[Dewey-Darrow] From the police blotter - car jacking/urban legend

[SugrCreek at aol.com]

Apparently the police department email system is not immune to Urban 
Legends,  even with our high-speed spam filters. When this came to me yesterday, I 
 forwarded it because of the police source I received it from.   
At any rate,  I will forward to you, my constituents, Items that I think 
are for  your general welfare, I will just make sure the spam and urban legend 
filter  is in high gear prior to  posting. 
Thank you  for checking into this. 
-Officer R. Napier- 
 
  
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Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1:53  PM
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Subject: Re: [Darrow-GreenwoodNeighbors]  From the police blotter - car 
jacking
 
 
Agreed. I checked  UrbanLegands.com and this is the result:
 

 
SUMMARY: Email  rumor warns of a new carjacking scheme involving the 
placement of a sticker or  flyer on the victim's rear window to fool them into 
exiting the vehicle with  the engine running.  
Description: Email  rumor 

Circulating since: Feb. 2004   

Status:  False
 
 
  
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From:  Bearhair <bearhair at spamcop.net>
To: keshia knox  <mskeys21 at yahoo.com>; rnapier at cityofevanston.org

Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 7:48:59  AM
Subject: Re:  [Darrow-GreenwoodNeighbors] From the police blotter - car  
jacking

According to Snopes, this is  an urban legend, and the email forwarded is
identical to  that.

Please confirm that this has actually occurred in Evanston.

>http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/carjack.asp



Keshia  wrote:

>--- On Tue, 6/30/09, officernapier <_rnapier at cityofevanston.org_ 
(mailto:rnapier at cityofevanston.org) >  wrote:
>From: officernapier <_rnapier at cityofevanston.org_ 
(mailto:rnapier at cityofevanston.org) >
>Subject:  [Darrow-GreenwoodNeighbors] From the police blotter - car jacking
>To:  _Darrow-GreenwoodNeighbors at yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:Darrow-GreenwoodNeighbors at yahoogroups.com) 
>Date:  Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 4:07 PM
>
>
>THIS APPLIES TO BOTH  WOMEN AND MEN BEWARE OF PAPER ON THE BACK WINDOW OF 
YOUR 
>VEHICLE--  
>
>NEW WAY TO DO CARJACKINGS (NOT A JOKE)' 
>
>Heads  up everyone! Please, keep this circulating. .. You walk across 
>the  parking lot, unlock your car and get inside. You start the engine and 
shift  into Reverse. 
>
>When you look into the rear view mirror to back  out of your parking 
space, you notice a piece of paper stuck to the middle of  
>the rear window. So, you shift into Park, 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 carjackers appear out of nowhere, jump 
into your car and  take off. They practically mow 
>you down as they speed off in your car.  
>
>And guess what, ladies? I bet your purse is still in the car.  
>
>So now the carjacker has your car, your home address, your  
>money, and your keys. Your home and your whole identity are now  
compromised! 
>
>BEWARE OF THIS NEW SCHEME THAT IS NOW BEING USED.  
>
>If you see a piece of paper stuck to your back window, just  drive 
>away. Remove the paper later. And be thankful that you read  
>this e-mail. I hope you will forward this to friends and  
>family, especially to women. A purse contains all kinds of  
>personal information and identification documents, and you certainly  do 
NOT want this to fall into the wrong hands.  
>






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