Please, please, give me a break! This is a hoax as usual:
http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/klingerman.html
In the future, before spreading panic, check here:
http://www.urbanlegends.com/
Craig
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 4:12 PM
Subject: Klingerman Virus
> > << This is from Schwab corporate headquarters - so it's no joke.
> > Very
> > scary.
> > Be careful Just when you thought you were safe, now we have the
> > following
> > to
> > deal with...please read, it definitely is a serious threat to our
> > lives
> > and
> > health.
> > This is an alert about a virus in the original sense of the
> > word...one that affects your body, not your hard drive. There have been
> > 23
> > confirmed
> > cases of people attacked by the Klingerman Virus, a virus that arrives
> > in
> > your real mail box, not your e-mail in box. Someone has been mailing
> > large
> > blue envelopes, seemingly at random, to people inside the US. On
> > the
> > front
> > of the envelope in bold black letters is printed, "A gift for you
> > from
> > the
> > Klingerman Foundation." When the envelopes are opened, there
> > is
> > a
> > small
> > sponge sealed in plastic. This sponge carries what has come to be
> > known
> > as
> > the Klingerman Virus, as public health officials state this is a
> > strain
> > of
> > virus they have not previously encountered. When asked for comment,
> > Florida
> > police Sergeant Stetson said, "We are working with the CDC and the
> > USPS,
> > but
> > have so far been unable to track down the origins of these letters.
> > The
> > return addresses have all been different, and we are certain a
> remailing
> > service is being used, making our jobs that much more
> > difficult."
> > Those who have come in contact with the Klingerman Virus have been
> > hospitalized with severe dysentery. So far seven of the
> > twenty-three
> > victims
> > have died. There is no legitimate Klingerman Foundation mailing
> > unsolicited
> > gifts. If you receive an oversized blue envelopee in the mail marked
> > "A
> > gift
> > from the Klingerman Foundation". DO NOT open it. Place it in
> > a
> > strong
> > plastic bag or container and call the police immediately. The "gift"
> > is
> > one
> > you definitely do not want to open.
> > PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU CARE ABOUT.
> > Mrs. Sandra Dee McNair-Boyd
> > Social WorkSecretary
> > Yale New Haven Hospital
> > Department of Social Work
> > 203-688-2256
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