Quote from Forum Archives on September 20, 2001, 3:55 pm

Posted by: The5Kims <The5Kims@...>

Hi everyone. The following message was sent to me by my daughter's SLP. She
must think it is true, or she wouldn't have passed it on to me. But I really
don't know if it is a hoax or not. I don't know how to tell. Well, I care
about all of you, so I thought I'd passed it on to you. Hopefully none of
you will encounter a package like this, but if you do, I guess I wouldn't
want to be the one who knew about it but didn't tell you. Robin in Southern
CA

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> A t t e n t i o n :
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> This is very scary and is not a joke. Please read - it definitely is a
> serious
> threat to our lives and health. This is an alert about a virus in the
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> 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 mailbox,, not in your e-mail inbox.
> Someone has been mailing large blue envelopes, seemingly at random, to
> people in
> the U.S. and Canada. On the front of the envelope in bold black letters
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> 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 and public
> health officials state this is a strain of virus they have not
> previously
> encountered. 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 legimitate Klingerman Foundation mailing
> unsolicited
> gifts.
> If you receive an oversized blue envelope in the mail marked "A Gift For
> You
> From The Klingerman Foundation". Do not open it !!!!! Place it in a
> strong
> plastic bag or container and call the police. The "gift" is one you
> defiinitely
> do not want to open.
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> PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE THAT YOU CARE ABOUT
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