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

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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