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has anyone received this email?

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becksbecci · 08/05/2007 15:13

Subject: Fw-2: PERFUME LETHAL - please read not a joke

I know there is more important stuff going on at the moment (i.e. little Madeleine Mccann), but I was wondering if anyone has received this email. My friend emailed me this. How worrying.

PLEASE READ

It was about 3 weeks ago, I was at the Shell station getting diesel. It
was about 11:30pm. I was approached by 2 men And 2 women in a car.
The man that was driving asked me
'What kind of perfume do you wear?' I was a bit confused and I asked
him
'Why?'
He said 'We are selling some name brand perfumes, at cheap prices.' I
said I had no money. He then reached out of the car and handed me paper
that was laminated; It had many perfumes on it. I looked quickly at it
and gave it back. I said, I have no money. He said it is OK, we take
check, cash or credit cards. then the people in the car began to laugh.
I just got in my car and said no thanks. Then I received this e-mail
yesterday and it sent chills Up my spine. Please read this. It is not
joke. Here is the e-mail I was sent- Dear Friends:
I know not all of you are women that I am sending this to, but I am
hoping you will share this with your wives, daughters, mother,
sisters,etc.
Our world seems to be getting crazier by the day. Pipe bombs in
mailboxes and sickos in parking lots with perfume.
Be careful. I was approached yesterday afternoon around 3:30PM in the
Tesco car park near the Universityof Ulster by two males who asked what
kind of perfume I was wearing. Then they asked if I'd like to sample
some fabulous scent they were willing to sell me at a very reasonable
rate.
I probably would have agreed had I not received an e-mail some weeks
ago
warning of a 'Wanna smell this neat perfume?'scam.
Someone walks up to you at the malls or in parking lots And asking you
to SNIFF PERFUME that they are selling at a cheap price.

THIS IS NOT PERFUME...IT IS ETHER!
When you sniff it, you'll pass out. They'll take your wallet,your
valuables And heaven knows what else. The men continued To stand
between
parked cars, I guess to wait for someone else to hit on. I stopped a
lady going towards them, pointing at them and told her about how I was

sent an e-mail at work.
If it were not for this e-mail, I probably would have sniffed

the'perfume' but thanks to the generosity of an e-mailing friend, I was
spared whatever might have happened to me. I wanted to do the same for
you.
PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL YOUR WOMEN FRIENDS AND PLEASE BE ALERT
AND
BE AWARE. IF YOU ARE A MAN AND RECEIVE THIS, PASS IT ON TO! YOUR WOMEN
FRIENDS.
Ladies this happened to me yesterday and I didn't smell the perfume
either, thanks to this email. This is true. Believe me, I know.
I was over by the car park at lunch time when I was approached.
So day or night, it does not matter.There were 3 guys together when I
was approached. I called the police when I got back to my home. Like
the
email says above, LET EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT THIS. YOUR FRIENDS,
FAMILY,CO-WORKERS, whoever. It helped me.

My friend emailed me this. How worrying.

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oranges · 08/05/2007 15:15

sounds like an urban myth to me....

Callisto · 08/05/2007 15:17

It turned up in my inbox a few months ago and seems to be a variation on a theme. I don't know if it is a spoof or not but I would say it likely is - I am not convinced that a sniff of ether would make one pass out. However, the advice to be wary of strange men is good I think?

becksbecci · 08/05/2007 15:17

Yeah probably. The term parking lot isn't a British expression is it. Probably someone messing around. I don't know.

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themildmanneredjanitor · 08/05/2007 15:17

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lemonaid · 08/05/2007 15:17

Yup, urban myth -- check out the entry on Snopes.com

Chirpygirl · 08/05/2007 15:17

There was a thread about this the other day, it's an urban myth, hang on, I'll find the link

Twiglett · 08/05/2007 15:17

allow me to introduce you to Snopes in the vain hope that this kind of crap doesn't continue to be perpetually thrown round the www

perfume myth

Chirpygirl · 08/05/2007 15:18

Dammit, too slow!

littlelapin · 08/05/2007 15:18

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Twiglett · 08/05/2007 15:18

yah bugger .. me too

littlelapin · 08/05/2007 15:19

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Sunyshineymummy · 08/05/2007 15:19

Definitely an urban myth. I've had about 5 versions of this e-mail sent to me in the last few years.

becksbecci · 08/05/2007 15:21

I let my friend know. I thought it wasn't true.

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percypig · 08/05/2007 15:21

OK, I live near the main University of Ulster campus, and Tescos is about 2 miles away in the town centre. There are a couple of other campuses, not sure how close Tescos are to them. Your experience does sound wierd, but the email sounds like an urban myth.

Chirpygirl · 08/05/2007 16:27

Hah! wandered off as DD woke up and am still first to link to this !

AttilaTheMeerkat · 08/05/2007 17:44

Another myth and an old one at that.

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