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[Don Mac Lean]

> ---------- > >> >***********DANGEROUS PRANK:***************** > >> > > >> >* Please read and forward to anyone you know who drives. > >> > > >> >* My name is Captain Abraham Sands of the Ontario Provincial > >>Police > >> >Department. > >> > > >> >I have been asked by 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 cities. > >> > > >> >* 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 Simcoe 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 > >>provinces > >> >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.   --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.522 / Virus Database: 320 - Release Date: 29/09/2003