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

[Guest guest]

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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