Quote from Forum Archives on September 20, 2001, 7:21 pm

Posted by: stampinbookworm <stampinbookworm@...>

its a hoax...we found out that it really is on the list of hoaxes and
someone is trying to put in a new scare along with the tragedy that happened
here in America.

Vaughnde Edwards
Missoula, Montana
Praise the Lord, He is Risen Indeed!!

-----Original Message-----
From: The5Kims@aol.com <The5Kims@aol.com>
To: homesteadheaven@weloveGod.org <homesteadheaven@weloveGod.org>
Date: Thursday, September 20, 2001 2:04 PM
Subject: [HomeSteadHeaven] Re: FW: ATTENTION........ (fwd)

>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
>> 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 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
>> 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 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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