Ladies....BEWARE....XMAS alert.......

[serryjw]

Sent from a friend.......quote

Dear Friends:
> I know not all of you are women that I am sending this to, but am
hoping
you
> will share this with your wives, daughters, mothers, 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 5:30 PM in the Walmart parking lot by two males asking 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 warning of a "Wanna smell this
neat
> perfume?" scam.
>
> 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 about someone walking 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.
>
> 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
Big
Lots
> in the parking lot at lunch time when I was approached. So either 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 desk. Like the email says
above,
LET
> EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT THIS - YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, CO-WORKERS,
whomever. It
helped
> me. The first thing that popped into my head was this e-mail warning.

[CatBoreal]

1. Urban Ledgend...

...here's the Snopes posting debunking it.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/robbery/perfume.htm

[serryjw]

2. I meant well

it could happen this year??

[RC]

3. Spread the paranoia...

There is so much of this kind of crap going around and so many unquestionably believe it.

[serryjw]

4. It's actually did happen......

I sent it to my email list and A FRIEND WROTE THIS BACK.......
QUOTE.......
You know, this actually happened last year to a woman I worked with at the oil & gas company! I am usually very skeptical of e-mail warnings, but this one's legit!!
-------END QUOTE.......

wHY ARE WE SURPRISED...IF IT HAS BEEN CIRCULATING ON THE INTERNET FOR 5 YEARS, SOMEONE WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO DO IT.

[stranger_with_candy]

5. all the great urban legends...

happen to "someone i know, someone i worked with... "