PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO EVERY ONE YOU KNOW That pretty much seals it as a hoax http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/naked.htm
-----Original Message----- From: Bud DAWSON [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 12:05 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: OT - Is this a HOAX ?? This sounds like a hoax to me, but I can't find a reference to it on any of the standard hoax busters pages. Has anybody come across it before ? Cheers Bud >What will they think of next? From the AP news wire. > >Don't be surprised to see a naked woman walking out of a shopping mall >restroom: The latest scam being perpetrated in our nations shopping >malls is not the cost of gourmet ice cream cones or Harry Potter >collectible figurines. > >With what is being called amazing regularity, victims of this new >crime wave have been found walking out of shopping mall restrooms >completely naked. This has almost always been done by men to women, >with a few exceptions. > >The way the scam works is, a man slips into a women's restroom and >sneaks into a stall. He waits until there is only one woman in the >restroom in a neighboring stall. The criminal then stands on the >toilet and points a hand gun into the next stall, demanding the woman's >valuables. > >After getting her cash and jewelry, he demands that she remove all of >her clothing and kick them out of the stall. The thief tosses the >clothing into a shopping bag, hangs an out of order sign on the >restroom door, and slips back into the mall. > >The out of order sign ensures no one will soon come to the woman's >rescue. It usually takes an hour or two for the woman to work up the >nerve to leave the restroom in the nude, giving the criminal ample >time to make his get away. The woman is left naked and humiliated in a >mall full of strangers. > >The best defense, say police, is to never go into a shopping mall >restroom alone, as only women who are by themselves are targeted. > >PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO EVERY ONE YOU KNOW. > >This has so far been a nearly perfect crime, as none of the >perpetrators have been caught. Don't let this happen to another woman. ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
