This was sent to me in an email....I shudder to think someone would actually use this ploy...
RAPISTS TRICK
Know what money you are carrying! You will see why as you read!
Be sure every lady is aware of this M.O. Share with your wife 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
