"My name is Ibrahim Taha. My car, a pink-coloured 2010 ‘Kia Cerato', was stolen from outside my home in el-Obour City [near the Cairo-el-Ismailiya Desert Road] three months ago. If you've seen it, please call me. Here are my mobile and home numbers…" The above message and many more like it posted by other ‘Kia Cerato' owners who've had their cars stolen, can be found on the social networking site, Facebook. There are many pages on Facebook about people having had their cars stolen in the past few months. One such page is entitled ‘Victims of stolen Kia Cerato', visited so far by at least 100 members. There is another page entitled ‘Helping you find your stolen car', which offers hope to the victims. But the problem is that their cars are probably to be found in places popular with thugs and escaped convicts, where policemen fear to tread. Despite this, this page has succeeded in reuniting many motorists with their stolen vehicles. "I've spotted one of these cars parked in a street in the Faisal district of Giza. Someone's washed it nicely. The licence plate number is…," writes one member. "About 30 of these stolen cars have been found in Cairo and Helwan and the thieves arrested," writes another. Another page, ‘Together to fight twocking', gives its members some tips on how to secure their cars. ‘My car's been stolen' is the name of another Facebook page. You can guess what the members have to say.
