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I just got this in an email and it seems odd that I can't find anything on the net...

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Starfish

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about it.

Can anyone debunk this. Snoops.com has nothing on it, and it is quite strange.

Please Read this.....Just in case

Seven women have died after inhaling a free perfume sample that wasmailed to them. The product was poisonous. If you receive free samples in the mail such as lotions, perfumes, diapers, etc., throw them away.

The government is afraid that this might be another terrorist act.
They will not announce it on the news because they do not want to create panic or give the terrorists new ideas.

Send this to all your friends and family members.



Franchell Plummer
Michael A. Stafford's Office
Harris County Attorney
2525 Murworth Houston, Texas 77054
Email: franchell_plummer@itc.co.harris.tx.us
Voice: (713) 394-4483
Fax: (713) 394-4473


What the fuck gives?
 
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What would this person have to gain by sending out an email like this?
 
Sounds like the writer has too much time on their hands....
 
Sounds like an urban legend to me, something to play on the fear people have of getting deadly anthrax in the mail, perhaps.

Most urban legends (including fake emails about viruses that can destroy your computer) don't really benefit the person who creates them and sends them if you think about it.
 
Starfish said:
What would this person have to gain by sending out an email like this?
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The writer MIGHT gain the defamtion of the alleged sender. Without seeing the intact headers on the mail message you cannot know who it's really from, so it becomes logically impossible to ascertain what their goals were.
 
Right. Well, it is just fucking dumb to fuck with people like that. I usually throw this sort of thing right out, but I thought that with lav and Mischka in Texas, that they might have heard something about it, if it were real.

Either way, I don't huff on those things anyway. They give me a headache.

I bet the perfume industry is going to have a hissy fit when they hear about this one.


No matter what, in about two weeks or less, there will be something about this at snoops.com.
 
Here ya go.. found it at snopes.com

Origins: This warning of impending danger surfaced in e-mail in mid-October 2001. There's nothing to it -- no such deaths have been reported. The premise that the government would keep such matters from the public so as not to cause panic is laughable, especially in light of Attorney General John Ashcroft's repeated vague warnings about further terrorist activity to come and the media's fascination with the anthrax body count. Even if the government had the power to keep such news under wraps, is it at all reasonable to believe seven grieving families would stay silent about the deaths of their loved ones?

This baseless bit of scarelore appears to be a combination of two older, equally unfounded pieces of the same genre -- the perfume robbers tale (women in parking lots lured into sniffing cut-rate perfume lose consciousness and are robbed while they're out) and the Klingerman virus scare (blue virus-laden sponges mailed in envelopes marked "A gift for you from the Klingerman Foundation" have caused 23 deaths.) But lore moves forward with the times, so this newer caution incorporates "terrorists" (presumable Middle Eastern) into the mix.

One of the ways we cope with terrifying times is to try to fill in the gaps of the unknown. In frantic pursuit of this goal, misinformation and information are accorded almost the same weight, and rumors and "warnings" speed along on very fast feet indeed. Such heads up as this fallacious e-mail express current fears about deadly substances arriving by mail, but they also help us feel better about having to live in such dangerous times through the reduction of a nebulous lurking threat to a matter of something that can be dealt with. "Beware of perfume samples" is far less indistinct (and thus far less unsettling) than "Beware of all mail," let alone the anxiety-ridden reality of "We don't know where, when, or how the next attack will occur, so be wary of everything."

In early 2002, this particular warning received a shot in the arm from having been passed through the County Attorney's office of Harris County, Texas. Franchell Plummer, an administrative assistant working for that service received the e-mailed warning from a friend and unthinkingly forwarded it to others in the manner that so many do. Her signature block became incorporated in the alert, with many taking its presence there as a sign that the information contained in the warning had been vetted by a state attorney's office and that indeed this was an official warning about a real and verified threat. It wasn't -- it was a case of a low-level employee forwarding baseless scaremail to others. Ms. Plummer was officially reprimanded for her act.

The Harris County Attorney's office has disavowed the e-mail and has been telling all who call to ask that it's a hoax.

A version that completes with the tagline "JHU Office of Communications & Public Affairs" has similarly been disclaimed by that institution. According to Dennis O'Shea, executive director of communications and public affairs at The Johns Hopkins University, "This warning message was not issued by my office nor has my office in any way authorized it or any message like it."

Barbara "the devil you eau de cologne" Mikkelson
 
Nice to see snopes mentioned here. A great site for urban legend debunking and discussion. They're usually pretty up to date with the latest rumors making the rounds :)
 
That is good that they debunk this crap right away.

I guess I didn't look hard enough. I went to snopes but couldn't find anything.


THANK YOU!
 
Starfish said:
That is good that they debunk this crap right away.

I guess I didn't look hard enough. I went to snopes but couldn't find anything.


THANK YOU!
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It was found in the "rumors of war" section.. and you are welcome:)
 
sabbathstorm said:


*bowing down to freakygurl's greatness*

;)
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Cheyenne is the "finder of old much needed posts"

I'm the "finder of email hoaxes"

while you are bowing down there.. mind tieing (tying? how the hell is it spelled?) my shoe?
 
Starfish said:
I looked there too. what the hell is wrong with me?
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Did you get your brains fucked out earlier or maybe last night? I can never see or think when I've had incredible sex.. ;)
 
freakygurl32 said:



Cheyenne is the "finder of old much needed posts"

I'm the "finder of email hoaxes"

while you are bowing down there.. mind tieing (tying? how the hell is it spelled?) my shoe?
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sure....as long as you don't make me lick your boots ;)
 
sabbathstorm... No boots.. but how about my feet? They are clean :D

Starfish.. I love working in the yard.. but I hate doing it in the rain. But here if I'm going to have a garden I must work some in the rain. We haven't gotten past the freezing yet.. so no garden for me (yet):(
 
freakygurl32 said:
sabbathstorm... No boots.. but how about my feet? They are clean :D

Starfish.. I love working in the yard.. but I hate doing it in the rain. But here if I'm going to have a garden I must work some in the rain. We haven't gotten past the freezing yet.. so no garden for me (yet):(
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How about a foot massage instead? :)
 
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