James
May 13th, 2006, 07:30 PM
I know a lot of women read this forum. This is an e-mail that was shared with me with my wifes' friends. Please read and be aware:
> Be sure every lady is aware of this M.O. Share
> with it your wife , mom 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 proximately 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!!!
>
> Men send it to all the women in your life. What
> you do today is important because you are exchanging
> a day of your life for it. Make it a good one!
>
> Please forward to anyone you think might benefit
> from this story.
>
>
>
> Be sure every lady is aware of this M.O. Share
> with it your wife , mom 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 proximately 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!!!
>
> Men send it to all the women in your life. What
> you do today is important because you are exchanging
> a day of your life for it. Make it a good one!
>
> Please forward to anyone you think might benefit
> from this story.
>
>
>