phones and enjoyed the high life with the profits made from selling them. In a closed-door hearing last week, the Court also ordered Matthew Yeo Kay Keng, 35, to pay S$2.06 million in damages to M1. The High Court's decision comes after he had failed to enter his defence by January 14 to contest M1's claims in its civil suit. Yeo, who sold M1 handsets and phone subscriptions to corporate clients, had allegedly been cooking up fake sales orders over three years. He would then collect handsets and sell them off for his personal profit. On November 15, the day he returned from a S$10,000 Japan holiday, he confessed to taking the handsets after M1 discovered the discrepancies. Sworn statements by M1 chief financial officer Lee Kok Chew said Yeo admitted to taking the phones. Yeo had also disclosed his spending spree. He bought a S$230,000 Porsche sports car in August, before upgrading to another S$430,000 model two months later. Yeo also bought a S$50,000 Patek Philippe watch and four Audemars Piguet watches that cost between S$15,000 and S$30,000 each. He has apparently said he would sell his watches, car, a S$200,000 stingray and S$160,000 worth of arowanas to compensate M1. He claimed the items were worth around S$1.6 million. In his statement to M1, Yeo said he took the phones because of "materialism" and his "weakness for cars and watches". He added: "I have used this dishonest and wrongful method to get more handsets lately to get more money and provide better for the family." - CNA/ir Another classic of dreamer trying to own 'Sport' cars ........

ok, now I don't know is this new news or old news or got ppl post before..... But for those high-end car user, u might end up buying a stolen car...possible in SG? http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...&sec=nation

Hi, was involved in an accident with bmw 523(his fault) on before christmas eve and brought vehicle down to Ch*ng Hoe workshop located at yishun industrial park A to get the repairs down. Managed to get it panel beat and respray on the same day which is on Christmas eve. Upon happily driving back vehicle home to put back all the stuff, found out that my rayban sunglasses was missing from the passenger compartment. Panel beating for the left/accident side a bit looks uneven with the right also. Luckily I took everything from the coins to cashcard out but due to carelessness, forgot about the sunglasses in the compartment. Just to forewarn future MCF bros, please dont forget to remove anything. You nv know how gian peng they are. Hope 2013 will be a better year!!!

Losing a car to theft is one of the most aggravating thing that could happened to a car owner especially if that person has put his/her blood, sweat and tears into it. Stolen vehicles usually end up being stripped into parts or shipped out of the country totally and the chances of getting it back are rather low. In Brisbane, Australia; a rather strange incident happened when dock workers inspected a container that has been sitting for ten years. In it, they found a 1968 Chevrolet Corvette convertible. In 2002, the Corvette was reported stolen by its owner in Australia. After an intensive search by the authorities and nothing was found, the owner received compensation by the insurance company (Suncorp Insurance). Recently, dock workers were inspecting containers at a dock in Brisbane and they discovered a container that no one could account for. After opening it, they found the missing Corvette, sitting on time flattened tyres. The car was considered to be in a rather good condition, not too bad after ten years. The third generation Corvette (also commonly known as the Corvette Stingray) has only 77,000 kilometres on the odometer before it went missing. It seems that it was a base model Corvette since it has the 327 cubic inch (5.4 litre) small block V8 engine fitted. Additionally, the car was fitted with a four speed manual transmission. Records show that the car was built on December 1967 and that means it is an early production third generation Corvette. Since the insurance company has already compensated the owner, they will auction the car off in order to recover any losses or make some profit from it. After sitting for ten years, the car needs some work to make it road worthy. Once it is ready, the Corvette is expected to fetch around $15,000 to $20,000 (in Aussie dollars). Image credit: Drive

[extract] Getting buried in a hole is one of the strangest things to happen to a car especially if it is a rare classic. The car you see in the picture above is a Ferrari Dino 246 GT. It was discovered in a yard of a house in Los Angeles, USA in early 1978. How the car ends up in this manner is still a big mystery to many till today. An example of a Ferrari Dino 246 GT Pictures of this car have been in circulation for many years but many do not know the real story behind it. In 1978, a group of children were playing in the yard of a house in Los Angeles. The yard was muddy and, being children, they soon began digging into the soft soil. After a short while, just below the ground

http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/News/...228-330589.html SHAH ALAM - Police recently recovered 22 luxury cars, stolen in the country over the past three years, in Singapore. The vehicles, worth a total of RM3 million (S$1.2 million), are being kept at a store in Section 17 here, after they were brought back from the republic on Thursday. A source said a team from the Bukit Aman anti-vehicle theft unit, with the assistance of Interpol, went to Singapore on Feb 21 after being tipped off by its Singaporean counterparts. "We believe the mastermind, who is still at large, is a Malaysian. The vehicles were kept in the republic prior to being smuggled to African and Arab countries," said the source. The cars were 12 Toyota Camry, Toyota Hilux (four), Honda Accord (two), BMW (two), Toyota Rush (one) and Toyota Fortuner (one). The majority of the vehicles were stolen in Selangor. The source said all the vehicles were found in a container by Singapore police. Federal Criminal Investigation Department deputy director I (Intelligence/Operations) Datuk Hadi Ho Abdullah yesterday confirmed the seizure.

Hi Bros, Few days ago, I found that some of the external rubber parts on my Toyota Fielder was stolen. One was at the front windscreen wiper panel, the other was my rear wiper arm cover. I called the stockists and found that for the front wiper panel, its sold as a complete set, they don't sell the corner rubber. For the rear wiper arm, they sell the whole arm, and not the cover. Need some help to see if anyone knows of any scrapyards specializing in Toyota Axio / Fielder. Some ppl I asked just said "Woodlands" but when I asked them where exactly, no one knows. Woodlands is very big... I know of a few scrapyards near Gambas ave and will probably try to find them.

Helo to all Bros & Sis, Sometimes I really dont understand,why such a small items(refer to topic) get stolen.Are people Desperate nowadays? Have something to share,the cost of the product per set? :angry: I'm one of the victim who drive OPC car.

Cabby left taxi unlocked with engine running in Geylang. Fri, Dec 30, 2011 The New Paper By Amanda Yong Sixty seconds. That was all the time it took for someone to jump into her cab and make off with it. The cabby, who wanted to be known only as Miss Teo, 56, told The New Paper that the brazen theft took place in front of a packed coffee shop at Geylang Lorong 29 on Dec 16 at around 3am. The silver Kia Magentis Premier taxi, with registration number SHC6896G, is still missing 12 days after the incident. Inside the vehicle were about $1,000 in cash, a gold pendant worth about $300, two mobile phones worth about $90 in total, a DVD player and two CashCards. Miss Teo's identity card, taxi licence card and other personal documents were also in the taxi. She told The New Paper in a phone interview yesterday she lost her taxi just because she wanted to get a quick cup of coffee to keep her going. She had dropped a few passengers off at Malacca Hotel on Still Road after picking them up from the Budget Terminal and stopped her taxi at a nearby bus stop to finish her half-eaten meal of instant noodles. "Then I drove to the Geylang area, where I saw a lot of coffee shops. and decided to get a cup of coffee," she said in Mandarin. "But I couldn't find a parking space until I turned into Geylang Lorong 29. I saw an empty space right behind another cab and I took it." The spot was just outside the front gate of the Sagaramudra Buddhist Institute. She said she left the door unlocked, the engine running and the key in the ignition as she has had problems locking the vehicle with the engine on. And she usually left the engine running as she had problems restarting the car. She thought nothing of leaving the cab that way since she was less than 10m away. "I thought it was very safe. The coffee shop was crowded with people, there was nobody on the road and I was going to be away for only a few minutes," she said. "It never crossed my mind that anyone would touch my cab, much less open the door, get in and drive away." But she still kept an eye on the cab while she was at the coffee shop, she said. "From where I was standing, I could see the front of the car and the only time I turned away was when I took out a $50 note to pay for the coffee and had to wait for change," she said. "I think it must have been in that one minute that whoever it was - maybe someone at the coffee shop who had been observing me - stole the cab." After she got her coffee, she walked back to where she had parked the vehicle only to find the spot empty. "I thought someone had moved the car because I had blocked another vehicle, so I walked further down the road to look for it," she said. She got increasingly panicky when she couldn't find it. She asked a few passers-by along the way if they had seen her cab, but no one did. "I walked all the way down to Geylang Road, but didn't see it," she said. This was when she called the police using a phone she borrowed from a passer-by. After giving her statement, she wandered around the vicinity for the next two hours in a daze. "I just walked and walked, looking for my car, but also because I didn't know what to do. I was numb and in a state of shock," she said. It was only later that she alerted her taxi company. "I've been a cab driver for more than 20 years and this is the first time something like that has happened to me," she said. Miss Teo said she has left the cab unlocked and the engine running before. On those occasions, she was also away from the vehicle for only a minute or so and could keep watch on it. "If I'm going for a meal or to the toilet and will be away for longer than a few minutes, I would definitely not leave the cab unlocked," she said. She is still reeling from the loss of her cab. HER CAB, HER HOME "I'm very disgusted with the person who stole it. It was not only my income, it was my home," she said. "It was where I would eat and sleep because I don't work shifts. I don't have anyone to share the cab rental with because it's very hard to find a second driver," she said. She pays daily rental of $102 to the cab company, she said. She takes home slightly more than $1,000 a month. Miss Teo said she doesn't own a flat and goes to her younger brother's Tampines flat to shower and get a fresh change of clothes every night after she takes him home from work. Sometimes, she buys dinner for her parents, who are both in their 80s. Since her cab was stolen, she has been sitting at home and has had to borrow money from her brother for her daily expenses. "My cab company says it will provide a replacement, but, I don't know when I'll get it," she said. Premier Taxis could not respond to our queries by press time. When contacted, a police spokesman said the police received a call about the theft at 3.40am. Investigations are ongoing.

Anyone can advice? Anyway to trace and get back my phone back. Already called service provider to disable my sim card

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Well, s--t has hit the fan. She called me this am, and tht parents-in-law stuck in JB. They go der every Fri for marketing, etc. Passports in car and they are stuck there. Finally, it has hit home. Used to warn them, etc..... oh well...

This is strange, stolen and found back. Or the robbers take this car just for a spin? This is quite rare, and congratulate the owner too, but he seems not wanting to go back there anymore........... he want Msia police to contact spf the full story Stolen car found

I received a pm from forummer BLACKS. He was seeking advise on his stolen Wish yesterday and the procedure etc. He also informed me that at the Embassy, another 3 Singaporeans were reporting car losses. Bro Blacks, have replied to your pm. Do come in and share your story. Thanks

16 years after his beloved 1969 Camaro was stolen, Edward Neeley located his long lost car by chance while searching the internet for a car to replace it. Neeley calls the fact he found the car, which he had first purchased 30 years ago at the age of 18, "divine intervention". Although it's great to hear a story about a stolen car being reunited with an owner that loved it, this story isn't without a downside. What Neeley called "divine intervention" would likely be given a different name by the Camaro's current owner Brent Dockery. Dockery purchased the car for $16,000 4 years ago on Ebay without having any knowledge that the car was stolen. Since then he has spent a considerable amount of money ($10,000), time and effort restoring the Camaro. Below is a picture of how the Camaro looks like currently. The two men are currently trying to reach an agreement regarding the parts and money Dockery put into the car while he had it. So far it has been difficult, but Dockery concedes that the car will return home after 16 long years once the men find a way to settle the matter. Neeley understandably is overjoyed at the impending return of his missing Camaro after such a long time. Dockery plans to track down the person he purchased the car from in an attempt to recoup some of his losses.

Last year, 85 cars were stolen in Singapore - or one car every four days on average. These cars are often left unlocked or with their keys in the ignition, making them easy targets. Older vehicles are especially susceptible because their worn-out locks make them easier to break into. RELATED LINKS ONE CAR STOLEN HERE EVERY FOUR DAYS Last month, a car at a multi-storey carpark in McNair Road in the Boon Keng area was stolen. The owner had parked his Toyota Vios on the third storey at 8am and returned that same night to find it missing. Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_706182.html

http://news.omy.sg/News/Local%2BNews/Story...458-272515.html it got boosted...

Good morning, everyone Was baffled by a spate of tyre cap thefts (my car included ) at the newly built Bedok South Road MSCP (opposite Temasek JC) this week. Can't understand the rationale of stealing the tyre caps.. For sale or for fun? So, people, do inspect your tyres when you park there. Let's hope that the thefts will stop at some point and not progress to something worse i.e. vandalism. Have a nice day

http://www.facebook.com/notes/cicada-sky/s...if_t=note_reply It has been a close election. Could be 15 seats for the opposition, it could be 1. Based on very limited information, conversations with the people around me, the gut feel leans towards 1. PAP pulls a filthy Republican trick - PM/MM suckers S'pore with the good cop, bad cop routine which might have succeeded in raising the PAP from the dead in Aljunied. Yesterday night, I was going through election developments in a daze because, with 24 hours to go to Polling Day, the ground sentiment seemed to have swung in PAP's favour. Going into the election period, the mood probably favoured at least 10 opposition wins. But coming out, we might actually see only Hougang remaining in opposition hands. The surmise is that the Singapore electorate may have fallen for one of the oldest tricks on the political book, albeit one immaculately executed - The Good Cop, Bad Cop Routine! This is commonly used in US foreign policy and domestic politics...the best example of this would be the Bush-Cheney act in the 2004 presidential elections. Cheney played Bad Cop to devastating effect, taking out Kerry and cleared the way for Bush to win in the starring role of Good Cop. We have just witnessed the Singapore version in the last 3 days. First, you have Bad Cop LKY come out blundering with threats, blackmail and his usual bully-boy ways. Now, this scares an estimated 15-20% of the swing voters into going back into the arms of the PAP but it also alienates an approximately equal or slightly smaller percentage of voters against the PAP. So zero-minimal net loss for opposition The second step is Good Cop LSL coming out and saying sorry. This brings back the LKY-alienated voters while keeping the fearful voters in the PAP fold. The result is a huge net gain in the swing votes. What aids the Lees is that the electorate does not know which cop is more powerful - is it the Bad Cop or the Good Cop? You are confused, you are uncertain, and in that uncertainty is when you are most susceptible. Hours later, it is polling day. You cast your vote. What has happened, the Good Cop Bad Cop routine, is still in your subconscious. On top of that, a barrage of information and noise from both PAP and opposition. Its too much information for anyone. In the end, the opposition keep their hard core votes, the PAP keep their votes, and again the decisive swing voters go to PAP. Most people who fall for it will never know they've been suckered. A few will slowly realise it. The electorate wakes up on Sunday, and everyone is amazed that the PAP has won 86-1. Impossible they think, the ground was so bitter! How did the PAP perform a near clean sweep? Welcome to LKY's Singapore....where everyone dances to the old man's tune. The will of the Singapore people has just been thwarted by the old man's infinitely vaster political experience, guile, and bag of dirty tricks. If this information comes too late, ah well, just don't fall for it next time. No doubt if the ground is still as bitter in 5 years time, we'll see more dirty tricks. It may be the Good Cop, Bad Cop again, it may be the Crying PM, it may be any of the many more sleight of hands in LKY's bag of dirty tricks thats part of LSL's inheritance. If it is 86-1, god bless Singaporeans. Sure wish I'm wrong on this one

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This will be my 2nd time all 4 tyre valve cap got stolen My car was park in the open air carpark and I believe the culprit(s) could be those young cyclist riding BMX etc .. It's just a normal metal cap , I'll probably revert back to those stock plastic caps.

A bro over at CivicFD Forum had his car stolen. Below is the exact post. Can confirm is not towed away by finance company or family members take for joy ride. Will appreciate MCF bros/sis help in looking out for the car. Thanks.. Mods, would appreciate if this is stickied for at least the next few days..

Just reach home and found out that a motorcycle at my home's open car park got disssembled and all the parts are stolen. Even the handle bar was taken away. What was left was just the chassis. Is the economy that bad now? Hope the thief gets caught asap!