Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 19:07:54 -0800
From: msecres@ibm.net
To: Vic Whitmore <vicwhit@octonline.com>
Subject: Re: --- PLEASE READ - THIS IS NOT A JOKE
References: <199711061637.LAA01020@kaja.octonline.com>
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Vic Whitmore wrote:
>
> Thank you, Ken for taking the time and interest to de-bunk this junk. I
> heard the same story well over a year ago and it still keeps going around.
> The same s**t happens with all the virus scams too.
>
> Vic Whitmore
> 76 Triumph Spitfire
> Thornhill, Ontario
>
> ----------
> > From: Ken Streeter <streeter@sanders.com>
> > To: Tom Wagner - Program Manager <tom.w.wagner@Central.Sun.COM>
> > Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net; mgs@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: --- PLEASE READ - THIS IS NOT A JOKE
> > Date: Thursday, November 06, 1997 10:41 AM
> >
> > Tom Wagner - Program Manager wrote:
> >
> > > PLEASE READ THIS AND TAKE THE WARNING..
> >
> > > hey ya'll be very careful when you travel!!
> >
> > > This is one scary TRUE warning to everyone. Please read and be
> > > careful what strangers you associate with..
> >
> > > Subject: Lethal Scam --- PLEASE READ - THIS IS NOT A JOKE
> >
> > <<< MESSAGE TEXT REGARDING KIDNEY HARVESTING HORROR STORIES
> > DELETED >>>
> >
> > Please, before forwarding messages like this, attempt to
> > confirm their validity. A quick internet search on this
> > revealed dozens of sites voicing that this is a hoax,
> > including respected media sites who investigated the story
> > with the Houston, Las Vegas, New York, and New Orleans police
> > departments..
> > (see below)
> >
> > If you are not certain of something being a hoax, please
> > do your very best to confirm the validity before forwarding
> > the message to anybody other than your system administrator
> > or local "hoax expert" to take a look at. These hoaxes
> > spread misinformation about many subjects, and feed on
> > fear of the unknown. Beware Chicken Little who proclaims
> > "The Sky is Falling."
> >
> > Some good hoax resources to use before forwarding these
> > messages:
> >
> > http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html
> > http://www.delta-9.com/net47/myth/
> >
> > Some resources with specifics on "kidney harvesting:"
> >
> > http://pharminfo.com/msblynx/legend238.html
> > http://www.korrnet.org/donors/heist.htm
> > http://wp4.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/navigator/nav0130.htm>
>> http://www.delta-9.com/net47/myth/kidney.html
> > http://www.desert.net/tw/10-02-97/media.htm
> > http://www.consumer-info.net/index12.htm
> >
> > --ken
> > VTR WWW Maintainer -- http://www.vtr.org
> >
> > --
> > Kenneth B. Streeter | EMAIL: streeter@sanders.com
> > Sanders, PTP2-A001 |
> > PO Box 868 | Voice: (603) 885-9604
> > Nashua, NH 03061 | Fax: (603) 885-0631
> >
> >
Yeah, there they go, trying to spoil all my fun. I SEEK OUT strangers in
busy airport terminals who will drug my drink, wait until I fall into a
stupor, and then drag me out, explaining to all passersby that I've "just
had a little too much to drink." Funny, no one ever seems concerned.
Maybe it was something I said?
--
Martin Secrest
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