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According to Highveld News, Urban legends expert says alarmist warnings and hoax emails can quickly stir panic, even if there's no proof to substantiate them.
A recurring hoax email, which warns motorists to be on the lookout for hijackers who spray pool acid on their victims, is again doing the rounds.
The story goes that the email was initially sent by a Discovery Health employee who fell victim to the crime.
But the company's Marius Smit says the story is a hoax.
Highveld also reports that police in Erasmia, west of Pretoria are hunting for a gang of armed robbers after a spate of hijackings in the area.
At least three vehicles have been pulled over and taken at gunpoint in the last few days.
Police say the modus operandi in at least three of the hijackings in the Erasmia area this week was virtually identical.
It's understood a car would drive past the intended target and indicate to the driver that there was something wrong with one of its wheels. Another vehicle would then pass and also indicate to the driver to pull over and check his tyres.
A friend of mine wrote a story of what happened to her father-in-law yesterday 75-year old man out-wits would-be hijackers
1 comment:
The crime situation is ridiculous. Where the people get the ideas I don't know. If that same initiative was applied to something legal, this world would be a better place.
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