new car jacking scam...

[pommy_golfer]

Hey Dubbers,

Got this email from a mate, not sure how true it is but thought i would share it with you guys anyway. I wouldnt put it past these low lives, they are capable of just about anything these days!

How many of you lock your doors when you get into your car?

> > WARNING!!!!
> >
> >
> >
> > Warning..!!!!
> >
> >
> >
> > Warning..!!!!
> >
> >
> > Just
> > last weekend on Friday night
> > we parked in a
> > public
> >
> > parking area. As we drove away I
> > noticed a sticker on the
> >
> > rear window of the
> > car. When I took it off after
> > I got
> > home,
> >
> > it was a receipt for gas. Luckily my
> > friend told me not to
> > stop as it could be
> > someone waiting for me to get
> > out of
> > the
> >
> > car
> > Then we received this email
> > yesterday:
> >
> >
> >
> > 'WARNING
> > FROM
> > POLICE
> >
> >
> >
> > THIS
> > APPLIES TO BOTH WOMEN AND
> >
> > MEN
> >
> > BEWARE
> > OF PAPER ON THE BACK WINDOW
> > OF YOUR
> > VEHICLE--
> >
> >
> > NEW
> >
> > WAY TO DO CARJACKINGS (NOT A
> > JOKE)'
> >
> > Heads
> > up everyone! Please, keep
> > this circulating... You
> > walk
> >
> > across the parking lot, unlock your
> > car and get inside. You
> >
> > start the engine
> > and shift into Reverse.
> >
> >
> >
> > When you
> > look into the rearview mirror
> > to back out of
> > your
> >
> > parking space, 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 carjackers appear out
> >
> > of nowhere, jump
> > into your car and take off.
> > 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.
> >
> > So
> > now the carjacker has your
> > car, your home address,
> > your
> >
> > money, and your keys. Your home and
> > your whole identity are
> >
> > now
> > compromised!
> >
> >
> > BEWARE OF THIS NEW
> > SCHEME THAT IS NOW BEING
> > USED..
> >
> >
> > If
> > you see a piece of paper
> > stuck to your back
> > window, just
> >
> > drive away. Remove the paper
> > later. And be thankful that
> > you
> >
> > read this
> > e-mail. I hope you will
> > forward this to friends
> > and
> >
> > family, especially to women. A purse
> > contains all kinds of
> >
> > personal information
> > and identification documents,
> > and
> > you
> >
> > certainly do NOT want this to fall into
> > the wrong
> > hands.
> >
> >
> > Please
> > keep this
> > going
> >
> > and
> >
> > tell all your
> >
> > friends.

[Mrk_Mickey]

I agree mate, if that email is spreading around, it's either true or it will be. Lowlifes that do this kind of sheet will think of/steal any idea to do it.

[team_v]

Way too hard to read when it's spread out like that.

I just lock my doors when i get out of the car, especially when at the petrol station paying for fuel.
The amount of people who leave their doors unlocked and even open is astounding.

The other day i saw an XR5 focus with both front windows down at the shopping centre and no one inside.
I was astounded that it was still there when i got back to the car.

[Peter Jones]

It's a chain letter, nothing else.

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

Pete

[Golf Loon]

Plus the fact that if you always reverse into a space when you park up, you just jump in and drive off.

I always do this, saves messing about.

[maca]

Still makes you wonder no? I mean it is a possibilty that this could happen even though highly unlikely..

The other day i saw an XR5 focus with both front windows down at the shopping centre and no one inside.
I was astounded that it was still there when i got back to the car.

I think the same, especially when I see a convertible with it's roof down at a major shopping centre. For some reason they're normally Saabs, too.