Women be careful

peachey · #1 (**permalink**) 08-13-2006, 03:02 PM

Know what money you are carrying! You will see why as you read!
Be sure every lady is aware of this M.O. Share with it 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 t o get gas. I got $10 gas and a Diet Coke. I took into the store tw o $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 dete rmined 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 tota l surprise! But what might have happened if I had opened my door? I shudder to think!

lilibet · #2 (**permalink**) 09-04-2006, 10:11 PM

Thank God you kept you didn't get hurt by guy! A lot of people would automatically open the window to retrieve the money just as a first impulse so it's good that this didn't happen with you. Thanks for passing this warning along.

peachey · #3 (**permalink**) 09-06-2006, 12:32 PM

thanks for the post ..but sorry this was something I had read ...I should of stated that ...

I found this intresting and wanted to pass this on ..as women yes we are maybe the weaker sex but with knowledge of what some people or men are doing can keep us aware of thing going on ....

Sorry I did not mention that ....

rockyroad · #4 (**permalink**) 09-08-2006, 05:02 AM

oh well.. who would have thought that.. lilibet was right anyone will open that window on first impulse... thanks peachey for sharing it with out.. now the next time.. we will have to think first... criminals now do know how to appraoch and blend with time.. they know that people are so afraid of strangers especially the rugged looking ones.. so they change tactics... guess we should update ourselves on how we stop and deal with this modern era...

a good samaritan eh?? in disguise... dang..

peachey · #5 (**permalink**) 09-08-2006, 09:53 PM

Yes this is very true in all areas of our lives. We need to watch and take caution if we feel threaten in anyway...just a normal thing for us to do...
and yes they come up with all kinds of ways these days..

Look at those on the internet that are getting young children for thier own statisfaction and they are yours and mine age ...this is terrible...just like this warning we have to take and be so careful these days...

rockyroad · #6 (**permalink**) 09-11-2006, 06:19 AM

yah peachey, i hate those ppl who use the net for their own satisfaction.. and they used young children.. just because they are in the stage of wanted to know things.. i really hate it... it makes the world much dangerous.. even if ur at home talking to some strangers on the net.

peachey · #7 (**permalink**) 09-12-2006, 04:18 AM

Oh you are right on that. My grandchildren like to come over and we go on the net but I do the navagation and I have one of my computer set up for a desk top for them they can only get in there and I have it so secure they can only get in the sites that are on the desktop and that is it...

So often I change sites that way they get new things to look at.

If more people would take percautions with the younger one things like would not happen.

I know on here we have younger ones around and found them posting in not nice sections and have mention to them that maybe we could talk about something more that they would like to talk about in a diffrent topic.

But then I do not have control where are what they do on here but guess just feel to try and steer them in the right directions.

humpty · #8 (**permalink**) 09-12-2006, 03:35 PM

i guess there's only so much we can do, there's never a 100% guarantee huuh

rockyroad · #9 (**permalink**) 09-14-2006, 05:34 AM

yah.. humpty.. ur right.. but then its nice to know that theres someone like peachey who cares...

humpty · #10 (**permalink**) 09-16-2006, 08:29 AM

yeah, well, peachey is a caring woman with lots of experience to share, so, hurray to peachey hhehehhehe

so long as she's giving you a piece of advice or precaution, ti would be of your best interest to listen and follow

;)

peachey · #11 (**permalink**) 09-17-2006, 05:12 AM

Thanks all ..yep just making sure all of the women are aware this is happening..do not want them to get hurt ...also to let those that might read this and have ideas about harming women or anyone that we are aware of tatics and will find out what they are up too ..the world is big ..the internet is big..but good thing the internet sometimes is a big gossip place word goes fast on here. he he

rockyroad · #12 (**permalink**) 09-17-2006, 09:07 AM

yah.. right.. Cheers to peachy.. and well.. to us to humpty....

neways, humpty i did not see much of u here...

tammy87 · #13 (**permalink**) 09-22-2006, 09:33 AM

hi humpty, long time no see, rocky said you haven't been in here much lately? wassup man,

hehehe i've been away for some time too, a lot of new friendizens to meet heheheh

hi rocky

fadyllan · #14 (**permalink**) 11-01-2006, 06:08 PM

I just cant help thinking that now a day people seems to get more and more creative when it comes to crime. There's just so many tricks and traps everywhere in order to get what they want, in a bad way, i mean. Its disturbing.

Although none of these stuff ever happen to me, thankfully, still it effects my life and my confidence to go out and about alone. Sometimes i just have to do some errands at night and people start to lecture me about how not safe it is out there. Because of these maniacs, all of us just cant go out anymore? How depressing is that?