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Anne Jay <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 28 Jun 2001 08:49:39 -0400
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Just got this and felt compelled to pass it on.  Becca
>
> The following happened to a friend of mine recently. She was in the
> parking
> lot of Circuit City, when she was approached by a woman asking did she
> want
> to try a sample of the perfume that she was selling.  (It is not
> against
> the law to sell perfume in a parking lot). My friend said no  that she
> didn't wear perfume. The woman walked away. My friend had received an
> e-mail previously, and said the woman gave her the creeps. When my
> friend
> got home, she called the police and they told her the scam is known,
> but no
> charges could be filed because no crime had be committed.
>
> Please let your children, husbands, family, friends know about this.
>
> WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
>
> I was approached around 3:30 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 knockoff scents they were willing to sell to me
> at
> very reasonable rates.
>
> I probably would have agreed had I not received an e-mail some weeks
> ago,
> 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, pointed at them, and told her about an  e-mail I was
> sent
> at work, regarding people walking up to you at 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 pass out. And they'll take your wallet, your
> valuables, and heaven knows what else. (Maybe your life) If it were
> not
> for that e-mail, I might have sniffed the "perfume". But thanks to the
> great generosity of an emailing friend, I was spared whatever might
> have
> happened
> to me. I want to do the same for you.
>
> PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS, AND PLEASE BE ALERT AND AWARE!!
>
>
>
>

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