One of my friends passed this on to me, I hope she didn't think this is real.
I am too lazy to take out the formatting.
> Watch for Needles While Pumping Gas
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> > > Read this before your next gas fill-up. This world
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> > > gets sicker everyday!
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> > >
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> > > Folks:
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> > > Please take a couple minutes to read this warning
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> > > about Gas Pumping
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> > > Handles. Warning: Look at the gas pump handle
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> > > BEFORE you pump your gas.
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> > > Please read and forward to anyone you know who
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> > > drives a car.
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> > >
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> > > My name is Captain Abraham Sands of the
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> > > Jacksonville, Florida, Police
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> > > Department. I have been asked by state and local
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> > > authorities to write this email in
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> > > order to get the word out to car drivers of a very
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> > > dangerous prank that is
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> > > occurring in numerous states. Some person or
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> > > persons have been affixing
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> > > hypodermic needles to the underside of gas pump
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> > > handles! These needles appear to be
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> > > infected with HIV positive blood. In the
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> > > Jacksonville area alone, there have
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> > > been 17 cases of people being stuck by these needles
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> > > over the past five (5)
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> > > months. We have verified reports of at least 12
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> > > others in various states around
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> > > the country. It is believed that these may be
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> > > copycat incidents due to
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> > > someone reading about the crimes or seeing them
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> > > reported on television. At this
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> > > point no one has been arrested and catching the
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> > > perpetrator(s) has become our top
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> > > priority. Shockingly, of the 17 people who where
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> > > stuck, 8 have tested HIV
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> > > positive and because of the nature of the disease,
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> > > the others could test
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> > > positive in a couple years.
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> > >
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> > > Evidently the consumers go to fill their car with
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> > > gas, and when picking up
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> > > the pump handle get stuck with the infected needle.
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> > >
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> > > IT IS IMPERATIVE TO CAREFULLY CHECK THE HANDLE of
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> > > the gas pump each time you
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> > > use one. LOOK AT EVERY SURFACE YOUR HAND MAY TOUCH,
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> > > INCLUDING UNDER THE
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> > > HANDLE!
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> > >
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> > > If you do find a needle affixed to one, immediately
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> > > contact your local
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> > > police department so they can collect the evidence.
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> > >
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> > > PLEASE HELP US BY MAINTAINING A VIGILANCE, AND BY
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> > > FORWARDING THIS EMAIL TO
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> > > ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO DRIVES. THE MORE PEOPLE WHO KNOW
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> > > OF THIS, THE BETTER
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> > > PROTECTED WE CAN ALL BE. Rose Lambert, Chief Aide
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> > > to Supervisor Gerry
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> > > Hyland, Mount Vernon District, 2511 Parkers Lane,
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> > > Alexandria, VA 22306.
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