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Be Careful While Shopping!

Diane4145 avatar
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The Latest Scam: Robbing Females Using the Bathrooms at Shopping Malls.

The way the scam works is, a man slips into the women's rest-room and sneaks into a stall. He waits until there is only one woman in the rest-room in a neighboring stall.

The criminal then stands on the toilet and points a hand gun into the next stall, demanding the woman's valuables. After
getting her cash and jewelry, he demands that she remove all of her clothing and kick them out of the stall.

The thief tosses the clothing into a shopping bag, hangs an out of order sign on the rest-room door, and slips back into the mall. The out of order sign ensures no one will soon come to the woman's rescue.

It usually takes an hour or two for the woman to work up the nerve to leave the rest-room in the nude, giving the criminal ample time to make his get away. The woman is left naked and humiliated in a mall full of strangers.

The best defense, says police, is to never go into a shopping mall rest-room alone, as only women who are by themselves are targeted.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!! This has so far been a nearly perfect crime, as none of the perpetrators have been caught.

Don't let this happen to you. Please tell your wife and friends.

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scooterbug44 avatar
SoWal Expert
#3
Thank you for the warning, but it's a hoax! Check www.snopes.com

No such crime has ever been reported, restrooms are checked frequently for maintenence, and a victim could just stick her head out the door and scream for help rather than expose herself in the mall.
JUL avatar
Beach Fanatic
#4
another good reason for online shopping
Kurt avatar
Admin
#5
Diane you need to make snopes your homepage. :lol:

Here's a tip - when you get an email that says "FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!!", it's probably best to delete it. ESPECIALLY if it has an attachment or link. :wink:
peapod1980 avatar
percy
#6
John R also usually says--Snopes.com is your friend. :D
Diane4145 avatar
Beach FanaticAuthor
#7
HA HA, Kurt!:roll: I'll have you know, that the person that sends me this stuff, is very informed and reliable!;-) Though, neither of us, are perfect, huh? I did think of someone comeing up with this "Snopes thing", after I posted it.:biggrin: Personally, I don't know that you can even take that, as gospel!:idontno:We can never be too, safe!:clap:
Jdarg avatar
SoWal Expert
#8
I used to consider the senders of this stuff to me as informed and reliable, until they kept sending it to me. I changed their status to reliable only, since they certainly can't be considered informed if they routinely send out this crap.

Bdarg has an uncle with a handful of Masters degrees, and everything he passes on can be found on Snopes. Bdarg's mom always sides with her brother since he has more Masters degrees than Bdarg, so "he must know more". :lolabove:
John R avatar
needs to get out more
#9
Mango avatar
SoWal Insider
#10
I'd have no problem chasing a thief in the store nekkid if he stole my well searched for bargains. :lol:
Ocean Lover avatar
bean
#11
A friend of ours who is a police officer sent one to me last week. It was something about a theif putting a flyer in the back window of your car. I almost posted it on here ( thinking he of course knows this happens in real life) but I decided to check snopes before hand and there it was.
Kurt avatar
Admin
#12
HA HA, Kurt!:roll: I'll have you know, that the person that sends me this stuff, is very informed and reliable!;-) Though, neither of us, are perfect, huh? I did think of someone comeing up with this "Snopes thing", after I posted it.:biggrin: Personally, I don't know that you can even take that, as gospel!:idontno:We can never be too, safe!:clap:



:D I admit to being a little paranoid in public restrooms. We all suffer from the fears of modern society. Seems like every day we have more bogey men.

I never understoood why it wasn't spelled Boogey.
scooterbug44 avatar
SoWal Expert
#13
The red herring for me was that a women's restroom had only 1 occupant for several hours! :funn:
kathydwells avatar
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
#14
The red herring for me was that a women's restroom had only 1 occupant for several hours! :funn:

Or that she went in alone in the first place. Don't all women use the bathroom in pairs? :idontno::biggrin:

Snopes.com IS your friend.
Minnie avatar
Beach Fanatic
#15
How do you go the restroom in pairs if you are alone. :idontno:

as to the bogeyman: The bogeyman legend may originate from old Dutch & other sailor's tales in reference to the particularly fierce inhabitants of a particular part of the Indonesian Islands - fierce enough to repel the Europeans and thus stand out markedly from other area inhabitants. Scotland where such creatures are sometimes called bogles, boggarts, or bogies may have given the name.
Kurt avatar
Admin
#16
How do you go the restroom in pairs if you are alone. :idontno:

as to the bogeyman: The bogeyman legend may originate from old Dutch & other sailor's tales in reference to the particularly fierce inhabitants of a particular part of the Indonesian Islands - fierce enough to repel the Europeans and thus stand out markedly from other area inhabitants. Scotland where such creatures are sometimes called bogles, boggarts, or bogies may have given the name.


beware the boogy man.

Smiling JOe avatar
SoWal Expert
#17
How does the man with the gun get past the line of women who always seem to be waiting outside the ladies room? Also, wouldn't this be an easier crime for a female to commit?
Smiling JOe avatar
SoWal Expert
#18
I'd have no problem chasing a thief in the store nekkid if he stole my well searched for bargains. :lol:
You didn't have any trouble stripping down and giving up your bargains while under gunpoint, but you now that the armed thief has them and runs away, you don't mind chasing him through the mall. :idontno:

:floor: Sounds like a fettish.


another good reason for online shopping
How about this being a reason to not shop at all?

How do you go the restroom in pairs if you are alone. :idontno:
You find a potty partner. They are always around. ;-)
Smiling JOe avatar
SoWal Expert
#19
Wouldn't an easier crime be to walk into the ladies room, find a lady on toilet, reach over the door and take her purse from the hook on the back of the door, and run out, while she still has her pants around her ankles?

(Sorry, didn't mean to make you all scared.)
scooterbug44 avatar
SoWal Expert
#20
Wouldn't an easier crime be to walk into the ladies room, find a lady on toilet, reach over the door and take her purse from the hook on the back of the door, and run out, while she still has her pants around her ankles?

(Sorry, didn't mean to make you all scared.)

That IS a real crime, as is reaching under the stall partition and grabbing someone's purse from the floor.
Bobby J avatar
Beach Fanatic
#21
:D I admit to being a little paranoid in public restrooms. We all suffer from the fears of modern society. Seems like every day we have more bogey men.

I never understoood why it wasn't spelled Boogey.


Another reason to fear public restrooms...
aggieb avatar
Beach Fanatic
#22
carry fanny packs:eek:

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Minnie avatar
Beach Fanatic
#23
beware the boogy man.


That is too funny, actually I had that thought when I was reading about the bogeyman, as it said it can be spelled, bogeyman, boogyman, bogyman, or boogeyman.
Minnie avatar
Beach Fanatic
#24
Wouldn't an easier crime be to walk into the ladies room, find a lady on toilet, reach over the door and take her purse from the hook on the back of the door, and run out, while she still has her pants around her ankles?

(Sorry, didn't mean to make you all scared.)

Actually this is a real concern. Even to the point, some restrooms have lowered the purse hook to the middle of the door instead of the top or the side of the stall. If I use a restroom with a high hook I simply place mine on top of the toliet paper dispenser and never would I sit mine on the floor that is gross. :eek:

Believe me if you live in Memphis, you have to be street smart. Even though Orlando took over the title of Most Dangerous City from us and we fell to 8th place. I think we are still number 1 in rats and 4th in car thefts though. :bang:
Kimmifunn avatar
Funnkalicious
#25
Really? I can't.
scooterbug44 avatar
SoWal Expert
#26
Actually this is a real concern. Even to the point, some restrooms have lowered the purse hook to the middle of the door instead of the top or the side of the stall. If I use a restroom with a high hook I simply place mine on top of the toliet paper dispenser and never would I sit mine on the floor that is gross. :eek:

The real reason women go to the bathroom w/a buddy is so they can have someone hold their purse and so they have someone to talk to while waiting in line!

If that doesn't work, I was taught to hang your coat on the top hook and the purse on the lower so they can't grab the strap.

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