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Old 14 July 2004, 12:42 PM
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....but the one quoted on snopes is the american version of the same e-mail (parking lot, shift into park etc.)

A long way from manchester if you ask me
Old 14 July 2004, 04:46 PM
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Look guys, the more people that know about these spoof emails then the less likely we are to add to the spread of this rubbish, and the quicker we will be able to filter out and react to genuine cases of the scum attacking.

if in doubt www.snopes.com
Old 14 July 2004, 05:52 PM
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It does highlight however these basic security points
1.ALLWAYS back your car into a space
2.Abount 80% of pre planned attacks happen when getting in and out of veichles.
3. Stay very allert at these moments. If you haven't noticed them - then you have your tumb up your @rse and are one of lifes victims.

3 valuable points. Ignore at your peril.
stay safe
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Old 14 July 2004, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by ALi-B
What gets me is the people who writes and initiates this crap, they must be the saddest kind of person I can think of.

I can understand faked virus warnings etc, as that creates a common conception that most virus warnings are fake (which in honesty -they are), so when an attacker releases a new virus they have more chance of it being ignored and staying in the wild before being detected.

But stuff about notes on the screen to make you get out of a car, who thinks this sh!te up? probably some silly desk jockey or computer nerd with absolutely no life outside of a computer
It's not even that, Ali-B. Clever sociopaths write real viruses, stupid sociopaths propagate hoaxes.

Ultimately, the effect is much the same.
Old 14 July 2004, 09:34 PM
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Point taken

Someone clever enough will waste their time writing viruses instead of writing hoaxes
Old 14 July 2004, 09:51 PM
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I suppose the only real thing here is that this (car jacking) does really happen... I take precautions (always as i'm suspicious)...

Be safe
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