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Subject: Fwd: Warning - received today
Organization: Alaska Airlines
I received this today. I thought you would want to warn your families.

THIS IS NOT A JOKE!

Hello, this is to warn everyone of a new thing happening in
communities as a gang initiation and such. If you care about anyone,
please forward this to them immediately so they can learn of the possible
harm.

Even if you don't read this, at least forward it to people.

Hello, my name is Tina Strongman and I work at a police station,
as a phone operator for 911. Lately, we've received many phone calls
pertaining to a new sort of problem that has arisen in the inner cities,
and is now working its way to smaller towns. It seems that a new form
of gang initiation is to go find as many pay phones as possible and put
a mixture of LSD and Strychnine onto the buttons. This mixture is deadly
to the human touch, and apparently, this has killed some people on the
east coast. Strychnine is a chemical used in rat poison and is easily
separated from the rest of the chemicals. When mixed with LSD, it
creates a substance that is easily absorbed into the human flesh, and
highly fatal.

Please be careful if you are using a pay phone anywhere. You may want to
wipe it off, or just not use one at all. If you have any questions, you
can contact me at the links listed below. Please be very careful.
Let your friends and family know about this potential hazard.

Thank you.
Sgt Terence D. Murchison

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