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ALERT: People Find $100 Bills on Windshields… But When They Grab Them, Something Horrible Happens
Conservative Post ^ | 11/30/2015

Posted on 11/30/2015 7:31:22 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Kyri Viehman came out of the Michael's Craft store after buying Christmas decorations in Fenton, Missouri, to find a $100 bill tucked under her windshield wiper blade. Unfortunately for her, the bill was a fake and part of a scam to lure potential victims out of their cars to rob them.

In the case of Viehman, it wasn't until after a few minutes of driving down the road that she did what most people would do: get out of the car and focus on not letting that $100 bill blow away.

A note on the fake bill said:

"Ha you thought this was real didn't you?"

After researching on the Internet, she found that this was a common tactic for criminals. They plant the fake bill on a car, wait in the car next to that car, and hope that someone gets out of the car when they return from shopping.

At that point the criminal will rob the unsuspecting and distracted shopper, sometimes with a child to further distract them, and the criminal is gone without having to lure a victim out of the car or worry about giving a victim time to prepare against a mugging.

Viehman had her son in the car.

She posted a picture and her story on her Facebook account to give people a heads-up this Christmas shopping season. Protecting yourself against theft takes many forms, of course, but Viehman is calling on shoppers to be careful about their surroundings and always think about safety, even in what they may consider a safe place.

(Excerpt) Read more at conservativetribune.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: criminals; facebook; hoax; internet; stupid
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To: DesertRhino
If you encounter a car with the high beams on, DO NOT flash yours back. It is a gang initiation.

Or ... it could be me ... I still haven't figured out how to work the damn thing.

41 posted on 11/30/2015 10:16:04 PM PST by dr_lew
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Is this about Obamacare?


42 posted on 11/30/2015 10:28:16 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
Oh all you doubting FReepers, if the bill is placed on the passenger's side windshield wiper THIS REQUIRES GOING AROUND THE FRONT OF YOUR CAR. Then the person in the next car (passenger side facing your driver door) can easily hop out then in your driver's seat and leave with your vehicle. Done.

Use your imagination, FReepers!

43 posted on 11/30/2015 10:57:24 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Anybody notice that America is turning into a CRIME $hithole?


44 posted on 11/30/2015 11:16:28 PM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
I'm throwing the BS flag on this. The same person must write all of the scam and robbery warnings on garbage e-mails that your well-meaning grandparents send you because they all read the same, including this one.

Reminds me of the tale of that notorious robber El Paso slim. He would toss a seated liberty dime on the ground by the Stagecoach step at rest stations to distract travelers enough to take their coins and trinkets. Things never seem to change.

45 posted on 12/01/2015 1:04:39 AM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

Not mine. If I get out to check, the keys go with me and most of the time I lock the door.


46 posted on 12/01/2015 1:06:56 AM PST by Ingtar (Compromise is the enemy of Liberty, or so the recent past has shown.)
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To: higgmeister

But he never, I repeat never, stole the stage coach.

He always had his trusty cahoose hid out back of the livery. IIRC.


47 posted on 12/01/2015 3:12:25 AM PST by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
Beware, thugs trying to pass fake $100.00 bills.

Pic at link.

Police looking for the suspects in a counterfeit cash case

Sons of Obama.

48 posted on 12/01/2015 3:18:16 AM PST by csvset ( Illegitimi non carborundum)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

I would be happy to exchange some lead coinage for anyone wanting to take my fake 100 dollar bill? LOL.


49 posted on 12/01/2015 3:19:04 AM PST by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: kaehurowing

:)


50 posted on 12/01/2015 5:36:58 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I LOVE JESUS CHRIST because He first loved me!)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Why does Free Republic allow this kind of garbage to remain up? It makes the whole site look silly.


51 posted on 12/01/2015 5:42:49 AM PST by Travis T. OJustice (I miss my dad.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

Not silly at all. I’ve seen worse. You have a right not to click on it.


52 posted on 12/01/2015 5:43:51 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I LOVE JESUS CHRIST because He first loved me!)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

It IS silly. It’s a fake story. This snopes garbage is counterproductive and shouldn’t be on FR making the site look foolish.

I, too, have seen worse, but that’s no justification for stupidity.


53 posted on 12/01/2015 5:49:09 AM PST by Travis T. OJustice (I miss my dad.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

Again, it is NOT stupid. Don’t click on it if you don’t like it. It’s not about your personal taste in articles. Selfish.

Hoax or not, this information could save a life or prevent someone from being robbed, particularly during this time of year. VERY SIMPLE.


54 posted on 12/01/2015 5:55:50 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I LOVE JESUS CHRIST because He first loved me!)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

It’s a hoax. It’s fake. It’s stupid. It’s as stupid as the global warming articles posted all over the leftist media.

t’s embarrassing to see such stupidity posted on this website.


55 posted on 12/01/2015 5:58:03 AM PST by Travis T. OJustice (I miss my dad.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

Proverbs 6:12...”A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.”

It’s embarrassing to see such ignorance posted on this thread by immature, selfish, troublemakers and villains going about with a corrupt mouth. GROW UP.


56 posted on 12/01/2015 6:01:44 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I LOVE JESUS CHRIST because He first loved me!)
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To: entropy12

Yes, you can take home roadkill game animals. The beef belongs to the rancher, of course.


57 posted on 12/01/2015 6:36:23 AM PST by eartrumpet
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To: entropy12

Goldblatts ???????

Just how old are you ?


58 posted on 12/01/2015 7:23:58 AM PST by stylin19a (obama = Fredo Smart)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

You wouldn’t be embarrassed if you hadn’t slefishly and immaturely posted ignorant hoax garbage like a villanous troublemaker.

Quit posting hoax garbage and being nasty and i won’t have reason to post about nasty people posting hoax garbage, will I?


59 posted on 12/01/2015 7:26:00 AM PST by Travis T. OJustice (I miss my dad.)
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To: Lurker
Why wouldn’t they rob you when you’re walking up to the car?

That was my first thought... they could nail you when you have your hands full with all your packages and stuff. I must be missing something in this story.

60 posted on 12/01/2015 7:27:19 AM PST by Cementjungle
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