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Pay-at-the-pump gas station incident hoax

The below urgan legend first appeared in 1998 and from time to time it was found in circulation, mostly in USA. The original hoax message looked like that:

 IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR SAFETY-PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ.

 A friend stopped at a pay-at-the-pump gas station to get gas.
 Once she filled her gas tank after paying at the pump and
 started to leave the attendant inside came over the speaker. He
 told her that something happened with her card and that she
 needed to come inside to pay.

 The lady was confused because the transaction showed complete
 and approved. She told him that and was getting ready to leave
 but the attendant once again urged her to come in to pay or
 else. She proceeded to go inside and started arguing with the
 attendant about his threat. He told her to calm down and listen
 carefully: He told her that while she was pumping gas, a guy
 slipped into the back seat of her car on the other side and he
 had called the police. She immediately became scared and looked
 out there in time to see her car door open and the guy slip out.

 The report is that the new gang initiation thing is to bring
 back a woman's body part. One way they are doing this is
 crawling under girls/women's cars while they're pumping gas or
 at grocery stores in the night time. Then they are cutting the
 lady's ankles to disable them in order to kidnap them, kill and
 dismember them.

 The other way is slipping into unattended cars and kidnapping
 the women to kill and dismember them. Please pass this on to
 other women, young and old alike. Be extra careful going to and
 from your car at night. If at all possible,don't go alone! This
 is real!! The message:

 1. ALWAYS lock your car doors, even if you're gone for just a
 second.

 2. Check underneath your car when approaching it for re-entry,
 and check in the back before getting in.

 3. Always be aware of your surroundings and other individuals in
 your general vicinity, particularly at night! Send this to many
 girls so your friend will not be the next one.

Please ignore this urban legend and don't pass it on.

[Last modified: May 2001]