Got sent this e.mail earlier......check it out.......


-----Original Message-----From: Burdett, Mark (L & P - Hartshead)[mailto:Mark.Burdett@capita.co.uk]Sent: 05 February 2008 10:25To: BURDETT Terence ( ) Governance and Organisation TeamSubject: FW: police warning Just a little warning below. Mark ALL CAR OWNERS AND CAR DRIVERS PLEASE READ Be aware of new car-jacking scheme. You walk across the car park, unlock your car and get inside.Thenyou lock all your doors, start the engine and shift or put intoreverse. You look into the rear-view mirror to back out of yourparking space and You notice a piece of paper stuck to themiddleof the rear window. So, you shift the gear stick back into park or neutral, unlockyour doors and jump out of your car to remove that paper or whatever it is that is obstructing your view. When you reach theback of your car that is when the car-jackers appear out ofnowhere, jump into your car and take off!! Your engine wasrunning, you would have left your purse in the car and theypractically mow you down as they speed off in your car. BE AWARE OF THIS NEW SCHEME THAT IS NOW BEING USED IN GLASGOWANDMANCHESTERAND IS MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY!!!!!!!! Just drive away and remove the paper later! It is stuck to yourWindow and be thankful that you read this email. I hope you willforward this to friends and family especially to women! A pursecontains all identification, and you certainly do NOT wantsomeonegetting your home address. Theyalready HAVE your keys!!! I have been sent this warning and asked that it be distributedwidely to alert everyone -JUST BE AWARE AND TAKE CARE IT WILL PROBABLY SOON ARRIVE IN YOURAREA Brian MolloyDetective ConstableForce Intelligence BureauStrathclyde Police

 

hoax thats been around for years and spread by mugs.

originated in the USA and didnt even really happen there.

 

Probably will start happening over here if enough people keep posting it on forums used by car theives to give them the idea though Stav

 

Older than the internet itself

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/car-jacking-warning.html

 

better to be safe than sorry tho.

Cheers for posting

 

I heard there is one going around via email and car forums that Detective Cheif Superintendant of the Serious Incident Squad of North East London Police, John Barnes, wants you all to be aware of too.

What happens is your phone rings, you answer, they use a special device to transport out of the ear piece in to your car/house, kill you, steal your car, rape your cat, and murder your family.

So if you ever answer your phone, your risking getting carjacked and killed.

Better to be safe than sorry, cheers for me posting

 

cheer for the warning stav, i wont ever answer the phone again

oh an classic sig aint seen that gif forawhile, cracks me up,

 

I know the likes of me and you have seen the warning several times on here before and KNOW it's a myth, but maybe the poster isn't a sad loser like we are and doesn't spend his life on the internet.

He thought he was doing us a favour, give the guy a break u wrong'un

 

geoffxr4 You just made the situation worse by thanking him, he will feel self pride and carry on posting it. Where as stavros told him what he needed to hear, the truth.

Benni.

 

could happen tbh.

 

I understand what you're saying. To be honest i felt a bit sorry for the guy being called a mug when he was only trying to do the ppl on here a favour. Stavros told him tactlessly that it was old news. I seriously doubt he will carry on posting after what ppl said about it, i thanked him anyway AFTERWARDS for his well meaning intention.

 

Well, people could copy this method, even if they don't, will increase motorists awareness, so is all good IMHO

 

don't you use your mirrors to reverse ?

 

You look out the back, just like you look out the front when going forward

 

Ahh so that's how everyone does it.. bet the drivers of Class 1's and Coaches even do that