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CELL PHONES IN SUPERMARKETS. PEOPLE BEWARE.

I know some health clubs are now prohibiting use of cell phones in locker rooms because of picture feature, but this is an interesting new use for them....
Keep a watch out for people standing near you at retail stores, restaurants, grocery stores, etc.,that have a cell phone in hand . With the new camera cell phones, they can take a picture of your credit card, which gives them your name, number and expiration date. Identification theft is one of the fastest growing scams today, and this is just another example of the means that are being used. Be aware of your surroundings.
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So ... be aware of your surroundings. Problems Solvers.

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10 JUNE 2003. SOUTH AFRICANS BEWARE. From Lesley at Problemsolvers. With thanks to Kay Darbourn
General Manager (Risk Management)Eskom Finance Division

Risk alert: Latest hijacking method

Please be advised that the latest way hijackers operate is to overtake your car and as they are passing they squirt a silicon adhesive onto your windscreen.You instinctively switch on your windscreen wipers and thereby spread the adhesive all over your windscreen and you can no longer see through it. The next thing you would do is to stop, and is this is when the hijackers attack.The best solution is not to use your wipers at all, and just drive to the nearest safe place where the adhesive can be removed later. Car or glass manufacturers would be able to advise on what to use to remove the adhesive.

Please advise as many people as possible about this

Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 19:29:40 -0700
From: Homer Pountious 
Subject - Warning-crying baby
Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police because it was late and she thought it was weird.The police told her "Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door." The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a window, and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over.The policeman said, "We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do, DO NOT open the door." He told her that they think a serial killer has a baby's cry recorded and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby. He said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby's cries outside their doors when they're home alone at night. Please pass this on! and DO NOT open the door for a crying baby. This e-mail should probably be taken seriously because the Crying Baby theory was mentioned on America's Most Wanted this past Saturday when they profiled the serial killer in Louisiana.