New way to do carjackings

Thanks Alan I will remember that
Where was your car when it got labelled?
Hana

I suggest you all take a read of this. This is the way Viruses etc are spread in circulating e-mails. The Police in the UK do not send out warning e-mails to the public, it would have been posted on their websites. Still good advice, but treat it for what it is, a fake.

Published on Friday, April 13, 2007
in the Ft. Myers News-Press



Fake e-mail still haunts FHP officer
If you happen to get an e-mail from Florida Highway Patrol Lieutenant Tony Bartolome warning about a new carjack scheme, please don't call him.

In fact, just ignore it.

The e-mail, which urges receivers to keep it going, has been kicking around for better than four years, said Bartolome, assigned to the patrol's investigations bureau in Orlando. It landed in news-press.com reporters' inboxes again this week.

It has now achieved the status of urban legend, according to the patrol's public information office.

The message warns receivers about carjackers who affix a piece of paper on the back window of cars in the hope the driver will notice it while backing out of a parking spot and get out of the car to remove it.

When that happens,the bandits pounce and speed off with the victim's car and possessions, the message says.

Well, as with most of these tales, it has a kernel of truth, Bartolome said.

"I got that information four and half years ago from the San Diego police," he said. "I passed it on to a couple of friends. I wish I'd never sent it."

San Diego police Sergeant Jim Shorr said he's seen the message on the Internet, but to his knowledge San Diego hasn't had any cases like it.

"It was attributed to us," he said. "But I don't know where it came from."

Since the day Bartolome hit the send key, he has been flooded with calls from other cops, concerned people from across the country and, yes, even reporters.

"It might seem funny, but it's really an annoyance," he said.

Another memetic virus that clogs up e-mail systems...

If you get an e-mail that says "Send this to everyone you know" Just delete it and save yourself the hassle. :wink:

This one IS a known hoax.

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