Fwd: FW: Better be safe than sorry
Wilmarc Lopez
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From: Pros Naval <p.n...@ieee.org>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 09:02:45 +0200
Subject: FW: Better be safe than sorry
To:
I can't confirm the veracity of this story, though.
>>>>
>>>> Better be safe than sorry . . . . .
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> .1. While driving on a rural end of the roadway on Thursday
>>>> morning, a MOTORIST saw an infant car seat on the side of the
>>>> road with a blanket draped over it. For whatever reason, he did
>>>> not stop but when he got to his destination, he 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 MODUS OPERANDI reported by the local Police
>>>> Department where gangs are placing a car seat by the road...with
>>>> a fake baby in it...waiting for a woman, 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 OR ABANDONED BUILDING ;VACANT /
>>>> DESERTED LOTS, and the person -- woman -- will be dragged into
>>>> these areas , 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. THEN THE CAR OF THE VICTIM WILL BE CARJACKED
>>>>
>>>> DO NOT STOP FOR ANY REASON!!! INSTEAD CALL THE POLICE OR ANY
>>>> EMERGENCY LINE ..
>>>>
>>>> DIAL 1-1-7 (Philippines)
>>>>
>>>> AND REPORT WHAT YOU SAW, BUT DON'T EVEN SLOW DOWN.
>>>>
>>>> 2. "IF YOU ARE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND EGGS ARE THROWN AT YOUR
>>>> WINDSHIELD,
>>>> DO NOT STOP TO CHECK THE CAR, DO NOT OPERATE THE WIPER AND DO
>>>> NOT SPRAY ANY WATER
>>>> BECAUSE EGGS MIXED WITH WATER BECOME MILKY AND BLOCK YOUR VISION
>>>> UP TO 92.5%,
>>>> AND YOU ARE THEN FORCED TO STOP BESIDE THE ROAD AND BECOME A
>>>> VICTIM OF THESE CRIMINALS.
>>>>
>>>> THIS IS A NEW TECHNIQUE USED BY GANGS, SO PLEASE INFORM YOUR
>>>> FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.
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Kind regards,
Wilmarc D. Lopez
Computer Vision and Machine Intelligence Group
Department of Computer Science
College of Engineering
University of the Philippines - Diliman
