car jackers

[SteveT]

Notice on car (not a joke)

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 petrol. 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

BEWARE OF PAPER ON THE BACK WINDOW OF YOUR VEHICLE--NEW WAY TO

DO CAR JACKINGS (NOT A JOKE)'

... You walk across the car park, 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 neutral, 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.

I thought this message was worthy of a viewing on the forum, it dropped into my emails earlier today.

[*Bob*]

Snopes Time

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

[bigbadwolf]

It may be false but it is a clever way of nicking someones car.

[EDmummy]

Even before checking it on Snopes the language used should be a give away - we don't "shift" gears in the UK!

[bigbadwolf]

I bet you feel really stupid now Steve.

[Jeremy]

Yeah... it seemed unlikely to me. I don't know why someone would bother doing that, when they could just whack you over the head with a blunt instrument when you're approaching your car.

[Asset]

nor do us Ladeees leave our 'purses' in the car

[bigbadwolf]

Quite right Asset. From my experience ladies leave their purse at home and only realise when they get to the shops.

[jctg]

Y'know, f--- the internet sometimes.

[Asset]

yeah, fuck it eh

[SeanMacGabhann]

Steve - I meet you on the street, have a lovely chat, and then you post this?? Why?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Steady on chaps. Some of us are more cynical than others. Steve could have posted in good faith, in which case, thank you for your good intentions.

[jennyjen]

Chances of this being a more effective way of highjacking cars than any other conventional method are slim

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Steve almost certainly posted this in good faith as a warning to others.

[Mick Mac]

Well done Steve - I'll tell my wife to look out for this scam - even if it has never happened before, she is surely going to be the first to fall foul of it.

In fact now you have advertised this great carjacking idea, I'm sure it won't be long before you can say - "hey I told you so".

[SteveT]

I certainly didn't post this to infuriate anyone SMG and

I have never heard of Snopes until today *Bob*, it was

posted in good faith PGC and TLS thankyou for the positive stance.

Yep, I do feel really stupid now BBW.

[woofmarkthedog]

Yeah I heard of another version of this, it's called the "Simian jack scam"

The "jackers" stick a 650lb gorilla on your rear window, (it plays dead so as not to give it's self away)

When you get in your car and shift into reverse you see the gorilla in your rear view mirror

Sh*t you say and go to get out to remove the darn thing.....

Now this is where the difference is in the "Jack"

The "sleeping" gorilla, all 650lb of him wakes up.......oh yeah and he's pis**d off

he rips you to pieces at this point limb by limb and sucks the eyes out of your skull

Then to top it all a trained baboon jumps into your car and drives round in circles doing "doughnuts" as the gorilla

searches the pockets of your clothes (you are by now a lifeless corpse)finding your cash and credit cards

Then your very drunk girlfriend just about comes to & looking at the baboon (she has a hand over one eye to focus) now in the driving seat and wearing your GT driving gloves ,yellow night shades and a red Ferrari base ball cap (free with 10lts of Texaco oil) says...

"Oh baby you look soooo hot....did you shave tonight.....you gorgeous manhunk.."

Her head slumps down into the baboons lap and .......(well you can guess the rest)

Put it this way , the baboon is grinning from ear to ear as he drives of with your car your cash & your chick

The gorilla who has previously stolen a pizza hut "ped" and makes good his escape on that.

BEWARE OF THIS SCAM

W**F

[Mick Mac]

Don't mind BBW - he's harmless, bless him.

[SeanMacGabhann]

SteveT - sorry, I wasn't trying to tick you off, I was just more surprised you fell for it

Everything about the construction and wording of it reeks of urban myth. The road to hell is paved with good intentions etc etc. Wasn't Chicken Licken a parable?

Anyway now that more people know about snopes, here's hoping a few more urban myths get debunked

[LegalEagle-ish]

Yeh, if you think about it, you are just as likely to spot the bit of paper as you walk up to your car so can't see this as being a genius way to steal someone's car.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

The road to hell is paved with good intentions etc etc..

Please tell me No!..I've always believed its The Primrose Path thats paved with good intentions Sean.:-S

[jumpinjackflash]

EDmummy Wrote:

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> Even before checking it on Snopes the language

> used should be a give away - we don't "shift"

> gears in the UK!

I shift mine into gear..it's automatic!