A viral Facebook post about a scam has law enforcement in our area concerned that women driving down the highway will be targeted as potential criminals use license plates as ploys. Two guys tried to get a woman from Indiana to pull over using a license plate they hoped she’d think was hers. She didn’t. Our CBS 12 partners showed this to Martin County Sheriff William Snyder, who says drivers should ever pull over because somebody waves something out of a window. Even in the heat of the moment and for just a split second, you could think it’s your plate. Sheriff Synder wants you to remember that a license plate isn’t worth your life. He said “There’s nothing on your car, even your tag that’s worth risking your public safety.”
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS 12) — Women driving down the highway are being targeted as potential criminals use license plates as ploys.
It’s a scheme deputies in our area want you to be on the lookout for. Martin County Sheriff William Snyder wants you to be on the lookout for.
Snyder told CBS 12 pulling over could mean the difference between life and death.
Here’s how it works. One driver pulls up to another and shows the woman a license plate pretending that she lost it on the road and so he shows it to her.