LadyBones
05-16-2004, 06:27 AM
I just received this e-mail and can't believe it, i have been to all of the area's mentioned alone! My DH told me for now on if i have food shopping to do or errends to do is to wait to do it with him on the weekends or go with a friend!
Subject: Biggest scam going on in Mansfield, BE CAREFUL!!!
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> Hey girls!
> This is something that happened to a girl named Amanda, which is a friend of my cousin's.
> This is not a joke. It happened last week. She works at Famous Hair-beside Walmart-her shift was over and she went out to her car and got in when she heard someone talking to her.
> An African-American woman came up to her passenger window and motioned her to put it down.
> She did, and the woman started talking to her as if she knew Amanda. She went on and on, "Don't you remember me? I work at Krogers. I used to have blonde hair. I haven't seen you in awhile, How are you doing?".
> During these questions Amanda kept thinking to herself, I Do Not know this girl. She said they talked a couple minutes and then she came around to her driver's side window and she kept talking to her. I got married last week, see that car behind you, that's my husband. By this time Amanda was getting nervous, so she locked her doors.
> The woman then said "Our car is broken down, can you give me a ride to Fourth Street, Amanda said "No, I have to pick up my daughter and then started her car, the woman became desperate and then started begging her for a ride to Taco Bell, Amanda repeated herself and then left.
> She got home and she just felt really funny about what happened, her mother-in-law called and she told her about it. Her mother-in-law said she knew one of the Mansfield Police Dispatchers-so she called her and explained what happened and the Dispatcher said this is the biggest scam going on right now.
> It's happened at Kohl's, Wal-Mart, and the Mall-so far.
> This group of people in Mansfield are going up to women drivers, acting as if they are long lost friends, they start out on the passenger side, work their way over to the driver's side, and then when the woman is not paying attention, another person gets in the passenger side door, holds a knife or a gun to the driver and makes the driver drive them to Cleveland or Columbus to get their drugs.
> I guess this has been going on for about two weeks. They have not yet caught this group of people.
> Needless to say, Amanda called into work to warn the other girls about what was going on, when she found out the same thing happened to one of her co-workers shortly after Amanda had left! I just wanted to tell the people I care about what was going on, so you would be aware of what's going on in the parking lots of some of our favorite shopping spots! If you don't live in the Mansfield area, then watch out for this scam wherever you live.
> Be Careful!!
Subject: Biggest scam going on in Mansfield, BE CAREFUL!!!
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> Subj: Biggest scam going on in Mansfield, BE CAREFUL!!!
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> Hey girls!
> This is something that happened to a girl named Amanda, which is a friend of my cousin's.
> This is not a joke. It happened last week. She works at Famous Hair-beside Walmart-her shift was over and she went out to her car and got in when she heard someone talking to her.
> An African-American woman came up to her passenger window and motioned her to put it down.
> She did, and the woman started talking to her as if she knew Amanda. She went on and on, "Don't you remember me? I work at Krogers. I used to have blonde hair. I haven't seen you in awhile, How are you doing?".
> During these questions Amanda kept thinking to herself, I Do Not know this girl. She said they talked a couple minutes and then she came around to her driver's side window and she kept talking to her. I got married last week, see that car behind you, that's my husband. By this time Amanda was getting nervous, so she locked her doors.
> The woman then said "Our car is broken down, can you give me a ride to Fourth Street, Amanda said "No, I have to pick up my daughter and then started her car, the woman became desperate and then started begging her for a ride to Taco Bell, Amanda repeated herself and then left.
> She got home and she just felt really funny about what happened, her mother-in-law called and she told her about it. Her mother-in-law said she knew one of the Mansfield Police Dispatchers-so she called her and explained what happened and the Dispatcher said this is the biggest scam going on right now.
> It's happened at Kohl's, Wal-Mart, and the Mall-so far.
> This group of people in Mansfield are going up to women drivers, acting as if they are long lost friends, they start out on the passenger side, work their way over to the driver's side, and then when the woman is not paying attention, another person gets in the passenger side door, holds a knife or a gun to the driver and makes the driver drive them to Cleveland or Columbus to get their drugs.
> I guess this has been going on for about two weeks. They have not yet caught this group of people.
> Needless to say, Amanda called into work to warn the other girls about what was going on, when she found out the same thing happened to one of her co-workers shortly after Amanda had left! I just wanted to tell the people I care about what was going on, so you would be aware of what's going on in the parking lots of some of our favorite shopping spots! If you don't live in the Mansfield area, then watch out for this scam wherever you live.
> Be Careful!!