BS: Ladies-A Warning

Subject: RE: Ladies-A Warning
From: katlaughing
Date: 22 Oct 05 - 10:59 AM

Good advice, but it's always a good idea to check these stories out at Snopes.com. In this case, this one is false, thank goodness.

Good to *see* you, Mickey!

luvyakat

Subject: RE: Ladies-A Warning
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 22 Oct 05 - 10:10 AM

That's terrible! But it's a trick that's been used quite a lot in the UK, especially at ATM (hole in the wall) machines. The person standing behind you says 'you dropped something (often a sum of money they've planted there) and as you bend down to pick it up, they grab your ATM card or the money you've just extracted.

Take care, and if someone knocks on your car door, just open the window enough to speak through, never open the whole door.

LTS

Subject: Ladies-A Warning
From: Mickey191
Date: 22 Oct 05 - 10:02 AM

Something very serious to pay attention to: Criminals are coming up with craftier, less threatening methods of  attack, so wehave to be extra cautious.
Read on...
I work in Lafayette, LA, as you might know from America's Most Wanted TV program, as well as the news media, there's a serial killer in the Lafayette area. I just want to let you know about an "incident" that happened to me a few weeks ago, and could have been deadly.
At first I didn't go to the police or anyone with it because I didn't realize how serious this encounter was.
But since I work in a jail and  I  told a few people about it, and it wasn't long before I was paraded into Internal Affairs to tell them my story.
   
It was approximately 5:15 a.m. in Opelousas, La. I had stayed with a friend there and was on my way to work.
I got $10 gas and a Diet Coke. I took into the store two $5 bills and one $1 bill (just enough to get my stuff). As I pulled away from the store, a  man approached my truck from the back side of the store (an unlit area).
He was an "approachable-looking" man clean cut, clean shaven, & dressed well.  
He walked up to my window and knocked. Since I'm very paranoid and "always looking for the rapist or killer," I didn't open the window .. I just asked what he wanted. He raised a $5  bill to my window and said, "You dropped this." Since I knew I had gone into the store with a certain amount of money,  I knew I didn't drop it. When I told him it wasn't mine, he began hitting  the window and door, screaming at me to open my door, and insisting that I  had dropped the money!
  
At that point, I just drove away as fast as I could. After talking to the Internal Affairs Department and describing the man I saw, and the way he escalated from calm and polite to angry and volatile....it was determined that I could have possibly encountered the serial killer myself.Up to this point, it had been unclear as to how he had gained access to his victims, since there has been no evidence of forced entry into victim's homes, cars, etc. And the fact that he has been attacking in the daytime, when women are less likely to have their guard up, means he is pretty BOLD.

So think about it...what gesture is nicer than returning money to someone that dropped  it?????
How many times would you have opened your window (or door) to get money and say thank you.... because if the person is kind enough to return something to you, then he can't really be a threat....canhe??
Please be cautious! This might not have been the serial killer...but  anyone that gets that angry over someone not accepting money from them, can't have honorable intentions.
The most important thing to note is that his reaction was NOT WHAT I EXPECTED! A total surprise!
But what might have happened if I had opened my door? I shudder to think!

Even if this man wasn't a serial killer, he looked nice, he seemed  polite,he was apparently doing an act of kindness, but HE WAS NOT A NICE  PERSON!!!
What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for
it !
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I cannot vouch for the veracity of this email-but it is something to think about.