I got this in a e mail and wanted to put it all here for everyone to see. It's really scary.
>RAPIST TRICK
>
>Know what money you are carrying. You will see why as you read.
>
>Be sure every woman is aware of this M.O. Share it 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 approximately 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!
