The latest e-mail hoax floating around warns not to go to any malls on
Halloween. (see the entire e-mail below.) The one unusual part of the hoax
is the person signing the e-mail is real. Is it real? Unlikely as there are
a number of items that don't sound kosher. For instance, there were no
Afghanis involved in the 9/11 attacks--they were all Saudis.
Here's what I found out: I tracked down the company in New York and spoke
with Norma J. Kraus, VP/Human Resources of Volt Information Sciences
[08:20am 10/11/01].
Kraus said, "The woman is a real, permanent employee and said she received
the e-mail from someone else and just forwarded it to friends. [a fifth
hand e-mail] The e-mail wasn't company sponsored and they contacted the FBI
for further investigation." Then she abruptly said she had "nothing further
to say."
The official statement from Volt:
"One of our employees was told this story and out of concern sent it to
some of her friends using company e-mail which is against company policy.
Neither Volt nor the employee have any personal information about the
event. The proper authorities have been notified and they are
investigating. We have no further information or further comment."
I also talked with the FBI [Los Angeles office, PIO Laura B [9:25 am,
10/11/01] and she said, "We've received the information and currently
investigating. At the moment, it's an unsubstantiated rumor."
Also see:
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Hi All -
I think you all know that I don't send out hoaxes and don't do the
reactionary thing and send out anything that crosses my path. This
one, however, is a friend of a friend and I've given it enough credibility
in my mind that I'm writing it up and sending it out to all of you.
My friend's friend was dating a guy from Afghanistan up until a month
ago. She had a date with him around 9/6 and was stood up. She was
understandably upset and went to his home to find it completely emptied.
On 9/10, she received a letter from her boyfriend explaining that he wished
he could tell her why he had left and that he was sorry it had to be like
that. The part worth mentioning is that he BEGGED her not to get on any
commercial airlines on 9/11 and to not to go any malls on Halloween.
As soon as everything happened on the 11th, she called the FBI and has
since turned over the letter. This is not an email that I've received and
decided to pass on. This came from a phone conversation with a long-time
friend of mine last night.
I may be wrong, and I hope I am. However, with one of his warnings being
correct and devastating, I'm not willing to take the chance on the second
and wanted to make sure that people I cared about had the same information
that I did.
Laura Katsis
Implementation Specialist
714/xxx-xxxx
[e-mail and site removed]
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