CAR JACKING[b]

I know the following message emphasizes a lot on females but I think it is a serious thing for males and females.
So for those who will will be offended for the female emphasis, just disregard that and get the message of the new scheme.

Please keep this circulating

You walk across the parking lot, unlock your car, and get inside. Then you start the engine and shift into REVERSE, and you look into the rear view mirror to back out of your parking space and you notice a piece of paper stuck to the middle of the rear window. So, you shift into PARK, unlock your doors and jump out of your car to remove that paper (or whatever it is) that is obstructing your view. When you reach the back of your car; that is when the car-jackers appear out of nowhere, jump into your car and take off! Your engine was running and they practically mow you down as they speed off in your car. And guess what ladies? I bet your purse is still in the car.

BE AWARE OF THIS NEW SCHEME THAT IS NOW BEING USED
Just drive away and remove the paper that is stuck to your window later I hope you will forward this to friends and family...especially to women! A purse contains all of your identification, and you certainly do NOT want someone getting your home address. They already HAVE your keys!

Lieutenant Tony Bartolome, Bureau of Investigations Florida Highway Patrol
P.O. Box 593527Orlando, FL 32859!

1/25/2006 7:00:23 AM

that's a good idea, lemme grab my notebook and get some free cars today

1/25/2006 7:08:07 AM

dumb ass

1/25/2006 7:18:44 AM

OMF Thanks for the TIP

HOLY SHIT I CAN'T BELIEVE I WAS IN SUCH DANGER BEFORE

p.s. http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/carjack.asp

stfu and stop being such a gullible bitch

1/25/2006 7:27:04 AM

No dumbass is a person posting obvious bullshit on a message board believing it's truth.

http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/carjack.asp

1/25/2006 7:29:00 AM

damn now i'm tempted to run through dan allen slapping post-it notes on girly looking cars

1/25/2006 7:32:51 AM

well false or not false i posted it with a good intention and it does not hurt to be alert

1/25/2006 7:35:51 AM

yes, everyone, please be alert to obviously hoax emails that get forwarded to you. THANKS

1/25/2006 7:39:03 AM

1/25/2006 7:57:55 AM

give a hoot dont pollute

1/25/2006 8:53:25 AM

OMG, MY PURSE!

1/25/2006 9:52:29 AM

I want to start a fear-mongering Internet rumor someday

1/25/2006 9:56:59 AM

whether or not snopes proved some specific email was fake doesn't really matter. there are countless ways potential car jackers/kidnappers/rapists/etc can lure you into their trap. you should always be cognisant of your situation and do every thing you can to prevent becoming a victim. emails like this can at least help a person think of potential dangerous situations and help them to avoid them. that in and of itself is a valuable tool.

thanks for the post qute.

[Edited on January 25, 2006 at 10:01 AM. Reason : and i don't mean you should live in fear. but you should at least be aware of potential dangers. ]

1/25/2006 10:00:49 AM

hahahaha

1/25/2006 10:59:08 AM

i find that it's best in these situations to

a.) realize that most, if not all, email forwards you get will be untrue or mostly untrue
b.) check snopes.com or google for a phrase in the email to see what you get as far as proof that it's true
c.) definitely don't spread shit around that could possibly cause someone to be scared needlessly, although i can't imagine who would buy this particular silliness

here's something I wrote a while ago
http://www.dirtygreek.org/journal/journalId/1036

Snopes.Com is an invaluable resource in today's email forwarding world. Most people, as I'm sure you all know, will read a forwarded email and do one of the following:

1.) Laugh at it because it's funny and forward it to all your typical forward-buddies
2.) Cry because you can't believe what's happening to this poor little kid with whatever disease it is today, forward it to all your typical forward-buddies, and send money
3.) Get enraged because you can't believe what the government/the media/some famous person did and forward it to all your typical forward-buddies

However, only a select few of you do something very simple before you forward those emails or even read them - fact checking. Not for any real reason except that almost every forwarded email you receive will prove to be false, I tend to fact check them all. Folks, let me tell you how simple it is to decrease the annoyance of your co-workers, friends, and family and possibly speed up the Internet for everyone because of the decrease in forwarded crap.

Heed my advice, and you may save the very network itself from complete collapse due to emails about Saving Sesame Street, Pepsi's removal of 'Under God' from the Pledge, and that Bill Gates for some reason giving you free stuff and money if you forward this email to 10 friends!

As a quick example of how easy it is to fact check these emails, today I received "this one about NPR being worried about being shut down due to government budget cuts. I simply pointed my browser to Snopes.com, typed "NPR" into the search box, and VIOLA! Instant gratification. The claims in the email are not only untrue, but the freaking email has been around since 1995 when someone thought that Sesame Street was going to be canceled due to budget cuts. They quickly found out it wasn't going to happen, but it was too late, and the email continued to be passed around. However, these things apparently have minds of their own when they've been around for that long, because it's now EVOLVED into the claim that On NPR's Morning Edition, Nina Tottenberg said that if the Supreme Court supports Congress, it will, in effect, be the end of the National Public Radio (NPR), National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) & the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). PBS, NPR and the arts are facing major cutbacks in funding.

NONE of this is true, by the way, and Nina Totenberg has never said any such thing. In fact, the line about Nina wasn't even in the original 1995 email. It was inserted somewhere later in the future.

Another great point of reference is of course Google, which apparently lets you search the Internet for information. God, what a marvelous idea! But how do I use this "Google" thing to fact check my forwarded emails, you ask? It's simple. Simply copy and paste a selected group of words from the email into the Google search and press the enter key. For the NPR email, I searched for the line "Nina Tottenberg said that if the Supreme Court supports Congress". The very first result I got was from TruthOrFiction.com debunking the myth.

See how easy that is? Now go and spread my words, children, and some day your inboxes may be rid of such a blight on our wonderful world wide network!

[Edited on January 25, 2006 at 11:05 AM. Reason : ,]

1/25/2006 11:02:19 AM

My high school senior English teacher told us to be careful because someone could hide under the car and slash your Achilles tendon and then commence with (fill-in-the-blank-with-a-crime).

The best thing to do regardless is park in a well-lit, public area, and if that's unavailable, have someone walk with you to the car and be aware of your surroundings.

1/25/2006 11:11:57 AM

^ I heard the same story...And I'm pretty sure it was from a high school engrish teacher. You'd have to be a pretty shitty criminal to hide under a car before committing the crime.

1/25/2006 11:23:17 AM

YEP

1/25/2006 11:27:01 AM

YOU PEOPLE ARE INSUFFERABLE. I REALLY CAN'T STAND IT

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/robbery/slasher.asp

Claim: Thieves lie in wait under victims' cars, then render their victims helpless by slashing their ankles.

Status: False.



Folklorist Jan Brunvand traces the first sighting of this legend to sometime in the 1950s to the Northland Shopping Mall in Detroit, MI. At various times, different cities have since experienced "slasher scares" in which these villains of lore were rumored to be lurking under cars at local shopping centres:

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* 1978 -- Fargo, ND
* 1984 -- Chicago, IL; Crown Point, IN
* 1985 -- Birmingham, AL
* 1987 -- Columbus, OH
* 1989 -- Tacoma, WA; Baltimore, MD
* 1990 -- Los Angeles, CA
* 1991 -- Asbury Park, NJ; Chicago, IL; Little Rock, AR; Wichita, KS
* 1992 -- Jackson, MS; Three Rivers, PA
* 1993 -- Tacoma, WA; Buffalo, NY
1994 -- Pittsburgh, PA

Police departments in numerous locales have tried to squelch the rumor, with varying degrees of success. In 1991, when the tale was all the rage in Chicago, the police there established a hot line to give those concerned about what they'd heard a place to call and get the facts. Within the first four days, over 400 calls had been logged to that number.

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1/25/2006 11:27:23 AM

Sightings: The 1983 Stephen King novel Pet Semetary features an ankle-slashing culprit hiding under a bed. It also shows up in gruesome fashion in the 1998 slasher classic Urban Legend.

IT WAS EVEN IN THE MOVIE URBAN LEGEND. FOR FUCK'S SAKE

[Edited on January 25, 2006 at 11:29 AM. Reason : .]

1/25/2006 11:27:44 AM

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1/25/2006 1:08:38 PM

1/25/2006 1:57:54 PM

theres a monster on the last page of this thread

1/25/2006 2:05:18 PM

that was a good book

1/25/2006 2:14:16 PM

Quote :

"YOU PEOPLE ARE INSUFFERABLE. I REALLY CAN'T STAND IT"

Quote :

"IT WAS EVEN IN THE MOVIE URBAN LEGEND. FOR FUCK'S SAKE"

I knew it was an urban legend. I was just pointing out another ridiculous rumor. I can't speak for ncsutiger, but I'm assuming she was aware as well.

1/25/2006 2:24:30 PM

If there is anything on my window I like to leave it on there while driving to see how long it will hang on.

1/25/2006 2:47:49 PM

silly people not paying attention to huge things blocking their windshields

1/25/2006 3:04:55 PM

i never check for ankle-slashers when i go to my car

i'm just hard like that

1/25/2006 3:09:59 PM

I wear knife proof socks.

1/25/2006 4:40:24 PM

so do the carjackers attack if you take the note off before you get into the car ?

or does that fuck up their flowchart

1/25/2006 8:34:36 PM

BUY GUNS AND SHOOT EVERYONE WHO GOES NEAR YOUR CAR

1/25/2006 8:39:59 PM