Posted By Charles Robinson Tech IOSH
While I am aware of the risks from needle sticks and the precautions needed to protect people from these risks without an authoritive source I still think this one is a hoax designed to get people in organisations forwarding them to all of their contacts.
the following two e-mails recently circulated, are supposed to be from reliable sources though on checking Torbay council web site there is no ref. to be found.
The second one is identical to a hoax listed on McAfee discovered 09/27//2007 at:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_143338.htmLADIES PLEASE READ - MEN PLEASE FORWARD TO LADIES YOU KNOW
This incident has been confirmed
Neighbourhood Watch Message sent from Torbay Council
A man came over and offered his services as a painter to a female putting petrol in her car and left his card. She said no, but accepted his card out of kindness and got in the car. The man then got into a car driven by another gentleman. As the lady left the service station, she saw the men following her out of the station at the same time. Almost immediately, she started to feel dizzy and could not catch her breath. She tried to open the window and realized that the odour was on her hand; the same hand which accepted the card from the gentleman at the service station.
She then noticed the men were immediately behind her and she felt she needed to do something at that moment. She drove into the first driveway and began to honk her horn repeatedly to ask for help. The men drove away but the lady still felt pretty bad for several minutes after she could finally catch her breath. Apparently, there was a substance on the card that could have seriously injured her. This drug is used by people who wish to incapacitate a victim in order to steal from or take advantage of them. This drug is four times more dangerous than the date rape drug and is transferable on simple cards. So take heed and make sure you don't accept cards at any given time alone or from someone on the streets. This applies to those making house calls and slipping you a card when they offer their services.
PLEASE SEND THIS E-MAIL ALERT TO EVERY FEMALE YOU KNOW
Check the site link…snopes…and
you’ll see this is NOT a hoax.
VERY IMPORTANT - BIG VIRUS COMING !!! PLEASE READ
Hi All, I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and
they are gearing up for this virus!
I checked Snopes (URL above:), and it is for
real!!
Get this E-mail message sent around to your
contacts ASAP.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY
AND CONTACTS!
You should be alert during the next few days. Do
not open any message with an attachment entitled 'POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK,'
regardless of who sent it to you.
It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which
'burns' the whole hard disc C of your computer.
This virus will be received from someone who has
your e-mail address in his/her contact list.
This is the reason why you need to send this
e-mail to all your contacts It is better to receive this message 25 times than
to receive the virus and open it.
If you receive a mail called' POSTCARD,' even
though sent to you by a friend, do not open it! Shut down your computer
immediately.
This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and
there is no repair yet for this kind of virus.
This is the worst virus announced by CNN. It has
been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever.
This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the
Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept.
BENEFIT ALL OF US