Beware -New Car Jacking Scheme

Beware--New Car Jacking scheme

To those of you who do not drive, you can pass this on to those you know who do drive.

You walk across the parking lot, unlock your car and get inside.

Then you lock all your doors, start the engine and shift into REVERSE.
Habit! You look into the rear-view window to back out of your parking space and you notice a piece of paper, some sort of advertisement stuck to your rear window.

So, you shift into PARK, unlock your doors and jump out of your vehicle 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 car-jackers jump out of no where . jump into your car and take off -- your engine was running, your purse is in the car, and they practically mow you down as they speed off in your car.

BE AWARE OF THIS NEW SCHEME Just drive away and remove the paper that is stuck to your window later and be thankful that you read this and that you shared it to your friends

It's just not so safe out there anymore. I try not to go to run errands alone. I didn't used to be paranoid !

Thanks for the heads-up.

I would have not thought twice about removing that paper. Thanks to you, now I will. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

We have a new concealed handgun law here, they might think twice about driving off with somebodies car!

I received this in an email, too. When I did some research on it, I found it was a hoax. Here is what one hoax site said about it:
http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/rearwindow.html

Another thing that was happening here, were women were not locking their cars when they were filling up their gas tanks. Not just the car was hi-jacked, but sometimes even the women. Since I read about that, I ALWAYS lock my car when I'm at the gas station.

Zilchwater - good to see you! :) That's a good site, a new one to me. I've bookmarked it along with Snopes.com and truthorfiction.com, the two I use most often.

Even though that e-mail circulating is a hoax, people do copycat such things and turn them into reality. It's always a good idea to be aware of your surroundings when out alone; look around you, have your key ready, glance into the back seat of your car, etc.

Hi GW - it is good to be back although I am down with a cold right now (my first this winter so I can't really complain). When I am feeling better we will have to arrange a meeting at Franklin Park Conservatory. Too bad I was gone for the garden show; that would have been a nice place to meet.

I agree that emails like this sometimes have some useful and common sense information. However they are essentially chain letters. They scare the public and when everybody who gets them sends them to everyone they know, it becomes a huge amount of email. Like you, I try to check for hoaxes before sending emails on. Some clues to suggest an email is a hoax is if it says to mail it to everyone you know.

This site has a list of sites where you can check for hoaxes:
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBOtherHoaxPages.html

Hoaxbusters is another good one, yes! I hate chain letters. I might be a party pooper, but even the nice ones that have pictures and poems and all the frills about friendship mostly turn me off. I'd rather get a personal e-mail from a friend, telling what's new in his or her life.