Brazen car thieves were caught on camera stealing a Mercedes from the owner's driveway in Beaconsfield in the early hours of the morning.
The Mercedes C class coupe 2016 was driven away by masked thieves who snatch it from a driveway on Ledborough Lane at 5.20am on March 10.
The distressed owner, who wanted to remain anonymous, said it looked like the car thieves may have used a relay system to steal the car.
A relay attack is where criminals use the keyless entry system of a car against itself by "tricking" the vehicle into thinking the wireless remote is next to it.
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The hooded and masked thieves can be seen on the property's CCTV cameras wandering onto the driveway and checking out the three vehicles parked there - temporarily stopping when a security light turns on.
But minutes later they can be seen around the Mercedes parked on the far side of the driveway.
In less than a minute, they have managed to get inside as you see the car's headlights turn on - and then one of the men reverses the car out of the driveway and drives off down the road.
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The owner fears the car may have been dumped in the area and has urged residents to keep an eye out for it.
He said: "The unique feature of this vehicle is the black wheels and yellow brake calipers.
"Please report to the police if you think you have spotted this car whilst we wait for the tracking to go live."
It comes amid a week of crime in Beaconsfield - earlier this week on March 8, robbers armed with hammers, meat cleavers and bats smashed their way into a new luxury jewellers in Station Road and stole £200,000-worth of watches and items before dumping them at a bus stop.
Days before, armed police descended on the same road amid reports a man had a firearm outside Costa Coffee - although they did not find any weapons.
A police spokesman said: "Thames Valley Police responded to reports of a car being stolen in Ledborough Lane at around 5.15am yesterday (March 10).
"Investigations into this are ongoing and no arrests have been made at this stage.
"Anyone with information regarding this incident please call 101 or make a report online quoting reference number 43220105575."
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