>Please Read - Gas Pumping Handles... >>> >>>Read this before your next gas fill-up- this world gets sicker every day! >>> >>>Folks: >>> >>>Please take a couple minutes to read this Warning about Gas Pumping >>>Handles. >>> >>> >>>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 >>>e-mail 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, 8 >>>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.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa061400a.htm -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 12:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Abbeville] Beware!!! READ CAREFULLY >Please Read - Gas Pumping Handles... >>> >>>Read this before your next gas fill-up- this world gets sicker every day! >>> >>>Folks: >>> >>>Please take a couple minutes to read this Warning about Gas Pumping >>>Handles. >>> >>> >>>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 >>>e-mail 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, 8 >>>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. ==== SCABBEVI Mailing List ==== The breath no sooner left his father's body, But that his wildness, mortified in him, Seem'd to die too; yea, at that very moment