Warning message claims that criminals in the UK are placing infant car seats containing fake babies on the sides of rural roads as a means of tricking potential victims into stopping their cars so that gang members can rape and rob them as part of a gang initiation.
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Message warns that certain kinds of cacti can harbour large tarantula spiders that will be explosively released from the plants when they reach maturity.
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Urban Legend – Car-Jacking Scheme Warning – Paper on Rear Window
by Brett M. Christensen August 15, 2018Message warns of a new car-jacking scheme in which paper is placed on the back window of parked cars as a ruse to get a driver to leave his or her vehicle so that the thieves can easily steal it.
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Message claims that a man posing as a car park attendant at Bristol Zoo collected unauthorised parking fees from zoo visitors for 25 years before absconding to Spain to live in luxury on the proceeds of his illegal activities.
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Long circulated story relates how a racist airline passenger receives her comeuppance from airline staff.
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Outline Email forward claims that gang members are hiding in the back seats of cars in order to abduct young women driving…
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Urban Legend — Rapist Hides in Back Seat at Garage
by Brett M. Christensen February 8, 2012ocial media message tells the tale of a woman who narrowly escaped being attacked by a convicted rapist who hid in the back seat of her car when she went to pay for petrol at a garage in Longton UK.
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Old Woman and The Smashed Car Window Abduction Warning Hoax
by Brett M. Christensen June 11, 2010Outline Message claims that a violent male criminal is attempting to abduct women at the Galleria Shopping Centre in Perth Western Australia…
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Chain email claims to be cursed once opened and warns that “Bloody Mary” will kill the recipient if the email is not quickly sent to others.
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Dropped $5 Bill Serial Killer Warning Message
by Brett M. Christensen December 6, 2006This email forward warns that a serial killer may be abducting his female victims by pretending to return a dropped five dollar note.
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