Campground registration cards Possible home break in.

[skyflyer]

I'm staying at a local campground for Labor day. Very nice campground but they are a first come park no reservations. It's not unusual for people to look at your registration card to see when you are leaving.

The DNR and campground host came by last night and pulled all registration cards off the site posts. Two campers had stick homes broken into and its believed thieves got their home address off the registration cards.

Both live in the same city near here but not close to each other.
Neither stored camper at home and didn't know each other.

The cards will be changed so home address is removed.

[Jarlaxle]

Eycom wrote:
LOL... when the burglars show up at my address while I'm away camping, they're gonna find a ton of mail. Mine and a whole lot of other peoples'. Imagine the value of all those bills and catalogs!:B

Actually, it might be valueble to them...credit card statements, bank paperwork, even DMV paperwork!

If they know you're gone for a while, maybe they'll decide to use your house to whip up a quick batch of meth in the kitchen!

[jessjerr1831]

So, let's see, I have my TT parked next to my house all year long. So am I supposed to worry that when we leave on trips the crooks, burglars, low life's and assorted whatever will notice my TT is no longer there so I must be away! Perfect crime scenario! Sorry, I am aware but not paranoid about it. Out having fun and enjoying America.

[Dave_H_M]

Jim & Betty wrote:
I camp hosted in Oregon for PGE we did not put names on any site just the reservation number and day out. On a first come first serve site just the tag with number and date out no names no addresses.

jimR

that makes sense to me. personal information on a registration tag would be like me having my exact home location programmed into the GPS in the car. :h

[Community Alumni]

I camp hosted in Oregon for PGE we did not put names on any site just the reservation number and day out. On a first come first serve site just the tag with number and date out no names no addresses.

jimR

[down_home]

Crooks are not dumb nor lazy much of the time. They are crafty and thievery and other crimes is their life. there are centers, of a culture of crime.
Rest assured someone has looked at RV net and other RV sites looking for folks away from home.
Too many clues and you might come home to a shell.
With license plate readers and hacked or other access to particulars of your plates, they can scan all the out of state cars, for who is away from home. A care full of traveling gear etc and....
There is always someone home here, even when we are gone.
RVers generally have more disposable income and more stuff the crooks want.

[kalynzoo]

A long time ago I was advised not to put my return address on luggage tags for the same reason. A person stationed at the airport or boat dock will make note of family travel and notify associates of the house numbers. The home address is kept inside the suitcase or on the back of the label. When driving and sight seeing while on vacation we also take the RV park car tag out of the windshield. Same reason, why tell people the RV at XYZ is unoccupied.
Basically, although we have never had a problem in our years of travel, and although most people we meet along the way are honest, wonderful, friendly, and memorable, it never hurts to be cautious.
Happy Trails

[deleted-2]

Never have put an address on any campsite we've been to.
Just exit date and name.

[skyflyer]

I would not have believed someone would actually spend the effort to find a empty house by doing this but I guess it beats working for a low life.


I live in a very small town with no mail service so I only have a P.O. box guess I got lucky this time.

[doxiemom11]

We have not been to any park that posted our address on a site card. We were asked for address at registration that was input in the computer.

[bfast54]

Michigan DNR.................a few years back changed that also..................used to be, you could get everyting you needed off the post....................

And, it isnt paranoia.................its real nowdays.................
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[Sea_Dog]

I went to a nearby town the other day to drop off a computer at a private
(subdivision) address.

The person was not home, so I placed my computer into the (unlocked)
box provided on the step.

While there, I noticed several twenty dollar bills
sticking out of the mail box.

When I later mentioned this,
the fellow laughed and said
"this happens all the time, people dropping off
payment when I am not home."

[pompomgirl]

Another reason to have a P.O. Box. On our block at home, we've been having mailbox thefts from in the front of houses. Everyone's running out to get a security mailbox. We just keep going to the post office every other day. We collect the junk mail and recycle it when the box out front fills up.

[RoyB]

Last name and leaving date in this GA site

[Eycom]

LOL... when the burglars show up at my address while I'm away camping, they're gonna find a ton of mail. Mine and a whole lot of other peoples'. Imagine the value of all those bills and catalogs!:B

[bgum]

It is not paranoia when your stuff goes missing. Here in the USA we have a drug problem that fuels crime.