RE: REAL VIRUS

You might want to check this link to the CDC web site.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/klingerman_hoax.htm

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Denise Bumgarner [mailto:denise@lenoirmirror.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 8:29 AM
> To: midrange-nontech@midrange.com
> Subject: REAL VIRUS
>
>
>
> This was forwarded from our company nurse.  Thought it might
> be of interest.
>
>
> >
> > Friends,
> >
> > I do not know  if this is true; however, considering what
> is going on in
> the
> > world it is not worth taking a chance.  I copied it so
> everyonecould read:
> >
> > Subject:  US Mail may being used to distribute a real virus
> >
> > I am so sorry to send the negative news...especially after
> everything,
> > but I would feel horrible if I could have prevented someone
> from having
> > this happen.
> >
> >
> > NOT A JOKE  PLEASE READ!
> >
> >
> > ONCE YOU HAVE READ  THIS PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL YOU KNOW.
> >
> > This is from Schwab  corporate headquarters - so it's no joke.
> > Very scary.
> >
> > Be careful - Just  when you thought you were safe, now we have the
> > following to deal  with...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 mail
> box, not your
> > e-mail in box.  Someone has been mailing large blue
> envelopes, seemingly
> at
> >
> > random, to people inside the US. 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
> KlingermanVirus, as
> > public  health officials state, this is a strain of virus
> they have not
> > previously encountered.
> >
> > When asked for comment, Florida police  Sergeant Stetson
> said, "We are
> > working with the CDC and the  USPS, but have so far been
> unable to track
> > down the origins of these  letters. The return addresses
> have all been
> > different, and we are  certain a remailing service is being
> used, making
> our
> > jobs that much  more difficult."  Those who have come in
> contact with the
> > Klingerman Virus have been hospitalized with severe
> dysentery.  So far
> seven
> > of the victims have died.
> >
> > There is no legitimate Klingerman Foundation mailing
> unsolicited gifts.
> If
> > you receive  an oversized blue envelope in the mail marked
> "A gift from
> the
> > Klingerman foundation." DO NOT open it. Place it in a
> strong plastic bag
> or
> > container and call the police immediately.
> >
> > The "gift" is one  you definitely do not want to  open.
> >
> > PLEASE  PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU CARE ABOUT
> >
>
> Denise Bumgarner
> Lenoir Mirror Company
> Lenoir, NC 28645
>