This list is for genealogy. Unless one of your Monroe County ancestors were abducted 100 years ago I don't care to read about it. Perhaps there is a pizza-danger or mall-pitfall list you can join if you fancy yourself an e-mail angel. Give US a break unless you hear of a cemetery scam. Craig << -----Original Message----- << From: J. L. [mailto:fmlyfndr@email.msn.com] << Sent: Sunday, March 21, 1999 2:53 PM << To: OHMONROE-L@rootsweb.com << Subject: [OHMONROE-L] Fw: Listen Up! & BE AWARE << << << Hello All, << This was sent to me by my sister-in-law. I believe something like this << needs to be passed on and all be made aware. << << Sincerely, J.L. << << http://members.tripod.com/~FutureFoods/FutureFoods.html << << Subject: Listen Up! & BE AWARE << << << Dear Loved Ones of Mine, << << << VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!!! << Last night on Inside Edition there was an article that is of special << interest to all women. There are several new scams to abduct << women. in one, << a man comes up to a woman in a Mall or Shopping Center and asks if she << likes Pizza. When she says she does, he offers her $100.00 to shoot a << commercial for Pizza, but they need to go outside << where the lighting is better. When the woman goes out of the mall she is << abducted and assaulted. << << Another ploy is a very nicely dressed man asks a woman if she << would be in a << Public Service Announcement to discourage drug use. The man << explains that << they don't want professional actors or celebrities they want the average << mother to do this. Once she leaves the mall she is a victim. << << The third ploy, and the most successful, a very frantic man comes << running in and asks a woman to please help him, his baby is not << breathing. << She runs out of the mall following him and also becomes a victim. << << These have been happening in well lit parking areas, in daylight as well << as night time, all over the country. The abductor usually uses a van to << abduct the woman. << << 'Inside Edition' set up a test in a Mall and 10 out of 15 women went out << of the Mall on the Pizza and the PSA scam. And all of them went << out of the << Mall on baby scam. Please pass this along to your friends and << family as now << that it has been shown on nationwide TV there are bound to be << copy cats of << this. The third one, I think, is the scariest. You might << resist, pizza or << becoming a commercial celebrity...but who would be able to resist a << frantic father asking for help for his child? I'm sure that one would get << me. << << I was going to pass this on to the ladies only, but guys, if you love << your mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc., you should pass it on to << them. << << Love, Patti << << << <<