I received this email from a friend of mine and thought it is very important to get the word out, this appears to be happening in Mpls/St Paul area, however, it can happen anywhere.  

This is real & gaining popularity as a form of criminal attack and 
(thankfully) being reported more often all over the country, including 
MN. (By thankfully, I mean more people than ever are reporting these 
incidents so something can actually be done about it). Happening most 
often in Mpls., St. Paul & our metro suburbs. These are rapists. 
 
Anytime you leave your vehicle - to run into the store, the mall, work, 
gas station, your home, bookstore, coffee shop - ANYWHERE - PLEASE DO 
NOT STOP or acknowledge ANYONE approaching/stopping you saying that you had dropped the money they are holding. 
 
Offenders have been reported as holding a five to a twenty-dollar bill 
each time. Offenders thus far have been reported as white, black and 
Hispanic. 
 
They are approaching women entering establishments/homes, and also when 
exiting. Offenders are knocking on car windows telling the female that 
the female had dropped the money the attackers are raising to the 
window and when the female rolls down the window down to retrieve $$ 
and thank the attackers, the males grab the females by the neck with one 
hand, unlock the door and drag the female out of the vehicle. Some 
attackers have been reported to work in pairs. 
 
Why are women falling for this? What kinder gesture is there than 
returning money that someone has dropped? 
 
South Minneapolis, 645 pm Friday night, a clean cut male approached a 
woman in her locked vehicle who had just come out of  a coffee 
establishment. He raised a $10 to her window & said she dropped it. She 
said she did not, as she had no cash. He began screaming at her to open 
the door, pounding on the window & trying to gain entry. The woman drove 
away & called 911 immediately. Thankfully her door was locked. (Many 
people still do not immediately lock their doors when they get in their 
vehicles) 
 
Maple Grove, 210 pm Saturday afternoon, a woman was violently attacked 
as she accepte d a $20 from attacker in a Cub foods parking lot. (She 
was pushing a shopping cart to her car). 
 
Hopefully this will not happen to you or anyone you know, but PLEASE, 
if it does, PLEASE REPORT IT. 
 
There has been no evidence of forced entry to homes or vehicles, so it 
is assumed that the homes/vehicles were unlocked, or windows are rolled 
down by women to retrieve the money or reject it - but to thank the>  
males for retrieving it. (We are polite, aren't we?) 
 
The offenders are bold and smart - attacking during the day when our 
guard is down. 
 
I know this is long, but in 90 days, it's been *reported in Minneapolis 
(3); St. Paul (2); Roseville (2); Maple Grove (1); Edina (2); St. Louis 
Park (1); Burnsville (1); Bloomington (2); Duluth (1); Maplewood, 
Plymouth, Eden Prairie (#'s unavailable). (*Reported cases only - stats 
unavailable for actual # of instances) 
 
Thanks for reading & pls be alert,