!!!!!! London Car Parks Scam !!!!!!

Weymouth_Man

(Originated from Alliance Cornhill Insurance)

Be aware of a new car-jacking scheme.

You walk across the car park, unlock your car and get inside, lock the doors, start the engine and select reverse. You look into your rear view mirror to back out of your parking space and notice a piece of paper stuck to the middle of the rear screen. So you shift back into park or neutral, unlock the doors and get out to remove the paper (or whatever it is) that is obstructing your view.

When you reach the back of your car the car-jackers appear out of nowhere, jump into your car and take off. Your engine was running and you would have left your handbag, briefcase in the car.

APART FROM TAKING ANYTHING OF VALUE, THEY MIGHT FIND YOUR ADDRESS AND THEY ALREADY HAVE YOUR KEYS!!!

Remember, if you see your rear view blocked like this, just drive away and remove the paper later!

THIS SCAM IS HAPPENING IN LONDON RIGHT NOW AND WILL SURELY SPREAD TO OTHER AREAS. JUST BE AWARE AND TAKE CARE!! :beer:

dinglebert

This scam is not happening now and has never happened.

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

It is often worth checking out the snopes site as it saves what is in effect spamming. I know you meant well but these things just run round office emails if someone doesn't bother to check the facts first.

CrazyChemist_2

dinglebert wrote:

This scam is not happening now and has never happened.

Instead of writing this off as rubbish, I'd rather be careful and take heed of this, although I'd never be stupid enough to ever set foot outside the car with the keys anywhere else but in my pocket.

If you leave keys in the car and leave then it's like saying 'Please, take my car, I don't want it'. :rolleyes:

Lorian

I'd never see it anyway, as I always reverse into spaces :rolleyes:

CrazyChemist_2

Oh, reverse parking, how I love it. I could reverse park all day. I'm serious! I think it's becoming an obsession!

hjb123

It would have to be a big piece of paper to warrant me getting back out of my car to remove it - otherwise I would just use the windscreen wipers to remove it!

mr_fishbulb

Watch out - they may also try to spray you with perfume which is actually knock-out gas.

Darksun

mr_fishbulb wrote:

Watch out - they may also try to spray you with perfume which is actually knock-out gas.

You think that's bad? My sisters friend's ex-boyfriend's stepbrother's teacher's half sister once woke up in a bath of ice after a party and found her kidneys missing!

CrazyChemist_2

mr_fishbulb wrote:

Watch out - they may also try to spray you with perfume which is actually knock-out gas.

Not only that, these people also use 'flashy-things' which erase your memory - they trick you into thinking you're having a photo taken and FLASH, your memory's gone... :rotfl:

jobbingmusician

O, so that's what happened to me! :rotfl:

What were we talking about, anyway?

*Louise*

dinglebert wrote:

This scam is not happening now and has never happened.

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

It is often worth checking out the snopes site as it saves what is in effect spamming. I know you meant well but these things just run round office emails if someone doesn't bother to check the facts first.

I get hoax-slayer to keep up to date with scam emails

BUT......with this sort of thing in circulation, you have to ask yourself......how many unscrupulous people are there who have also received it and might actually want to try it out.....???

I would just be aware that it COULD happen, but ignore any scare-mongering info about where it is happening, etc.