Nowadays, I keep receiving this type of email from friends. I am not sure how true is it but it is no harm just spend a few minutes to read for the article and be careful when you are out especially you are alone.
Location: Scotland Road, Penang
Date: 5th April 2008
Time:1.20pm
Incident: Indian guy intends to snatch bag when you wind down the car window
Now, it seems this has become the new tactics by the snatch thieves.
The incident was occurred when I was on my way home, someone repeatedly honk as I was driving along the Scotland Road, ignoring it as i though that it wasn’t meant for me.
To my surprise, when I stopped at the traffic light, an Indian on a motorbike came near to my passenger seat window and he has starting to knock my car saying that “Lampu Lampu (means Light..Light) was blinking (by using his 5 fingers gesture showing the blinking gesture), and pointing to my corner light in front.
I just stared at him and felt scared… For a while, the traffic lights turned green, and he left.
With uneasy feeling, I checked and found all switches were off. wondering if something has gone wrong with my car light, i stopped again half way and I observed whether my next row car driver has weird looking at my car lights or not, but found none. Induced that nothing was wrong with my car and started to suspect the Indian’s intention.
I drove my car to Sunshine Farlim carpark, and I came out and checked. To my surprise, actually my car was intact, there was nothing wrong with it at all. I start to realise that, the Indian guy was intended to snatch my handbag which were put just beside me if I had wind down the window. Luckily, my stuntness has saved trouble.
I have sms to some of my friends about this incident, and was told that one of them have her handbag’s snatched in Coastal Highway near Queensbay when she stopped and wind down her car window responding to an Indian guy that horn her.
Be careful. In this critical moment, only you can save yourself.
Please do not stop your car for anybody that horn you, if that guy is still following you, please drive straight to the police station.
