Car Jacking Warning

[johnbear]

Don't know if it's true but seems that it could be!!!

ALL CAR OWNERS AND CAR DRIVERS PLEASE READ
Be aware of new car-jacking scheme.

You walk across the car park, unlock your car and get inside. Then you lock all your doors, start the engine and shift or put into reverse. You look into the rear-view mirror to back out of your parking space and You notice a piece of paper stuck to the middle of the rear window.

So, you shift the gear stick back into park or neutral, unlock your doors and jump out of your car 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 appear out of nowhere, jump into your car and take off!! Your engine was running, you would have left your purse in the car and they practically mow you down as they speed off in your car.

BE AWARE OF THIS NEW SCHEME THAT IS NOW BEING USED IN GLASGOW AND MANCHESTER
AND IS MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY!!!!!!!!

Just drive away and remove the paper later! It is stuck to your Window and be thankful that you read this email. I hope you will forward this to friends and family especially to women! A purse contains all identification, and you certainly do NOT want someone getting your home address. They
already HAVE your keys!!!

I have been sent this warning and asked that it be distributed widely to alert everyone -

JUST BE AWARE AND TAKE CARE IT WILL PROBABLY SOON ARRIVE IN YOUR AREA

Brian Molloy
Detective Constable
Force Intelligence Bureau
Strathclyde Police

Edited by johnbear on Thursday 22 November 10:50

[jgsquash]

Sorry, sounds plausible but is another one of these pointless urban myths, a quick google gives an example going back to 2004:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_carjackin...

[Scraggles]

googled for

you shift the gear stick back into park or neutral, unlock your doors

got

http://www.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/rearwindow.h...
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_carjackin...

Thank god for search engines

[steebo888]

Thanks for the heads up mate.
Car Jackers / thieves try anything now as the security on newer cars make it almost impossible to steal without the key

[VladD]

My car has anti-carjack. If any door is opened when the engine running, then the engine cuts out after a short time if the key-code is not reentered. Well worth the investment if you ask me.

[Zod]

steebo888 said:

Thanks for the heads up mate.
Car Jackers / thieves try anything now as the security on newer cars make it almost impossible to steal without the key

Did you miss the two posts above? This is an urban myth.

Why would a British Police warning refer to a "purse", not a "handbag"? The people who cut and paste this stuff from the US are too lazy even to anglicise them.

Edited by Zod on Monday 26th November 17:18

[Scraggles]

guess it looks better to appear to agree with the original mark who fell for it ?

[Vipers]

Wouldnt bother me, I always back into a car space, so I am facing the right way to pull out, anyway, I always do a 360 around my car before I get in, tyres etc, so would notice a bit of paper on the glass.

[bite-me]

" EVERYBODY OUT THIS IS A CAR-JACK"

"WELL OF COURSE THIS IS A CAR, BUT MY NAME'S NOT JACK, IT'S GREG. AND THIS IS MY SISTER MARCIA"

"HI"

"WHAT'S YOUR NAME"

"...EDDY...DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME? GET OUT THIS IS A CAR-JACK"

" OH GREG, MAYBE HE HAS A FLAT TYRE, HE MUST NEED JACK. SORRY EDDY"

"BUT DON'T WORRY, I'LL CALL TRIPLE 'A' AS SOON AS WE GET TO SCHOOL. SEE YA EDDY"

[steebo888]

Zod said:

steebo888 said:

Thanks for the heads up mate.
Car Jackers / thieves try anything now as the security on newer cars make it almost impossible to steal without the key

Did you miss the two posts above? This is an urban myth.

Why would a British Police warning refer to a "purse", not a "handbag"? The people who cut and paste this stuff from the US are too lazy even to anglicise them.

Edited by Zod on Monday 26th November 17:18

[steebo888]

Zod said:

steebo888 said:

Thanks for the heads up mate.
Car Jackers / thieves try anything now as the security on newer cars make it almost impossible to steal without the key

Did you miss the two posts above? This is an urban myth.

Why would a British Police warning refer to a "purse", not a "handbag"? The people who cut and paste this stuff from the US are too lazy even to anglicise them.

Edited by Zod on Monday 26th November 17:18

No i did not miss the 2 posts above.
I was thanking someone for a warning on car jacking and saying how theieves will try anything these days, people do have their owm opions on myths and things they think are useless

[Timberwolf]

... they take off at high speed, drive round and round the works car park, then half an hour later stop the car, get out of it, walk up to you and say, "sorry mate, we didn't realise this was a secure car park and you need the code to get out of it. Also, ffs, do you have some kind of obsession about not leaving any valuables in your car or what?"

[Frank Bullitt]

Just so we all know this story is BS

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_we...

[Vipers]

Lets face it, if you approach your car, and dont notice a bit of paper stuck in your rear window, oh dear me................

[rich 36]

Yeah but if said on it something about
'Not going into the city tomorrow'

Imagine how foolish you'd feel then,

Eh,


Eeeeh.

[Scraggles]

get the odd bits of paper on the windscreen, got a windscreen wiper and they soon vanish, but tend to drive the car into the parking space and have to pass the rear window to get to the car most times....

read the bit about hoax and urban legend, then read them several times more until the message very, very slowly sinks in

[Road Pest]

I am completely missing the point of this hoax. Is it meant to scare people if they find a flyer on the rear windscreen on returning to their car?

[okgo]

Seems like a good way to nick a car if you ask me..

What do you mean its bs? the only thing that is bullshit is the name on the email.. its a perfectly good way to nick a car I reckon..

Just because the email is a fake doesnt mean this is NOT EVER going to happen numbnut lol

[kestral]

Better to know about it than not. Urban Myth?

[Scraggles]

if u get told all the urban myths, you might get to think, yawn ! not another wind up and miss the real warning of something that is happening

case in point is the strawberry meth alert give out by an expert in thames valley police, quick google and would have noticed that it is urban myth and a wind up, but good fun to read about