Roamer
04-30-2008, 07:27 PM
Got this in an email today, and it makes a whole lot of sense to me! If you receive an email that warns against threats toward to scams being run against women, or know of one, please add them. Let's help keep each other and our families safe!
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> RAPIST TRICK
> Know what money you are carrying. You will see why as you read.
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> Be sure every woman is aware of this M.O. Share it with your wife and
daughters. Know what money you are carrying... This was the first I have heard
of a scheme like this..... I wanted to pass it along. Be safe! Something very
serious to pay attention to. Criminals are coming up with craftier, less
threatening methods of attack, so we have to be extra cautious.
> Read on.
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> I live in Alexandria, VA but I often work in Lafayette, LA, staying with
friends when I'm there. As you know from America's Most Wanted TV
program, as well as the news media, there is 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.
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> 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, 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 stopped at the Exxon/Blimpie Pie station to get gas. 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,
etc.). 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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 your
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....can he????
>
> 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!
> Forward this to everyone you know... maybe they can be as fortunate as I
was!
>
> P.S. Ladies, really DO forward this to EVERYONE you know. 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!!!
>
>
>
> RAPIST TRICK
> Know what money you are carrying. You will see why as you read.
>
> Be sure every woman is aware of this M.O. Share it with your wife and
daughters. Know what money you are carrying... This was the first I have heard
of a scheme like this..... I wanted to pass it along. Be safe! Something very
serious to pay attention to. Criminals are coming up with craftier, less
threatening methods of attack, so we have to be extra cautious.
> Read on.
>
>
> I live in Alexandria, VA but I often work in Lafayette, LA, staying with
friends when I'm there. As you know from America's Most Wanted TV
program, as well as the news media, there is 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, 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 stopped at the Exxon/Blimpie Pie station to get gas. 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,
etc.). 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 your
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....can he????
>
> 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!
> Forward this to everyone you know... maybe they can be as fortunate as I
was!
>
> P.S. Ladies, really DO forward this to EVERYONE you know. 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!!!
>