[Ohio-talk] Fw: THIS IS URGENT AND VERY SERIOUS PASS IT ON!

[Sheri Wells-Jensen]

Folks,

When ever such messages come by, it's a good idea to reference snopes.com or some other urban legends collection source. 

This story about poison perfume samples mailed to people's homes is a hoax. No need to worry.  Here is information from the snopes.com resource and the URL if you want to read about all the similar material archived there:
I enjoy snopes.com.  It's a fun way to pass your time and quite reassuring usually.
Best,
Sheri W-J

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/perfume.asp

In June 2010 a version of this hoax prefaced with an "URGENT News from Gleneagles Hospital" headline surfaced and was disseminated not only via e-mail but also through cell phone text messages and Facebook posts. It spread widely enough that that institution posted a disclaimer on its web site noting that: 


Recently, an email and short message service (SMS) has been circulating amongst members of the public pertaining to a poisonous perfume sample which caused the death of seven women upon inhalation and exposure. It was purportedly sent by a person who claimed to be an employee of Gleneagles Hospital Limited, on behalf of the hospital, in order to warn the public as these seven women were supposedly admitted and treated at Gleneagles Hospital. 

We understand the panic and mystification that this email has caused and the public's need to seek verification and consolation from a reliable medical institution such as ours. Thus, we would like to highlight that we have never admitted or treated such patients and have never been aware of such incidences. We would also like to categorically state that this email did not originate from our Hospital and / or any of our employees, current or otherwise. In addition, we declare that no one was ever at any time commissioned or authorised by the Hospital to deliver and circulate such warnings. Further to this, we would also like to point out that our registered company name is Gleneagles Hospital (Kuala Lumpur) Sdn. Bhd. (Co. No. 198498-T) and we were never at any point known as Gleneagles Hospital Limited as claimed in the email. 

This email hoax first surfaced five years ago, and we had posted a statement on the GIMC website to clarify and inform members of the public that the contents of the email were a hoax. 

In view of the above, we sincerely hope that all members of the public who had read this email and our clarification will inform everyone around them that this is a hoax and urge everyone to ignore and delete such emails in the future. Thank you.



-----Original Message-----
From: ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dr. JW Smith
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:50 PM
To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List; Connors, Daniel; Hamilton, Heather M. (Columbus); Mike Hanes
Subject: [Ohio-talk] Fw: THIS IS URGENT AND VERY SERIOUS PASS IT ON!

fyi

jw

Dr. J. Webster Smith
President National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
P.O.BOX 458 Athens, Ohio, 45701-0458
Phone Number - 740-592-6326 
"Changing What it Means to be Blind"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philomina Nweze" <newsbean at gmail.com>
To: "'Dr. JW Smith'" <jwsmithnfb at frontier.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 6:03 PM
Subject: FW: THIS IS URGENT AND VERY SERIOUS PASS IT ON!


> 
> 
> ""Nothing is impossible; the word itself says, "I'm possible!"s
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kayode Kuforiji [mailto:omokuforiji at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 3:13 PM
> To: olooto at gmail.com; seundudu2005 at yahoo.com; larrywealth2003 at yahoo.com;
> abayo at allstate.com; omogidi at yahoo.com; akingbolahan at yahoo.co.uk;
> newsbean at gmail.com; onotseimie at yahoo.com; olabisimadariola at yahoo.com;
> tayoor at yahoo.com; dayfak2 at yahoo.com; sowoiya at hotmail.co.uk
> Cc: deleyinka
> Subject: THIS IS URGENT AND VERY SERIOUS PASS IT ON!
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> If you do have relatives or friends in States, please alert them of this
> news!!!
> 
> Please read.
> URGENT News from Gleneagles Hospital
> 
> Please spend 1 minute and read on... News from Gleneagles Hospital
> (Ampang) URGENT !!!!! from Gleneagles Hospital
> 
> Seven women have died after inhaling a free perfume sample
> that was mailed to them. The product was poisonous. If you receive
> free samples in the mail such as lotions, perfumes, diapers etc. throw
> them away. The government is afraid that this might be another
> terrorist act. They will not announce it in the news because they do
> not want to create panic or give the terrorists new ideas. Send this
> to all your friends and family members.
> 
> Diane J. Ford
> Office of the Chief of Police
> Office of Risk Management
> 101 M Street, SW
> Washington, DC
> (202) 645-3419 (Office)
> diane.ford at dc.gov
> 
>

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