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UAE Police Warning...Spam or hoax?

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 15:45

Wonder if anyone has seen this email? Looks like it could similar to the Police Camera/Radar scam that went out last year, warning of exorbitant fines, black point and impounds if you broke the traffic laws.

Can anyone very this one?

UAE Police Warning - Please read.
While driving on a rural end of the roadway in Al Warqa on Thursday morning, I saw an infant car seat on the side of the road with a blanket draped over it. For whatever reason, I did not stop, even though I had all kinds of thoughts running through my head. But when I got to my destination, I called the Police and they were going to check it out. But, this is what the Police advised even before they went out there to check....

"There are several things to be aware of ... gangs and thieves are now plotting different ways to get a person (mostly women) to stop their vehicle and get out of the car.

"There is a gang initiation reported by the local Police where gangs are placing a car seat by the road...with a fake baby in! It...Waiting for a woman, of course, to stop and check on the abandoned baby.

"Note that the location of this car seat is usually beside a wooded or grassy (field) area and the person -- woman -- will be dragged into the woods, beaten and raped, and usually left for dead. If it's a man, they're usually beaten and robbed and maybe left for dead, too.

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 22:53
Jeeeeez, just sayin, thats all
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 22:46
what pamphlet? do these things come with guides?
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 22:44
I cannot stand it when people just blindly forward on stuff without going to snopes first. Half a brain would alert one, normally anyway. Managing expectations essqueue, please re read the pamphlet.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 22:39
I cannot stand it when people just blindly forward on stuff without going to snopes first. Half a brain would alert one, normally anyway.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 22:39
I cannot stand it when people just blindly forward on stuff without going to snopes first. Half a brain would alert one, normally anyway.
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 22:02
Rural end of Al warqua? LOL Sue surely you understand what ess was implying by thick. nope - hence the ?? lol
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 21:47
Rural end of Al warqua? LOL Sue surely you understand what ess was implying by thick.
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 21:25
thick ??
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 17:58
thick
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 17:26
lol - is this STILL doing the rounds ??
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 17:21
if by chance you do come across something that you feel needs to be investigated. Pull over, lock your door, shut your windows and call the police. Keep your eyes open and never ever get out of the car. Same if someone bumps your car with no one else around....keep driving and call the police.
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EW OLDHAND
Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 16:35
I saw this one too. Have seen it a few times actually with a different location cut and pasted every time! dead giveway is the bit at the end about the 'woods and grassy area'. Where would anyone find woods on the side of the road in the UAE?! :\: snap... this has been posted before, and this was the exact response where are the "woods and grassy" areas of Dubai :)
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 15:57
Ah yes.....I usually do a search to see if a money/bank scam is on the radar, but didn't think "UAE Police/Car Seat/Hoax would bring up any results. Thanks for clearing this up!
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 15:53
I got this too - thanks for confirming - had the same thought as Kylie2810 though - not too many grassy / woody areas here!
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 15:51
It is a hoax. I received the exact same email from a friend in France ( in French) last November In the email I received, it was the exact same wording.
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EW GURU
Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 15:50
This is a well lnown hoax and hs been doing the rounds for a while; It was even mentioned on a thread here before. Check out snopes.com http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/carseat.asp Edited as hyperlink function did not work <em>edited by Genie on 16/02/2011</em>
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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 15:49
I saw this one too. Have seen it a few times actually with a different location cut and pasted every time! dead giveway is the bit at the end about the 'woods and grassy area'. Where would anyone find woods on the side of the road in the UAE?! :\:
 
 

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