Re:really scary is a hoax! /urban legend!

[Guest guest]

YES this is a hoax and this site should not be used for this. To the person

who sent it read it and think about it. something like this would be BIG

news and in the news.

 

 

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" chinesemedicineman " <chinesemedicineman

<acupuncture >

Friday, April 04, 2003 1:48 AM

acupuncture Re: " really scary " is a hoax! /urban legend!

 

 

> This is a hoax! /urban legend! and

>

> doesn't have to do with acupuncture!

>

> Next time if you read something that seems unbelievable

> go to: http://urbanlegends.about.com/

> and see if ifs a hoax! /urban legend!

>

> The following info is from:

> http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa061400a.htm---

>

>

> Jacksonville Sheriff: 'It's a hoax'

>

> Not to worry. In June 2000 when this message first began

> circulating, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Department issued a

> press release exposing it as a hoax. No such incidents have

> been reported in Jacksonville or anywhere else. " Captain

> Abraham Sands " doesn't exist. Whoever authored the email

> simply made it all up.

>

> In acupuncture , albert conliffe <alconliffe>

> wrote:

> > This one I can't HANDLE.

>

> > Peace and Love

> > al

>

>

> > > >Warning: look at the gas pump handle BEFORE you

> > > pump your gas.

> > > >Please read and forward to anyone you know who

> > > drives a car. My

> > > >name is Captain Abraham Sands of the Jacksonville,

> > > Florida

> > > >Police Department.

> > > >

> > > >I have been asked by state and local authorities to

> > > write this

> > > >email in order to get the word out to car drivers

> > > of a very

> > > >dangerous prank that is occurring in numerous

> > > states.

> > > >

> > > >Some person or persons have been affixing

> > > hypodermic needles to

> > > >the underside of gas pump handles! These needles

> > > appear to be

> > > >infected with HIV positive blood. In the

> > > Jacksonville area

> > > >alone there have been 17 cases of people being

> > > stuck by these

> > > >needles over the past five months.

> > > >

> > > >We have verified reports of at least 12 others in

> > > various

> > > >states around the country. It is believed that

> > > these may be

> > > >copycat incidents due to someone reading about the

> > > crimes or

> > > >seeing them reported on the television. At this

> > > point no one has

> > > >been arrested and catching the perpetrator(s) has

> > > become our top

> > > >priority.

> > > >

> > > >Shockingly, of the 17 people who where stuck, eight

> > > have tested

> > > >HIV positive and because of the nature of the

> > > disease, the

> > > >others could test positive in a couple years.

> > > Evidently the

> > > >consumers go to fill their car with gas, and when

> > > picking up the

> > > >pump handle get stuck with the infected needle.

> > > >

> > > >IT IS IMPERATIVE TO CAREFULLY CHECK THE HANDLE of

> > > the gas pump

> > > >each time you use one. LOOK AT EVERY SURFACE YOUR

> > > HAND MAY

> > > >TOUCH, INCLUDING UNDER THE HANDLE! If you do find a

> > > needle

> > > >affixed to one, immediately contact your local

> > > police

> > > >department so they can collect the evidence.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >PLEASE HELP US BY MAINTAINING A VIGILANCE AND BY

> > > FORWARDING

> > > >THIS EMAIL TO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO DRIVES. THE MORE

> > > PEOPLE WHO

> > > >KNOW OF THIS THE BETTER PROTECTED WE CAN ALL BE.

> > > >

> > >

> > > >=====

> > > >GOD BLESS AMERICA!

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

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