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
|