Subject: OPP Message - IMPORTANT INFORMATION
opp=Ontario provincial Police
> > OPP Warning! (Canada) - URGENT> > Important Police Warning:> > Please
read and forward to anyone you know who drives.> > My name is Captain
Abraham Sands of the Ontario Provincial Police> Department. I have been
asked by 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
cities. 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 Simcoe 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 provinces 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,> eight 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 pass this message on to all the
people you know.
