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Posted by Xentrick (Member # 64) on :

I just received an emergency email from my sister-in-law [a graduate student at San Francisco State University, she should be smart enough to see through this crap as she's studying PSYCHOLOGY!!]

It goes something like this:
Fwd:Fwd:Fwd: Important Info- Please Read

Hi everyone,

I think this is very important to read (even though it happened on the east
coast, it could easily happen here also)...gentlemen, please pass this on to
women you know. Thx.

[l-o-n-g list of everyone on the mailing list]

This is a forward.� Pathetic that we have to lock our cars to go in
> to pay
> >for gas, but you can bet that I will and so should you!� This
> actually
> >happened to my friend's niece last week right here near downtown
> Cincinnati.
> >
> >It was after dark and she stopped to get gas at a Quik Trip.� She
> filled
> her
> >tank and walked into the store to pay for her gas.� The cashier told
> her
> >"don't pay for your gas yet...walk around the store a while and act
> as if
> >you're picking up some other things to buy. A man just got into the back
of
>
> >your car. I've called the police and they're on their way."�� When
> the
> >police arrived, they found the man in the back seat of the girl's car
> and
> >asked him what he was doing. He replied, he was joining a gang and
> the
> >initiation to join is to kidnap a woman and bring her back to the
> gang to
> be
> >raped.� According to the police that night, there is a few gang
> forming
> here
> >originating from Chicago. Part of the scary part of this is because the
guy
>
> >didn't have a weapon on him the police could only charge him with
> >trespassing...he's back on the streets and free to try again. Please
> be
> >aware of what's going on around you, ladies. This could happen� to any
one.
> >Please forward this on to anyone you care about!
> >

smelling a hoax, I went to Baloo's favorite Urban Legend site and found this exact same story: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/backseat.htm

see, Collected On The Internet 2000

I have just sent her a responce with a link to that site, hoping she may become a little less gullible.

thanks, Baloo!

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[This message has been edited by Xentrick (edited March 08, 2000).]

Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

The really sad part about hoaxs E-mails, is that it may give gang members ideas.

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Fool of a Took, throw yourself in next time!!
Gandalf

Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

Thanks, Xentrick! See, folks, if you live your life right, you get credit for things you never did.

Good! I'd rather have them making plans based on things we're already paranoid about than have them cooking up something completely unexpected.

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