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HOAX - Gas Pump/HIV
Needle Warning Message
From Gary Val Tenuta <CodeUFO@aol.com>
6-22-00
 
 
The following email message has been floating around the internet. IT IS A HOAX! I just called the Jacksonville Police Dept. There is no 'Captain Abraham Sands' of the Jacksonville, Florida Police Department. Furthermore, whoever started this rumor is in some real trouble if and when they track him/her down. JPD Intelligence is working on the case. According to the JPD representative that I spoke with just moments ago (6:45pm PST) this hoax is about a week old as of today, June 22, 2000. So the only poke you'll get at the gas pump is the poke in the ass from the price of the gas.
 
-G.V.Tenuta-
 
 
 
HERE IS THE MESSAGE
(Remember, it has been confirmed a hoax!)
 
<<My name is Captain Abraham Sands of the Jacksonville, Florida Police Department. I have been asked by state and 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 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, eight have tested HIV positive and because of the nature of the disease, the others could=20 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. **


 
 
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