Fw: read this

[Robert Silas <robert.silas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Today I received this message.  
I do not know if this is true or just another hoax, but just in case....


Hi everyone,  Read this.  

>Subject: gas pumps PLEASE READ
>Read this before your next gas fill-up.
>             Please take a couple minutes to read this
>                Warning about Gas Pumping Handles.


>                             Warning:
>       Look at the gas pump handle BEFORE you pump your gas.
>   Please read and forward to anyone you know who drives a car.
>   My name is Captain Abraham Sands of the Jacksonville, Florida Police
>Department.  I have been asked by state and local authorities to write this
>email in order to get the word out to car drivers of a very dangerous prank
>that is occurring in numerous states.  Some person or persons have been
>affixing hypodermic needles to the underside of gas pump handles! These
>needles appear to be infected with HIV positive blood.  In the Jacksonville
>area alone there have been 17 cases of people being stuck by these needles
>over the past five months.  We have verified reports of at least 12 others
>in various states around the country.  It is believed that these may be
>copycat incidents due to someone reading about the crimes or  seeing them
>reported on the television. At this point no one has been arrested and
>catching the perpetrator(s) has become our top priority.  Shockingly, of
>the 17 people who where stuck, 8  have tested HIV positive and because of
>the nature of the disease, the others could test positive in a couple
>years.
>
>   evidently the consumers go to fill their car with gas, and when picking
>up the pump handle get stuck with the infected needle.
>
>   IT IS IMPERATIVE TO CAREFULLY CHECK THE HANDLE of the gas pump each time
>you use one.  LOOK AT EVERY SURFACE YOUR HAND MAY TOUCH, INCLUDING > UNDER
>THE HANDLE!
>
>   If you do find a needle affixed to one, immediately contact your local
>police department so they can collect the evidence.
>
>                     PLEASE HELP US BY MAINTAINING
>                A VIGILANCE, AND BY FORWARDING THIS EMAIL
>                      TO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO DRIVES.
>                     THE MORE PEOPLE WHO KNOW OF THIS,
>                     THE BETTER PROTECTED WE CAN ALL BE.
>   Rose Lambert
>   Chief Aide to Supervisor
>   Gerry Hyland Mount Vernon District
>   2511 Parkers Lane
>   Alexandria, VA 22306 

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