[Catrina]

I got this in an email..whether this story is true or not.. it still seems like it could happen to anyone so be careful girls!!! (and guys!)

> Subject: FW: New rapist trick-WOMEN BEWARE
>
>
> A must read for all the girls and women in your life!!!
>
> New 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..... Criminals are
> coming up with
> craftier, less threatening methods of attack, so we have
> to be extra
> cautious.
>
> 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 g one 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!