I remember seeing pictures
of Bentley's that were on bricks having had their wheels stolen,
I am not sure why,
but it happened fairly frequently,
to a number of
cars, so many that it made the news for a time,
but it
appears that these are the new currency in western Europe, the headlights
of Porsche Panameras and Cayennes, police initially suspected the
headlights were being stolen by criminals running illegal marijuana grow-ops,
unlike lighting systems designed for hydroponic farms, the xenon headlights
installed in some Porsche models put out appreciable heat and light without
consuming much electric power,
but it appears the expensive
rides' easily-removed headlights are being taken and the owners paying a ransom
for their return, it is said to be relatively simple to remove from the
outside without popping open the bonnet (hood), it's this factor their ease of
removal that has seen the Great Headlight Heist morph into something quite
different in Russia,
here's how the scam works, according
to English Russia, after removing and
absconding with a pair of Porsche headlights, the perps secrete the headlights
relatively close to the car, a note is left on the windshield, offering to
reveal the location of the removed headlights for a price, as the usual ransom
amount is typically less than the cost of a replacement pair of headlights,
most victims would rather pay the ransom (via Bitcoin or some other untraceable
virtual currency) and after doing so, receive a text stating where they can
retrieve their headlights,
of course
there are some Walmart shoppers that do not have to worry about the headlights
of their Porsh.
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