Good information I just wanted to pass on.
> > Know what money you are carrying ..
> >
> > This was the first I have heard of a scheme like
> >this. 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
> >proximately 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 in 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!
> >
> > Forward this to everyone you know....maybe they can
> >be as fortunate as I was!
> >
> > P.S. Ladies, really DO forward this to EVERYONE you
> >know. Even if this man wasn't a serial killer, he
> >looked nice, he seemed polite, he was apparently doing
> >an act of kindness, but HE WAS NOT A NICE PERSON!!!
> >
> > Men send it to all the women in your life. What you
> >do today is important because you are exchanging a day
> >of your life for it. Make it a good one!
> >